539.763 - Certification of election results to district court; examination of returns by court; order of dissolution; filing of financial statement.

539.763  Certification of election results to district court; examination of returns by court; order of dissolution; filing of financial statement.

      1.  The secretary of the district shall at the time and in the manner provided in this chapter for certifying election returns certify the result of the election to the district court of the county in which such petition for dissolution was filed.

      2.  The court shall examine such returns on the Monday following such certification at 1:30 p.m., and in case it is found that a majority of the electors cast their vote in favor of “Dissolution of the District—Yes,” and that the electors voting at the election represent a majority of the acreage in the district, the court shall enter its order dissolving the district, and thereupon the court shall enter its further order directing the directors of the district to file with the court a financial statement showing its indebtedness and other obligations. Such statement shall be sworn to by the president before a notary public and attested by the secretary of the district.

      [Part 47:64:1919; A 1933, 261; 1931 NCL § 8063]