The votes cast at such election shall be canvassed at the time and in the manner prescribed by this act [73-8-1 to 73-8-60 NMSA 1978] as applied to other elections herein mentioned; and if by such canvass it shall appear that a majority of the ballots cast at such election was in favor of dissolution, then it shall be the duty of the board of directors to declare the district to be disorganized; and the board shall certify to the county clerk [clerks] of the respective counties in which the district is situated, the number of signatures to the petition, the date when the election was held, the number of votes cast for and against the proposition and the result of the canvass as declared by the board; which certificate shall be signed by the president and secretary of the board, and authenticated by the seal of the district. Such certificate shall be recorded by the county clerks of the respective counties above mentioned.

Should it appear as the result of such canvass that a majority of the votes cast at such election were against dissolution, then the board of directors shall declare the proposition lost, and shall cause the result as thus ascertained and declared, and the vote cast, to be made a part of the records of the district.

History: Laws 1917, ch. 22, § 53; C.S. 1929, § 40-253; 1941 Comp., § 77-2053; 1953 Comp., § 75-21-53.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Compiler's notes. — The words "this act" refers to Laws 1917, ch. 22, §§ 1 to 60, now compiled as 73-8-1 to 73-8-60 NMSA 1978.

Cross references. — For canvass of returns, see 73-8-17 NMSA 1978.