468.533  Petition--canvass.

For such purposes a petition signed by a majority of persons, including corporations, owning land within the district assessed for benefits and who in the aggregate own more than one-half the acreage of such lands, may be filed in the office of the auditor and if more than one county, then a duplicate shall be filed in the office of the auditor of each county.

The trustees shall fix a date not less than ten nor more than thirty days from the date such petition is filed for the canvass of such petition, and the trustees and auditor or auditors shall canvass said petition and certify and record in the drainage record the result.

Section History: Early form

  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 7710; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 462.37]

Section History: Recent form

  89 Acts, ch 126, § 2

  CS89, § 468.533

Internal References

  Referred to in § 468.532


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