18-1-319 the board of county commissioners of the new county

18-1-319 the board of county commissioners of the new county shall issue and deliver warrants to the commissioners of the original county or counties.

(b) Each year the board of county commissioners of the new county shall levy a sufficient tax upon all the taxable property in the county to pay its proportionate share of the indebtedness.

ARTICLE 4 - PROCEEDINGS IN BOUNDARY DISPUTES

18-1-401. Commissioners to order surveyor of their respective counties to make survey.

Whenever a dispute arises between two (2) adjoining counties as to the location of the boundary line between them each board of county commissioners shall order their county surveyor to survey the disputed boundary line with the county surveyor of the other county at a time agreed upon by each board of county commissioners.

18-1-402. Duty of surveyors in making survey; joint report; findings conclusive if in agreement.

(a) The county surveyors shall:

(i) Mark the boundary line as located by them by placing or erecting at the end of each mile an easily discernible and durable monument upon which will be designated the point which it represents or locates;

(ii) Make a joint report of the boundary line agreed upon, attaching maps which show the location of the boundary line and all monuments placed or erected on the line.

(b) The report shall be signed and sworn to by each surveyor and one (1) copy shall be filed with the county clerk of each county. The line agreed on by the county surveyors is located and binding upon both counties.

18-1-403. Reports of county surveyors to be separate when they disagree.

If the county surveyors do not agree in the location of the boundary line after making the survey provided by W.S. 18-1-402 they shall each make separate reports on the portion of the line upon which they do not agree, attaching maps showing the location of all monuments placed or erected on the line. One (1) report shall be filed with each county clerk.

18-1-404. Application to court for settlement when surveyors disagree; filing and notice of filing; court jurisdiction.  (a) After the reports provided by W.S. 18-1-403 have been filed the county commissioners of either county may apply to the district court within their county for a hearing, describing the previous proceedings and attaching a certified copy of all records and reports which have been filed with the county clerk.

(b) The application for a hearing shall be entitled "in the matter of disputed boundary line between .... and .... counties." Upon receiving the application the clerk of court shall file and docket it and immediately notify the county clerk of the other county by registered mail of the filing and docketing and shall include a copy of the application. This notice is sufficient to establish the pendency of the matter.

(c) When the requirements of this section have been met the district court has acquired jurisdiction and shall exclude the jurisdiction of any other court.

18-1-405. Court to appoint surveyor; filing of surveyor's report; action upon report; appeal.

(a) Upon hearing the matter as provided by W.S. 18-1-404 and if the court is satisfied that all proceedings have been made pursuant to the provisions of W.S. 18-1-401 through