49-35-16. Certification of election returns. Within ten days after the canvass of the vote at an election pursuant to § 49-35-15, each county auditor or municipal finance officer shall certify and return to the secretary of state the number of votes cast at such election in favor of and against the question submitted. If a majority of the electors voting on the question at the election vote in favor of the question submitted, the secretary of state shall file and record the results of the election and thereupon the district under its designated name constitutes a body politic and corporate.
Source: SL 1950 (SS), ch 17, § 10; SDC Supp 1960, § 52.1710; SL 1998, ch 276, § 10.
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