Chapter 19 — COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS

19-1602. Election for relocation of county seat, when; petition; registration. That in all cases where the county seat of any county in this state has been, or shall hereafter be located by a vote of the electors of such county, or where county buildings have been erected, donate…

19-1603. Estimate of value of lots. That for the purpose of ascertaining the compensation to which any person may be entitled under the provisions of section 2* of this act, the board of county commissioners of the proper county shall appoint three disinterested freeholders, elec…

19-1604. Determination of legal electors. For the purposes of this act, the county commissioners shall be governed by the last assessment rolls of the several township and city assessors of the county, and no petitioner shall be deemed a legal elector unless he be an elector and …

19-1605. When election held; notices. The elections provided for in this act shall be held within fifty days after the presentation of the petition therefor; and the county commissioners shall cause thirty days' notice of any such election to be given, by publication in one or mo…

19-1606. Canvass of first election. The board of commissioners shall meet on the Saturday following said election, and proceed to canvass the vote; and the place having received the majority of all the votes cast shall be proclaimed by them the county seat of the county. History:…

19-1607. Second election. When the county seat of any county has not been located by a vote of the legal electors of the county, if on the first election for the location thereof no place shall receive a majority of all the votes cast a second election shall be held on the second…

19-1608. Canvass of second election. In case of a second election, the board of county commissioners shall meet on the Saturday following, canvass the vote and proclaim the result, as hereinbefore provided. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 26, § 8; March 3; R.S. 1923, 19-1608. Previous | …

19-1609. Removal to new county seat; time; penalty for failure. The county officers who are required by law to keep their offices at the county seat shall within twenty days after said proclamation remove all books, records, papers and furniture belonging to the county, to the pl…

19-1610. How elections conducted. Elections provided for in this act shall be conducted in all respects as provided for by the general election laws of the state. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 26, § 10; March 3; R.S. 1923, 19-1610. Source or Prior Law: L. 1863, ch. 24, § 4. Previous | …

19-1611. Days for elections. No election under this act shall be held on the day of any general election. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 26, § 11; March 3; R.S. 1923, 19-1611. Source or Prior Law: L. 1863, ch. 24, § 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 20…

19-1612. Ballots at elections. At all elections under this act the ballots shall be headed "For county seat," and following thereafter shall be the name of the place for which the elector desires to cast his vote. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 26, § 12; March 3; R.S. 1923, 19-1612. Pre…

19-1613. Board of registry. That the persons authorized by law to act as judges of elections in any election or voting precinct of this state shall constitute a board of registry for their respective voting precincts, and shall meet on Tuesday, three weeks preceding any election …

19-1614. Register. Said registers shall each contain a list of the persons so qualified and entitled to vote in said voting precinct at the coming election for the permanent location or relocation of the county seat; alphabetically arranged according to their respective surnames,…

19-1615. Appointment of judges; new precincts. In case in any township there shall be two or more election precincts, and in any of said precincts there shall not reside any authorized judge of election, the township trustee of the township shall appoint three judges of election …

19-1616. Revision of register. The said board shall again meet on Tuesday of the week preceding the said election, in their respective voting precincts at the place designated for holding the polls of the election, for the purpose of revising, correcting and completing said lists…

19-1617. Proceedings and hearings of board. The proceedings of said board shall be open, and all persons residing and entitled to vote in said voting precinct shall be entitled to be heard by said board in relation to corrections or additions to said register. One of the lists so…

19-1618. Names to be erased or placed on list; false information; oaths. It shall be the duty of said board, at their meeting for revising and correcting said lists, to erase therefrom the name of any person inserted therein who shall be proved by the oath of two legal voters of …

19-1619. Copies of register; vote of certain persons not received; challenges. After said lists shall have been fully completed, and within three days of said second meeting of said board, they shall cause four copies of the same to be made, each of which shall be certified by th…

19-1620. Duties of clerks of election; penalties. The clerks at the polls, in addition to the duties now prescribed by law, shall enter on the poll books kept by them, in columns prepared for that purpose, opposite the name of each person voting, the same statement or minute as h…

19-1621. Poll books and register filed with county clerk. After the canvass of the votes by the judges of said election, said poll books and said register so kept and checked as aforesaid shall be attached together, and shall on the following day be filed in the office of the tow…

19-1622. Board may appoint clerk. The said board may, if necessary, on the day or days of the making and correcting such lists, appoint a clerk to assist them in the discharge of their duties required by this act; and the same oath shall be taken by such clerk as is required by l…

19-1623. Registers open to inspection. The registers shall at all times be open to public inspection at the office of the authorities in which they shall be deposited, without charge. History: L. 1881, ch. 89, § 11; March 4; R.S. 1923, 19-1623. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDIN…

19-1624. Compensation of members of board and clerks. The members of the board of registration and their clerks shall each receive the same compensation as is now allowed by law for judges and clerks of elections, for each day actually and necessarily employed in the making and c…

19-1625. Board to preserve order; vacancies. The said board shall have and exercise the same power in preserving order at their meetings, under this act, as are given to judges of election for preserving order on election days; and vacancies in said board shall be filled in the s…

19-1626. Falsely registering or swearing; penalties; register blanks. Any person who shall cause his name to be registered in more than one voting precinct, or who shall cause his name to be registered, knowing that he is not a qualified elector in said precinct where he causes s…

19-1627. Register used at subsequent election. In case an election for the location or relocation of the permanent county seat of a county is held for which a registration of electors is made in pursuance of this act, and at such election no place shall receive a majority of the …

19-1628. Construction of act. Nothing in this act shall be construed in any manner to affect the qualifications of electors, or general mode of conducting elections. History: L. 1881, ch. 89, § 16; March 4; R.S. 1923, 19-1628. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL Gene…

19-1629. Judges of election appointed by county commissioners. The board of county commissioners shall appoint judges of elections for any election under this act, in any precinct where there are no judges provided by law; and the judges so appointed shall take and subscribe an o…

19-1630. Application of K.S.A. 19-1613 through 19-1629 to county-seat elections. Sections one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen and seventeen of chapter eighty-nine of the Laws of 1881 be and the same are h…

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19-18,100. History: L. 1963, ch. 171, § 3; Repealed, L. 1984, ch. 98, § 28; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents…

19-18,101. History: L. 1963, ch. 171, § 4; L. 1970, ch. 100, § 16; L. 1975, ch. 162, § 17; L. 1977, ch. 54, § 28; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 105; Repealed, L. 1984, ch. 98, § 28; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archive…

19-18,116. History: L. 1968, ch. 90, § 1; Repealed, L. 1984, ch. 98, § 28; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents …

19-18,119. History: L. 1973, ch. 117, § 1; Repealed, L. 1984, ch. 98, § 28; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents…

19-18,120. History: L. 1976, ch. 117, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 99, § 3; Repealed, L. 1984, ch. 98, § 28; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived Sc…

19-18,123. History: L. 1976, ch. 117, § 4; L. 1978, ch. 99, § 24; Repealed, L. 1984, ch. 98, § 28; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived S…

19-18,128. History: L. 1978, ch. 99, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 119, § 1; Repealed, L. 1984, ch. 98, § 28; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Certificate of need from state planning agency in accord with K.S.A. 65-4801 et seq. required to authorize bond issue under this section. Pratt v. Board o…

19-18,129. History: L. 1978, ch. 99, § 2; Repealed, L. 1984, ch. 98, § 28; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents …

19-18,132. History: L. 1981, ch. 109, § 1; Repealed, L. 1984, ch. 98, § 28; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Cited upholding constitutionality of Thomas county hospital transfer act (K.S.A. 19-18,133, 19-18,134). Ullrich v. Board of Thomas County Comm'rs, 234 Kan. 782, 784, 676 P.2d 1…

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