In order to effect such a consolidation the board of supervisors of each of the original districts shall call an election in the same manner as elections for supervisors, stating the time, place and object of such election. If a majority of the acreage voting in each district vote in favor of the proposition to unite and consolidate such districts the board of supervisors of each district shall present a petition to the court of common pleas of the county in which the greatest amount of the lands is located, accompanied with a complete return of the election, in which petition shall be stated the names of the original districts, when incorporated, the names of the owners of the lands and the boundaries of the districts.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-627; 1952 Code Section 18-627; 1942 Code Section 6199; 1932 Code Section 6199; Civ. C. '22 Section 3253; 1920 (31) 633.