Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-561

Within thirty (30) days after entering the decree incorporating

said district, the judge having jurisdiction shall call an election

of a temporary board of directors, and cause notice thereof to be

given by publication thereof in each county in which lands of the

district are situated, the last insertion to be not less than thirty

(30) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of such meeting,

calling a meeting of all of the owners of land within the district

at a day and hour specified, at some place in the judicial district

in which the district was organized, for the purpose of electing a

temporary board of three (3) directors who shall be residents within

a county in which the district is located and shall be owners of

land within the district; provided, that not more than one director

shall be chosen from any one county affected by the district, if

there are more than two counties affected by the district. The

district judge shall conduct the election and at such election each

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and every owner of any land within the district shall be entitled to

one vote for each director, in person or by proxy in writing, duly

signed and verified by affidavit. The owners of land voting in such

election, either in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum

for the purpose of holding such election. The directors elected

shall serve until the first permanent board of directors is elected,

as hereinafter provided.

Within twenty (20) days after the confirmation of appraisements

of benefits for said district, the court clerk of the district court

in which the petition has been filed, or to which it has been

assigned, shall give notice, as heretofore provided, calling a

meeting of the owners of all the lands on which appraised benefits

have been confirmed situated in said district, at a day and hour

specified at some public place in the judicial district in which the

district was organized, for the purpose of electing a permanent

board of three (3) directors who shall be residents within a county

in which the district is located and shall be owners of land on

which appraised benefits have been confirmed. The president of the

temporary board of firectors shall, in open court and under the

supervision of the district judge, conduct the election, and at such

election each and every owner of any lands on which appraised

benefits have been confirmed shall be entitled to one vote for each

director, in person or by proxy in writing duly signed and verified

by affidavit. Said election shall be for terms of one (1), two (2)

and three (3) years, and thereafter the terms of directors shall be

three (3) years from the date of said election and they shall serve

until their successors shall have been elected and qualified as

hereinbefore provided.

Each year the court clerk of the district court shall give

notice, as heretofore provided, for the yearly election of the

Director whose term expires. The director with the longest term

left shall, in open court and under the supervision of the district

judge, conduct the election.

The Oklahoma Water Resources Board at any election or meeting

may represent the State of Oklahoma and shall have the right to vote

for directors or in any matter that shall come up properly before

any election or meeting to the extent of the assessment against land

owned by the state in such district, which vote may be cast by any

person designated by said Oklahoma Water Resources Board; guardians

may represent their wards, executors and administrators may

represent estates of deceased persons, and private corporations may

be represented by their officers or duly-authorized agents; and any

city, county or municipality may be represented by its officers or

agents duly-authorized.

The owners of land on which appraised benefits have been

confirmed, voting in the election of a permanent board of directors,
r wards, executors and administrators may

represent estates of deceased persons, and private corporations may

be represented by their officers or duly-authorized agents; and any

city, county or municipality may be represented by its officers or

agents duly-authorized.

The owners of land on which appraised benefits have been

confirmed, voting in the election of a permanent board of directors,

either in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the

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purpose of holding such election or any election thereafter. The

persons receiving a majority of the votes cast in any election shall

be elected, and the district judge under whose supervision the

election is held shall make and enter an order setting forth the

results of said election, naming the elected Directors and

specifying their respective terms.

Any director appointed or elected may be removed by the district

judge having jurisdiction of the conservancy district, for

dishonesty, incompetency or failure to perform the duties imposed

upon him by this chapter, and any vacancies which may occur in any

office shall be filled by appointment by the district judge having

jurisdiction of the district for the unexpired term of said

Director, such appointee to be qualified as herein set forth.