Montana Code Annotated 1999

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     7-13-2505. Processing of petition. (1) Upon the filing of such petition or petitions, the county clerk and recorder shall examine the petition and certify whether the required number of signers are found thereon. After the examination of the petition, the county clerk and recorder of any county containing the least number of signers, if more than one county is involved, shall transmit the petition to the county clerk and recorder of the county containing the most signers.
     (2) Within 30 days following the receipt of such petitions, the county clerk and recorder in the county containing the most names on the petitions shall transmit the petitions to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the greater number of petitioners reside, together with his certificate and the certificates of any other county clerk and recorder as to the sufficiency thereof.

     History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 198, L. 1961; R.C.M. 1947, 70-412(part).

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