2006 Kansas Code - 18-202

      18-202.   Petition and notices for change of boundaries; remonstrances. That whenever the citizens of two or more counties desire a change in the boundaries thereof, they may petition their respective boards of county commissioners therefor, and each of said petitions shall designate the change desired, and shall be signed by none but legal voters of the county before whose board the same is presented, and shall be signed by at least one-half of such legal voters of each county respectively, to be ascertained from the last assessment rolls of the several township assessors in the county and accompanied by affidavits signed and sworn to by at least two credible witnesses, that the signatures to the petition are genuine, and that the persons signing the same are legal voters in said county: Provided, That before any petition shall be heard, satisfactory proof shall be made by affidavit, to said board, that at least three notices containing copies of such petition or petitions have been posted at least six weeks before the same shall be heard, in three public places in each township in the counties to be affected by such change of boundaries, one of which shall be kept posted upon the door of the office of the clerk of the district court of said counties, which notices shall contain a copy of the petition, and shall show the time of hearing: And provided further, That if an equal number shall sign the remonstrances in each county where the petition is to be heard to the number signing the petitions, no election shall be held.

      History:   L. 1872, ch. 96, § 1; Feb. 29; R.S. 1923, 18-202.