1903 public laws – Ch.443 Sec.7

That the said Board of Trustees shall not issue the bonds herein provided for, or any part thereof, until they shall have first submitted the question to the qualified voters of the township at an election to be held for that purpose. Said election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as is prescribed by law for holding elections for members of the General Assembly: Provided, however, that said Board of Trustees shall order and call said election and appoint the registrars and judges of election and all other , election officers, and fill vacancies for any cause, and the registration and challenge of voters shall be conducted in like manner as is provided for in the election of members of the General Assembly, and for said election the said Board of Trustees shall order a new registration, and provide therefor as the law directs in State elections. The vote shall be counted at the close of the polls by the registrar and judges of election, and make two written statements or returns and deliver them to the Board of Trustees at noon on the day following said election, and said Board of Trustees shall canvass the same and declare the result of the election, and record in the minutes of the Board the return and the finding and declaration of the Board of Trustees, and the other return and a copy of the finding shall be filed with the Register of Deeds to be recorded in his office, and no other recording shall be necessary.