When newspapers are, by equality of circulation, equally entitled to selection as an official newspaper, the board shall, in the presence of the contestants, determine the question by lot.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5403; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.8] 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §186