Any such petition shall set forth:
(1) The proposed name of the district;
(2) That there is need, in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare, for a soil and water conservation district to function in the territory described in the petition;
(3) A description of the territory proposed to be organized as a district, which shall not be required to be given by metes and bounds or by legal subdivisions but shall be deemed sufficient if generally accurate; and
(4) Requests
(a) that the department duly define the boundaries for the district,
(b) that a referendum be held within the territory so defined on the question of the creation of a soil and water conservation district in such territory and
(c) that the department determine that such a district be created.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 63-82; 1952 Code Section 63-82; 1942 Code Section 5806-105; 1937 (40) 242; 1965 (54) 106; 1970 (56) 2331; 1972 (57) 2271; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1188.