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365.59 COUNTY TO APPOINT OFFICERS IF NONE ELECTED.
Subdivision 1. Second meeting try. If a town fails to organize or fails to elect officers at the
annual town meeting, 12 landowners of the town may call a town meeting for these purposes.
The meeting is called by giving ten days' posted notice of it. The notice must include the time,
place, and purpose of the meeting.
Subd. 2. 30-day wait; affidavit. If the notice under subdivision 1 is not posted within 30
days after the date for the annual town meeting, the county board shall appoint officers for the
town. The officers shall hold their offices until their successors qualify. The county board shall act
only after an affidavit of a landowner of the town is filed with the county auditor. The affidavit
must state the facts that require the county board to act.
History: 1959 c 675 art 6 s 27; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1; 2004 c 228 art 2 s 12
Subdivision 1. Second meeting try. If a town fails to organize or fails to elect officers at the
annual town meeting, 12 landowners of the town may call a town meeting for these purposes.
The meeting is called by giving ten days' posted notice of it. The notice must include the time,
place, and purpose of the meeting.
Subd. 2. 30-day wait; affidavit. If the notice under subdivision 1 is not posted within 30
days after the date for the annual town meeting, the county board shall appoint officers for the
town. The officers shall hold their offices until their successors qualify. The county board shall act
only after an affidavit of a landowner of the town is filed with the county auditor. The affidavit
must state the facts that require the county board to act.
History: 1959 c 675 art 6 s 27; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1; 2004 c 228 art 2 s 12
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