80-904. Same; petition; election; duties of county commissioners. The purchasing and securing of suitable grounds for the purpose of this act or the acquiring and taking over of parks and cemeteries already in existence, either by becoming absolute owners or as trustees under existing laws, shall not be done until twenty-five percent of the resident taxpayers of any such township shall petition in writing the board of county commissioners to submit to the qualified voters of such township a proposition to purchase, or secure, and maintain or acquire and take over and maintain a public park or parks or cemetery or cemeteries, or both such public parks and cemeteries and issue bonds of such township or levy a tax in payment therefor.
Said petition shall particularly describe the parcel or parcels or tract or tracts of land to be so purchased or secured and maintained, or if paid for by taxation, the number of annual installments into which the whole tax is to be divided, and if such petition be found true then the board of county commissioners shall cause an election to be held to determine whether such purchase or securing the grounds and issue of bonds therefor, if any are provided for, shall be made, and the same shall be submitted to the qualified electors of such township at a special or general election, as the same shall be specified in said petition: Provided, That where parks or cemeteries are already in existence and operated by a park or cemetery organization, corporation or association of persons are to be taken over and acquired that such petition, as is in this section provided, shall not be acted upon by the board of county commissioners until there has been filed with such board a written proposition stating the price, terms and conditions upon which the park or parks or cemetery association or cemetery associations engage themselves to convey to the township all the property of such association or associations, corporation or corporations, or organization or organizations within such township, has been filed with the clerk of the township board.
History: L. 1887, ch. 235, § 4; L. 1909, ch. 260, § 2; L. 1921, ch. 295, § 2; L. 1923, ch. 240, § 2; Feb. 28; R.S. 1923, 80-904.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers
Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries
80-901 Parks or cemeteries; establishment.
80-902 Same; bonds; limitation.
80-903 Tax levies for bonds and interest and for expenses and improvements.
80-904 Same; petition; election; duties of county commissioners.
80-905 Parks and cemeteries in one or more townships; establishment.
80-906 Same; petition; election; duties of county commissioners.
80-907 Same; tax levy for sinking fund; limitation.
80-908 Same; cooperation by cities of second or third classes; petition; ordinance; tax levy.
80-909 Same; sections 80-905 to 80-909 supplemental.
80-910 Parks or cemeteries; petition under 80-901 to 80-904; order for election.
80-912 Same; cemetery lots; record and charges.
80-913 Same; use of funds; annual report; unlawful acts.
80-914 Purchase of unsold school lands for cemetery or burial ground.
80-915 Acquisition of cemetery association or corporation property; maintenance.
80-916 Care of abandoned cemeteries.
80-919 Same; election; site; erection; tax levy, limitation.
80-923 Board of trustees of joint township parks or cemeteries; tax levies.
80-932 Tax levy for care and maintenance of certain cemeteries.
80-933 Lease of lake or park; conditions; publication; protest petition.
80-934 Cemetery abandoned by private association; title vested in township.
80-935 Same; petition to district court; order transferring title.
80-936 Same; care and maintenance by township.
80-937 Township lakes in certain townships; issuance of bonds for restoration; election.
80-938 Tax levy for care and maintenance of certain cemeteries; election upon petition.
80-939 Recreational facilities; election; tax levies.
80-940 Disorganization of cemetery districts in certain townships; property transferred to township.