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,'llhC-510 \Wr ;, T.\X-I'PPI.EME>77~ F'~RF~ i-{~;,~L.'~ ~115C-.510 next ti)Ih)wing such election, omvey and transfer to the board of education ,ffthe ctt~ administrative unit the property so agreed to be conveyed and transferred. , 13.57. c. 1271. s. 8. 1981. c. 42:3. s. 1.~ .~ 115C-510. Elections in districts created from portions of contiguous counties. Districts already created anct those that may be created from portions of tw,) or more contiguous counties may hold elections under this Article to be incorporated or to v,)te a special local tax therein for the purposes enumerated in G.S. 11.5C-.501. Electi,ms fi*r either purpose must be initiated by petitions from the portmn of each county included in the district, or the proposed district. In districts ah'eady created or proposed to be created, the petition must be signed by fifteen percent {15C;) of the re~stered voters who reside in the area. ~k'hen the petitions shall have been approved by each of the boards of education of such contiguous counties, they shall then be presented by each of said boards of education to their respective boards of county commissioners. The boards ~fcommissioners of each of the contiguous counties, in compliance with the provisions of this Article relating to the conduct ,',f local tax elections, then shall call upon the county board of elections to hold an elecrh)n in that p~rtion of tb, e proposed district lying in i~.s county. Election returns shall be made t'rom each portion ,of the proposed district to the board of commissioners ordering the election in that p{wtion, and the returns shall be canvassed and recorded as required in this Article fi)r local tax districts. Ifa majority of the voters who vote thereon in each of the counties shall vote in favor of the tax. or for incorporation, the election shall be determined to have carried in the whole district, and shall be so recorded in the records of the board ,)fcotmty commissioners in each county in which the dist'Ac't is located. If thc pr,~postti,t,n sc~bmitted to the v,)ters in the election is a question ,}t' h~corp,,ratmg the district, the ballots fo,' this election shall have printc, d thereon the win'ds "Em' Incorporation" and "Against Incorporation." [.r the election for incorporation is carried. the district is thereby incorporated and shall possess all the author- ltv of incorporated districts. 'In case the election carried in each portion of the proposed district, the several county boards of education concerned shall each pass a formal order consolidating the territory into one joint local tax district, which shall be and become a body corporate by the name and style of". ........................................................ ,Joint Local ~Fax School District of. ...... Counties." The county board of education having the largest school census and the largest area in the part of the joint [,)cai tax district lying in its county shall determine the location of the schoolhouse: but it' the largest census and largest area do not both lie in the same county, then the county boards shall jointly select the site tbr the building: and in case of a disagreement they shall submit the question to a board of arbitra- tion consisting of three members, one member to be named by each board of education if three counties are concerned, or if there are but. two counties, then each board shall choose one member and the two so named shall select the third member. The decision of this board of arbitration shall be binding on all county boards of education concerned. 409 75