24-507. List of freeholders; persons entitled to vote. Within five days after receiving notice of the incorporation of any drainage district the county clerk shall ascertain from the tax rolls of the next preceding year the names of all freeholders resident in Kansas whose lands in whole or in part may be included within said district and deliver a certified list of the same to one of the persons appointed as judges of the first election to be held in the district, and at such election, and at all other elections held under this act, only persons who are eighteen (18) years of age and are freeholders resident in Kansas, whose lands in whole or in part are within the district, shall be permitted to vote, and they shall vote in the county within which their lands are located, but no discrimination shall be made on account of sex. The list so furnished by the county clerk shall not be conclusive, but the judges of the election may administer oaths and examine witnesses to determine the right of anyone to vote who may claim that he has been erroneously omitted from such list.
History: L. 1911, ch. 170, § 7; R.S. 1923, 24-507; L. 1972, ch. 124, § 2; Feb. 22.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees
Article 5 - Drainage In Valley Of Natural Watercourse
24-501 Drainage districts organized in valley of natural watercourse; procedure.
24-502 Petition; time for hearing; notice.
24-502a Inclusion of land located in other benefit districts.
24-503 Hearing on petition; report to secretary of state.
24-504 Proclamation by governor; date for election of directors; record of proceeding.
24-505 Places for holding elections; judges and clerks.
24-506 Board of directors, qualifications; term.
24-507 List of freeholders; persons entitled to vote.
24-508 Ballots and nominations.
24-510 First meeting of directors; organization of board; definition of boundaries of district.
24-511 Appeal on location of boundary line.
24-513 Engineer; salary; duties.
24-514 Rules for plans, specifications and estimates.
24-516 Bond election; notice; canvass of returns.
24-518 Record of bonds; levy for interest and sinking fund.
24-519 Benefits assessment commission; compensation, duties.
24-520 Apportionment of benefits.
24-522 Prevention of overflow of natural watercourse.
24-523 Filing of benefits assessment commission report; notice of assessments; appeal.
24-524 Hearing of complaints; notice; report.
24-525 Letting of contracts for work; bond of contractor.
24-526 Smaller district previously organized; application of act.
24-527a Vacancy on board; appointment.