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Polling places. General election law Canvass Of TOt P Regular elections terns of office. of their number or of all their nunber save one* nay reduce the nunher of eleotion preolnote to one or nore within the district, eet&hlish the boundaries thereof, and fix the polling plaoe or plaeee therein* the board of eounty com­missioners shall give notice of such election* which shall be published for two weeks prior to such election in a news­paper within the county where the petition Is filed. Such notice shall require the electors to oast ballots which shall contain the words •Water District - Xea* or ‘Water Dis­trict - 8o% or words equivalent thereto, and the names of persons to be voted for as dire®tors* For the purpose of this election, the board shall establish a polling place in each election precinct aforesaid, and shall also appoint three quali­fied electors to act as inspectors of election In each election precinct, and also appoint for caoh precinct two clerks of elec­tion* The record of the board of county commissioner* of the proceedings had and taken by it under the provisions of this act shall bs, in the absence of fraud, conclusive evidence of the natters and things therein recited* Sec* 0. Except as in this act otherwise provided, all such elections shall be conducted as near as may be practicable in accordance with the general election laws of this state, including the right to vote by absent voter* e ballot. The board of county commissioners shall meet on the second holiday succeeding such eleotion and proceed to canvass the votes cast thereat, and If upon such canvass it appears that a majority of the electors voted *Water District - Yes* the board, by an order entered upon its minutes, shall declare such territory duly organised as a water district under the name and style theretofore designated, and shall declare the preeons receiving, respectively* the highest number of votes for directors to be duly elected, and. shall cause a oopy of such order and a plat of said district, each duly certified by the clerk of the board of county commissioners, to be Imme­diately filed for record in the office of the county recorder of Clark County, and certified copies thereof shall also be filed with the county clerk of Cl&rk County, and thereafter the organisation of the district shall be complete* Bee. 5* the regular elections of such water district shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday In April of the second calendar year after the completion of the organ­isation thereof, and on the same day biennially thereafter, biennially after the first regular eleotion therein* The direc­tors elected at the organisation election shall be selected by lot to that three directors shall hold fSTfloe until their suc­cessors are elected at the next regular election and qualify, and four directors shall hold office until their successors are eleo- tsd at the second regular election after organisation and qualify, and at the regular election biennially thereafter directors shall bs elected, to replace the directors whose terms expire, for terms of four years, or until their successors are elected and qualify. Directors so sleeted shall have the quallfloa- •5- (Senate Bill Bo* X67 - Senator Baker - Continued) 5-