1. 1. The trustees, on a petition of a majority of the resident freeholders of any civil township, shall request the county commissioner of elections to submit the question of building or acquiring by purchase, or acquiring by a lease with purchase option, a public hall to the electors thereof. The county commissioner shall conduct the election pursuant to the applicable provisions of chapters 39 through 53 and certify the result to the trustees.
2. 2. The form of the proposition shall be: Shall the proposition to levy a tax of ............ cents per thousand dollars of assessed value for the erection of a public hall be adopted?
3. 3. Notice of the election shall be given as provided by chapter 49.

[C97, §567; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5574; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §360.1] 2011 Acts, ch 25, §34; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §234