Whenever twenty-five percent (25%) of the holders of title to lands outside of the corporate limits of any incorporated city or town shall petition the board of county commissioners of the county in which such area owned by them is located for the formation of a fire protection district, and compliance had with the provisions of this act, the said board of county commissioners shall enter its order organizing such district, and when so organized such district shall have the powers conferred herein or such as hereafter may be conferred by law upon such fire protection districts.
Added by Laws 1949, p. 153, § 1.