18-1-101(d), (g), (o) and (u) relate to the public surveys and

18-1-101(d), (g), (o) and (u) relate to the public surveys and embrace such offsets and correction lines east or west as such surveys have established.

ARTICLE 2 - COUNTY SEATS

18-1-201. County seats enumerated.

(a) The county seats in the state of Wyoming are as follows:

(i) Albany county, at Laramie;

(ii) Big Horn county, at Basin;

(iii) Campbell county, at Gillette;

(iv) Carbon county, at Rawlins;

(v) Converse county, at Douglas;

(vi) Crook county, at Sundance;

(vii) Fremont county, at Lander;

(viii) Goshen county, at Torrington;

(ix) Hot Springs county, at Thermopolis;

(x) Johnson county, at Buffalo;

(xi) Laramie county, at Cheyenne;

(xii) Lincoln county, at Kemmerer;  (xiii) Natrona county, at Casper;

(xiv) Niobrara county, at Lusk;

(xv) Park county, at Cody;

(xvi) Platte county, at Wheatland;

(xvii) Sheridan county, at Sheridan;

(xviii) Sublette county, at Pinedale;

(xix) Sweetwater county, at Green River;

(xx) Teton county, at Jackson;

(xxi) Uinta county, at Evanston;

(xxii) Washakie county, at Worland;

(xxiii) Weston county, at Newcastle.

ARTICLE 3 - ORGANIZATION OF NEW COUNTIES

18-1-301. Organization of new counties.

New counties may be organized as provided by W.S. 18-1-302 through 18-1-320.

18-1-302. Petition for organization.

Whenever at least three hundred (300) qualified electors who are property owners desire to organize a new county for the purpose of establishing a county government, they may petition the governor to appoint three (3) electors residing within the boundaries of the proposed new county to act as commissioners in organizing the new county. Attached to the petition shall be affidavits of at least two (2) qualified electors residing within the boundaries of the proposed new county stating that the petitioners are qualified electors and property owners residing within the boundaries of the proposed new county and that the requirements of W.S. 18-1-303(a) and (b) have been met.

18-1-303. Assessed valuation and population requirements of proposed and residual counties.

(a) No new county shall be organized unless it:  (i) Contains a population of at least three thousand (3,000) persons; and

(ii) Contains taxable property of at least seven million dollars ($7,000,000.00) as shown in the last assessment.

(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section the county or counties from which the proposed new county is to be formed shall each contain, after the new county is organized:

(i) A population of at least five thousand (5,000) persons; and

(ii) Taxable property of at least nine million dollars ($9,000,000.00) as shown in the last assessment.

(c) The governor may require further evidence of population and assessed value of the proposed new county and the county or counties from which the proposed new county is to be formed.

18-1-304. Appointment of commissioners.

After the governor has received the petition specified in W.S.