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?n Election conducted under general election laws Compen­sation Returns; canvass certif­icates of elec­tion Oath and bond of direc­tor Officers of district Organi­zation; meet­ings (Senate Bill No. 16? - Senator Baker - Continued) under the general election law of this state* Registrars and election officers may receive such compensation for their serv­ices as the hoard shall prescribe, not exceeding the amount paid for similar services at general elections. The returns shall be delivered to the secretary of the district, and no list, tally paper, or returns from any election shall be set aside or rejected for want of form if it can be satisfactorily under­stood. The board of directors shall meet at its usual place of meeting on the second Monday after an election to can­vass the returns, and it shall proceed in the same manner and with like effect, as near as may be, as the board of county commissioners in canvassing the returns of general elections, and when it shall have declared the result the secretary shall make full entries in his record in like manner as is required of the county clerk in general elections. The board of direc­tors must declare elected the person or persons having the highest number of votes given for each office. The secretary shall immediately make out and deliver to such person or per­sons a certificate of election, signed by him and authenticated with the seal of the board. Within ten days after receiving the certificate of his election, each director shall take and sub­scribe to an official oath and file the same with the secretary of the board of directors. Each member of said board of directors shall execute an official bond in the sum of ten thousand ($10,000), which shall be approved by the judge of the district court in and for the county where such organ­ization is effected. Such bonds shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder and filed with the secretary of the board* The costs of such bonds shall be borne by said water district. 1 | 2 i Sec. 8. The officers of such district shall consist of seven directors as aforesaid, a president and a vice president, elected from their number, a secretary, and treasurer. The board may appoint an assistant secretary who shall exercise such of the powers and perform such of the duties of the secretary as may be designated by the board of directors, except that such assistant secretary shall not be invested with authority to sign on behalf of the secretary any bonds of the district. The secretary and treasurer shall be appointed by the board of directors and may or may not be members of said board. Such officers shall serve at the will of the board. One person may be appointed to serve as secretary and treasurer. The board may also appoint an engineer and manager and such other assistants as may be necessary. The directors immediately upon their election and qualification shall meet and organize. The board of directors shall designate some place within the county as the office of the board, and the board shall hold a regular monthly meeting in this office on such day of the month as that fixed upon by resolution duly entered upon the minuted* All meetings of the board shall be public, and a majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction