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Section 11-16-1 - Petition of Qualified Electors for Election to Change County Seat. - A majority of the qualified electors of any county, except...
Section 11-16-2 - Commissioners - Qualifications and Appointment; Notice of Appointment. - The Governor shall, within 30 days after the filing of...
Section 11-16-3 - Commissioners - Designation; Chairman. - The persons so appointed shall be known as the board...
Section 11-16-4 - Commissioners - Oath. - Each of the persons appointed must, within 15 days after...
Section 11-16-5 - Commissioners - Commission. - A commission shall issue in the usual form, accompanied by...
Section 11-16-6 - Commissioners - Vacancies. - If any person appointed commissioner shall fail or refuse to...
Section 11-16-7 - Commissioners - Removal. - If at any time it shall be made to appear...
Section 11-16-8 - Order Establishing Date for Election - Issuance. - Within 30 days after their appointment and qualification, said board...
Section 11-16-9 - Order Establishing Date for Election - Form. - The order may be substantially as follows: Order for county...
Section 11-16-10 - Notice of Election. - Said commissioners shall give notice of the date established for...
Section 11-16-11 - Inspectors, Clerks, and Returning Officers - Appointment. - Between 10 and 30 days prior to the day appointed...
Section 11-16-12 - Inspectors, Clerks, and Returning Officers - Notice of Appointment. - Said board of commissioners shall notify or cause to be...
Section 11-16-13 - Inspectors, Clerks, and Returning Officers - Oath. - Before entering upon their duties, the inspectors, clerks, and returning...
Section 11-16-14 - Powers and Duties of Returning Officers Generally. - The returning officer for each precinct or ward is clothed...
Section 11-16-15 - Compensation of Returning Officers, Inspectors, Etc. - Each returning officer, manager, or inspector shall receive as compensation...
Section 11-16-16 - Attendance at and Opening of Polls by Inspectors, Clerks, and Returning Officers. - The inspectors, clerks, and returning officers thus appointed must meet...
Section 11-16-17 - Appointment of Clerks, Inspectors, etc., Upon Failure of Others to Attend. - On the failure of any inspector or clerk to attend...
Section 11-16-18 - Opening of Polls to Be Proclaimed Prior to Receipt of Ballots. - The inspectors, before they commence receiving ballots, must cause it...
Section 11-16-19 - Form of Ballot. - Each qualified elector shall be entitled to cast one ballot...
Section 11-16-20 - Preparation of Poll Lists; Numbering of Ballots. - The name of each elector whose ballot has been received...
Section 11-16-21 - Provision of Certified Lists of Registered Voters for Inspectors; Qualifications for Voting. - The judge of probate must furnish to the board of...
Section 11-16-22 - Preparation and Disposition of Certified Statements of Votes and Poll Lists. - Immediately on the closing of the polls, the inspectors must...
Section 11-16-23 - Receipt of Returns, Counting of Votes, and Declaration of Election Result. - The board of commissioners shall meet at the courthouse of...
Section 11-16-24 - Proceedings When Returns Destroyed, Withheld, or Delayed. - If it shall be made to appear to said board...
Section 11-16-25 - Preparation, Recordation, Filing, and Publication of Certified Copy of Election Result. - The board of commissioners upon the conclusion of canvassing said...
Section 11-16-26 - Majority of Commissioners or Inspectors May Act. - Any duty required by this chapter to be performed by...
Section 11-16-27 - Declaration of New County Seat. - If upon canvass of the returns of said election a...
Section 11-16-28 - Acquisition of Lands for New County Seat; Erection of Courthouse and Jail. - The county commission shall then procure by donation or by...
Section 11-16-29 - Removal of County Offices, Records, and Prisoners to New Courthouse and Jail. - When said courthouse shall be completed and ready for occupancy,...
Section 11-16-30 - Holding of Court of Record. - Prior to the removal referred to in Section 11-16-29, all...
Section 11-16-31 - County Offices and Courts to Remain at Old County Seat Until Buildings Provided at New Site. - All county officials who are required to hold their offices...
Section 11-16-32 - Discretion of Governor as to Petitions for Removal of County Seat; Proceedings as to Two or More Petitions. - The Governor shall not entertain any petition under Section 11-16-1...
Section 11-16-33 - Resolution of County Commission for Erection of Courthouse on New Site. - Whenever the county commission of any county shall determine that...
Section 11-16-34 - Ordering of Election for Determination as to Erection of Courthouse on New Site. - The county commission, after the passage of such resolution, shall...
Section 11-16-35 - Notice of Election. - Notice of such election shall be given for 30 days...
Section 11-16-36 - Preparation, Form, and Marking of Ballots. - The ballot used at such election must be prepared by...
Section 11-16-37 - Qualifications and Appointment of Election Managers and Returning Officers; Laws Governing Elections. - The probate judge, the circuit clerk, and the sheriff of...
Section 11-16-38 - Erection of Courthouse on New Site. - If at such election a majority of the qualified electors...
Section 11-16-39 - Subsequent Elections Not to Be Held Within Four Years of Preceding Election. - When one election has been held under this chapter, a...
Section 11-16-40 - Penalties for Failure to Perform Duties Required by Chapter, Etc. - Any officer or person who shall willfully or corruptly fail...