19-2648. Same; resolution; publication; protest petition; election. The board of county commissioners of any county may provide for the collection of records, documents and other articles of historical value or interest and may establish, maintain, display and provide housing for, within the courthouse or elsewhere, an historical collection of the records, documents and other articles so collected in the manner hereinafter provided. Any such board desiring to so collect such things of historical value or interest and to so establish, maintain, display and provide housing for an historical collection shall adopt a resolution declaring their intent to do so and that the same is of historical and educational value. Said resolution shall be published once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks in the official county paper. If a petition in opposition to the making of such collection and the establishment, maintenance, display and housing of such historical collection, signed by a number of legal electors of the county equal to or greater than ten percent (10%) of the total vote cast for the office of secretary of state in such county at the last preceding general election is not filed with the county clerk within sixty (60) days after the date of last publication of said resolution, said board may proceed to provide for such collection and establish, maintain, display and provide housing for such historical collection.
If such petition shall be filed, then the question of the providing for such collection and the establishment, maintenance, display and housing of such collection shall be submitted, at the next general election, to the legal electors of the county for their approval or rejection in the manner provided by K.S.A. 25-605. The question shall be stated on the ballot substantially as follows:
"Shall the board of county commissioners of ____________ county (here insert name of county) provide for the collection of records, documents and articles of historical value or interest and establish, maintain, display and provide housing for an historical collection of such records, documents and articles?"
If a majority of those voting on the question shall vote in favor of said proposition, then the board of county commissioners shall proceed to provide for such collection and establish, maintain, display and provide housing for such an historical collection but if a majority of the votes cast shall be against such proposition then said board shall proceed no further.
History: L. 1955, ch. 179, § 2; L. 1961, ch. 142, § 1; June 30.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers
Article 26 - Miscellaneous Provisions
19-2601 Place of county offices; office hours; penalty for failure to keep open.
19-2604 Deputies' oaths; deposit with bonds.
19-2605 County commissioners defined.
19-2606 Resignation by elected county officers.
19-2607 New officer to finish business and records of predecessor; records as evidence.
19-2609 Removal of county officer.
19-2618 Water mains in or along highway; petition.
19-2619 Same; rules and regulations.
19-2622 Same; penalty; damages; costs.
19-2623 Same; land for water mains; eminent domain.
19-2633 When plats of land outside city to be filed with county commissioners.
19-2633a Vacation of Hillcrest Heights as platted in Cowley county.
19-2633b Vacation of Cave Springs townsite in Elk county.
19-2636 Same; tax levy limitation; excess funds.
19-2638 Same; pending actions not barred; disposition of moneys recovered.
19-2643 Lease of park plots to youth camps in certain counties.
19-2644 Shawnee and Mission townships in Johnson county designated urban areas; law enforcement.
19-2645 Same; joint county and city use of vehicles and equipment.
19-2646 Same; appointment of policemen; powers; oaths; bond.
19-2647 Preservation of historical records in counties; declaration of public interest.
19-2648 Same; resolution; publication; protest petition; election.
19-2650 Same; acceptance of gifts or loans.
19-2653 Same; tax levies to pay warrants; surplus funds.
19-2654 Johnson county, Sedgwick county; designated as urban area.
19-2655 Counties over 180,000; long term leases of land to sheriff's posses.
19-2656 City of Overland Park and Oxford township in Johnson county designated urban area.
19-2657 Same; annexation of certain land located in urban area; ordinance.
19-2658 Disposal of refuse; acquisition of lands; improvements and equipment; contracts with city.
19-2659 Same; costs; bonds; election, when; exemption from county bonded debt limitations.
19-2660 Same; disposal facility; operation; contracts with political subdivisions.
19-2661 Same; fees and charges; fund, use; expenses from general fund, when.
19-2662 Same; disposition of lands acquired; use of moneys received from sale.
19-2663 Museum and cultural center in counties between 10,000 and 15,000 with $45,000,000 valuation.
19-2664 Same; election; amount of bonds.
19-2666 Same; name of board; limitation on powers.
19-2667 Same; organization and meetings of board.
19-2668 Same; specific powers of board.
19-2669 Same; treasurer of board.
19-2672 Same; duties of commission.
19-2673 Same; contracts; receipt and expenditure of moneys.
19-2674 Same; minutes of meetings; report and recommendations to legislature.
19-2675 Building fund; transfer of unexpended balance.
19-2678 County recreational, community service and social programs for the aging; payment of cost.
19-2679 Central motor pools in counties authorized; use charges.
19-2681 Same; charter commission, establishment.
19-2682 Same; charter commission membership; appointment.
19-2685 Same; submission of proposed charter to electors; adoption.
19-2686 Same; eligibility of charter commission members to election to county commission.
19-2688 Same; action to recover.
19-2689 Kansas association of counties; participating employer in KPERS.
19-2691 Coliseum events fund in certain counties; payment of expenses of shows or events.
19-2692 Coliseum concessions fund in certain counties; payment of expenses of concessions operation.
19-2692a Special recreation facilities fund.
19-2693 Reports, documentation and controls relating to coliseum funds; approval of contracts; bond.
19-2695 Conveyance of land forming part of Lone Star Lake to Douglas county.
19-2696 Leasing of lands by Hodgeman county to Santa Fe Trail Council of Boy Scouts of America.
19-2697 Sanitary land fill; Haskell county.
19-2698 Services for the physically handicapped; tax levy; procedure to authorize levy.
19-2699 Cloud county fair board; membership; qualifications; election; term; vacancies; officers.
19-26,100 Tax levy for arts program in Wyandotte county.
19-26,101 Conveyance of land in Wichita county to city of Leoti.
19-26,102 Vacation of certain property in Lyon county, procedure; reversion of property.
19-26,103 Wyandotte county land bank; definitions.
19-26,104 Same; establishment; governance; authorities and duties of county commissioners.
19-26,105 Same; budgets; accounts and records; annual reports.
19-26,106 Same; composition of board; authorities and duties; conflicts of interest; suits.
19-26,107 Same; powers of board.
19-26,108 Same; transfers of property.
19-26,109 Same; administration of property, duties of board.
19-26,110 Same; sale of property by board; conditions; consolidation.
19-26,111 Same; exemption of property from taxation; exceptions.
19-26,112 Same; use of moneys received from sale of property.
19-26,113 Same; advisory committees, establishment.
19-26,114 Counties; certain resolutions void as against public policy.
19-26,117 Motor vehicle nuisance; abatement process.
19-26,118 Board of county commissioners; adoption of policies and procedures by resolution.