No petition with the requisite signatures shall be declared null and void on account of alleged defects, but the court may, at any time, permit the petition to be amended to conform to the facts, by correcting any errors in description or in any other particular. History: Laws 1931, ch. 97, § 4; 1941 Comp., […]
Several similar petitions, or duplicate copies of the same petition, for the organization of the same district may be filed, and shall together be regarded as one petition. All such petitions filed prior to the hearing on the first petition filed shall be considered by the court the same as though filed with the first […]
A guardian, conservator or personal representative of an estate, who is appointed as such under the laws of this state, and who, as such guardian, conservator or personal representative, is entitled to the possession of the lands belonging to the estate which he represents may, on behalf of his ward or the estate he represents, […]
In determining whether a requisite number of landowners have signed the petition, the court shall be governed by the names and the value of the property as they appear upon the tax or assessment rolls which shall be prima facie evidence of such ownership and value. History: Laws 1931, ch. 97, § 7; 1941 Comp., […]
At the time of filing the petition, or at any time subsequent thereto and prior to the time of hearing on said petition, a bond shall be filed, with security approved by the court sufficient to pay all the expenses connected with the proceedings in case the organization of the district be not effected. If, […]
Immediately after the filing of such petition, the court shall, by order, fix a time and place, not less than sixty (60) days after the petition is filed, for hearing thereon, and thereupon the clerk shall cause notice by publication to be made of the pendency of the petition, and of the time and place […]