The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1913-08-29
CHAPTER 1856.
Oh. B. 651.)


mpoved agricultural lands of this and
marketing providing
for the establishment of agricultural development districts and author
all public funds the bonds of such districts
Be enacted by the Legislature Of the State of Washington:
For the purpose of improving the agricultural lands
this encouraging their productive agricultural
development districts hereby authorized to be established in the
counties in this hereinafter provided
Sec At my gene e or h at any p onnt m
of county this state and on petition OF ten per cent OF
the qualified electors Of such county based the total vote cast
opment Which shall be- coexensive With the limits of such
established as provided in section
Sec Such petition shall be filed with the county auditor who
certify the sciency nuffcncy thereof and for such
pose the auditor shall have all registration books
proposed agricultural development district.
If the such petition found to be INSULT
ent the petition shall be returned the filing the who
may add thereto for days. when the shall
5 days examine the and attach his certificate thereto
No having signed such petition shall be allowed to withdraw
M erefrom after the filing of the with the county
Sec Whenever such petition shall be certified to as sufficient
suency thereto the board county
election or such petition requests county
? at their n %e n after b td n " of Se an % nr
than sixty days from the date of such certificate Such notice
of election shall describe the boundaries of the district and state the
purpose for which such district proposed to be formed
Sec In submitting the said question to the voters for their
substantially in the following terms
S.. Agricultural Development District of. 49,. Yes
Inserting the of the county number of district and couno
Agricultural Development District of. -. No.
the of the number of district and county,
Any petition for the formation of agricultural develop
district describe district of less than the county
which such petition filed and such event the county commits
shall fix date for hearing such petition and publish
of hearing for weeks of general
after which hearing the commissioners
diminish the boundaries agricultural
development thereafter the procedure shall be fol-
prescribed this for the formation of the larger
development district that the petition and cleo
confined solely the lesser agricultural development
District and provided that whenever two petitions for the
agricultural development district shall be filed
provided the petition describing the greater shall
election shall first be held Hereunder and
lesser agricultural development districts shall be created within
the limits part of any agricultural development dis
Sec g. five days after such election the board of county
majority of the voting said proposition shall vote in favor
district the board of commissioners
shall declare its of the returns OF such election and such
agricultural development district shall then be and become munich
nal corporation Washington the of such
agricultural development district shall be Agricultural Development
District of. :" (inserting the the BALLOT
Sec All expenses of election for the formation of such agri
cultural development district shall be paid by the county holding
election and such expenditure hereby declared to be for
purpose money paid for such shall b
repaid county by the agricultural development district
formed