11-42-44
Section 11-42-44 Notice of election. The said judge of probate shall give notice of the holding
of such election by publication in at least one newspaper and, at the discretion of the judge,
in more than one newspaper published in the county wherein such election is to be held, which
notice shall state the day on which such election will be held, the voting place or places
at which the election will be held and the boundaries within which voters must reside to vote
at the respective voting places, which must be within the territory proposed to be brought
into the city, and such notice must give a description of the territory proposed to be brought
within the city and must state that a map showing the territory proposed to be brought into
the city is on file in the office of the judge of probate of said county, open to the inspection
of the public. (Code 1907, §1079; Code 1923, §1773; Code 1940, T. 37, §142.)...
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11-42-207
Section 11-42-207 Question submitted; conduct of election generally; form, marking, etc., of
ballots; appointment, etc., of clerks, inspectors, and returning officer; ascertainment, etc.,
of election results; entry of order as to adoption of proposed corporate limits, etc. (a)
The election shall be to determine whether or not the proposed corporate limits shall be established,
and such election must be conducted in all respects as provided by the general election laws
and under the same sanctions and penalties, except as changed by the provisions of this article
and except that no official ballot need be provided. (b) Each voter may furnish his own ballot
with the following words written or printed thereon: "For adoption of the proposed corporate
limits," if he desires to vote in favor of proposed corporate limits or "Against
the adoption of proposed corporate limits," if he desires to vote against the adoption
of proposed corporate limits. It shall not be necessary for the ballot to...
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11-43-63
Section 11-43-63 Division of municipality into single-member districts. Any city or town council
of this state not currently electing its members from single-member districts pursuant to
state law may, not less than six months prior to the regular general municipal election, by
ordinance adopted by a majority of the membership of the council, divide the municipality
into single-member districts (wards) of not less than five nor more than seven districts (wards).
Provided, however, that the number of districts (wards) in any Class 1, 2, or 3 municipality
may not exceed nine districts (wards). Such ordinance shall be considered only after two weeks
public notice has been given, outlining generally the voting districts under consideration.
The ordinance shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council, where
the council has been divided into districts, shall reside within the boundaries of said district
(ward) for which he or she seeks election, and shall continue to...
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11-41-1
Section 11-41-1 Authority; petition to probate judge for order of incorporation. When the inhabitants
of an unincorporated community, which has a population of not less than 300, constituting
a body of citizens whose residences are contiguous to and all of which form a homogeneous
settlement or community, desire to become organized as a municipal corporation, they may apply
to the judge of probate of the county in which the territory is situated, or the greater portion
thereof if it is situated in two or more counties, for an order of incorporation, by a petition
in writing signed by not less than 15 percent of the qualified electors residing within the
limits of the proposed municipality and by the persons, firms, or corporations owning at least
60 percent of the acreage of the platted or unplatted land of the proposed municipality. No
platted or unplatted territory shall be included within the boundary unless there are at least
four qualified electors, according to government survey,...
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22-21-133
Section 22-21-133 Incorporation - Certificate of incorporation - Contents; amendments. (a)
The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall state: (1) The name and address of
each of the incorporators, and a statement that each of them is a duly qualified elector of,
and property owner in, the municipality; (2) The name of the authority, which shall be "The
Hospital Building Authority of the (City or Town) of _____," "The Hospital Authority
of the (City or Town) of _____," some other name of similar import; (3) The location
of its principal office, which shall be in the municipality; (4) The number of directors,
which shall be three or other uneven number not less than three; and (5) Any other matter
relating to the authority that the incorporators may choose to insert and which shall not
be inconsistent with this article or with the laws of the state. The certificate of incorporation
shall be signed and acknowledged by each of the incorporators before an officer authorized
by...
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45-37-140.13
Section 45-37-140.13 Annexation; referendum; hearing; reestablishment of boundaries. (a) Whenever
any municipal corporation in Jefferson County annexes any portion of a district and a petition
is filed with the clerk of the municipality requesting annexation of the remaining portion
of the district, the petition containing the following: (1) signatures of 20 percent of the
qualified electors residing within the district or signatures of 200 qualified electors, whichever
is less, and (2) a written statement signed by at least two members of the board of trustees
of the district reciting that those signing the petition constitute either 10 percent of the
qualified electors residing within the district or 100 qualified electors residing within
the district, whichever is applicable, and (3) a description of the district; then the governing
body of such municipal corporation shall provide for and finance the cost of a referendum
election wherein the remaining qualified voter residents of...
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45-4-111
Section 45-4-111 Electronic voting system authorized; requirements for use. (a) As used in
this section: (1) "Automatic tabulating equipment" shall mean apparatus which automatically
examines and counts votes recorded on paper ballots or ballot cards and tabulates the results.
(2) "Paper ballot" shall mean a printed paper ballot which conforms in layout and
format to the electronic voting system in use. (3) "Ballot card" shall mean a tabulating
card on which votes may be recorded. (4) "Ballot label" shall mean the cards, papers,
booklet, pages, or other material which contain the names of offices and candidates and statements
of measures to be voted on and which are used in conjunction with ballot cards. (5) "Ballot"
shall mean ballot cards or paper ballots. (6) "Counting center" shall mean one or
more locations selected and designated by the county commission or the municipal governing
body, as the case may be, for the automatic counting of ballots in the election. (7) "Electronic...

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11-42-42
Section 11-42-42 Certification and filing of resolution and map or plat of territory to be
annexed with probate judge. (a) The mayor or other executive head of the city shall certify
a copy of such resolution to the judge of probate of the county in which the land proposed
to be brought into the city is situated, and said certified resolution shall have attached
thereto a plat or map of the territory proposed to be brought into the corporate limits of
the city, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed with the judge of probate.
(b) The plat or map filed with the certified copy of the resolution as required in subsection
(a) of this section shall show the boundary of the territory proposed to be taken into the
city, which territory must be contiguous to the boundary of the city at some point and may
extend to or around the boundary line of any other city, but is not to embrace any territory
within the corporate limits of another city. (Code 1907, §§1077, 1089; Code...
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11-42-204
Section 11-42-204 Order to be entered directing election as to establishment of proposed corporate
limits. If any protest against such change is made by any person within the territory to be
excluded and reasonable cause is shown which, in the opinion of the judge of probate, requires
that such question be submitted to the qualified electors of such city or town, the judge
of probate shall make an order and enter the same upon the minutes of the probate court directing
and ordering an election to be held by the qualified electors of said city or town not less
than 10 nor more than 30 days from the making of such order. (Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394;
Code 1923, §2418; Code 1940, T. 37, §242.)...
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11-42-127
Section 11-42-127 Filing and recordation of copy of agreement and merger. The mayor of the
city or town to which another city or town is annexed under the provisions of this division
shall, within 10 days from the day of the issuing of the joint proclamation of annexation
and merger of the one city or town into the other city or town, file with the Secretary of
State one of the triplicates of the agreement of annexation and merger, which must be kept
on file in the office of the Secretary of State, and must also, within said time, file one
of the triplicates of the agreement of annexation and merger in the office of the judge of
probate of the county in which such city or town is situated, and the same must be recorded
by the judge of probate in a record of deeds or mortgages kept in his office. (Code 1907,
§1140; Code 1923, §1835; Code 1940, T. 37, §202.)...
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