7-35-2101. Petition to create cemetery district. (1) Whenever a petition is presented to the board of county commissioners of the county in which a proposed district is situated, the board shall by resolution fix a time for the hearing of the petition at a regular or special meeting of said board. The petition shall:
     (a) be signed by not less than 20% of the citizens who are owners of land located within a proposed cemetery district and whose names appear as such owners of land upon the last-completed assessment roll of the county in which said proposed district is situated; and
     (b) definitely describe the boundaries of the proposed district and request that the territory within said boundaries be organized into a public cemetery district.
     (2) The time for the hearing may not be less than 2 or more than 5 weeks from the time of presentation of the petition.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 221, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 16, L. 1945; R.C.M. 1947, 9-202(part).