(a) The supervisors of each resulting district shall file a verified application with the Secretary of State when the property, assets, and rights to which they are entitled under division or combination, or both, are received.
(b) The application shall recite:
(1) The petition for the division or combination, or both, of the district was filed with the Committee pursuant to the provisions of this subtitle;
(2) The proceedings specified in this subtitle were taken pursuant to the petition;
(3) The application is being filed in order to complete the division or combination, or both, of any old district;
(4) The supervisors have been appointed;
(5) The name and official residence of each supervisor, together with a certified copy of the appointments evidencing his rights to office;
(6) The term of office of each supervisor;
(7) The name of the district; and
(8) The location of the principal office of the supervisors.
(c) The application shall be executed and sworn to by each supervisor before an officer, authorized by law to take and certify oaths, who shall certify on the application that he personally knows each supervisor, knows him to be the officer as affirmed in the application, and that each has subscribed to the application in his presence.
(d) The application shall be accompanied by a statement of the Committee, which shall recite the fact that:
(1) A petition was filed;
(2) Notice was given;
(3) A referendum was held on the question of dividing or combining, or both, the named districts;
(4) The Committee determined that division or combination, or both, was administratively feasible;
(5) The division or combination, or both, of the property, assets, and rights was decided upon and carried out in accordance with this subtitle; and
(6) The boundaries of the district are as described in the petition, or as further defined by the Committee.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 4 - Division, Combination, and Termination of Districts
Section 8-401 - Procedure to Divide or Combine Districts
Section 8-402 - Appointment of Supervisors to Governing Body; Disposal of District Property
Section 8-403 - Application and Statement of Supervisors and Committee
Section 8-404 - Certificate of Constitution of District; Powers of New Districts and Supervisors
Section 8-405 - Adequate Personnel and Resources for Soil Conservation Districts