Whenever twenty-five percent (25%) of the electors of any county or city as shown by the vote for secretary of state at the last preceding election, shall present to the board of county commissioners, or the governing body of any city, a petition setting forth: (1) The character of a memorial desired to be erected; and (2) the approximate cost thereof, such county commissioners, or governing body of such city shall call a special election in the manner now provided for by law for a general election, or at a general election or regular city election if said general election or city election is held within six months after said petition is presented and shall submit at such election the proposition in substantially the following form: "Shall the county (or city) of __________ issue its bonds (or levy a tax) in the sum of $______ for the construction (or establishment) of a __________ as a military monument in accordance with the provisions of chapter 256 of the Laws of 1921?"

Before submitting said proposition the board of county commissioners or the governing body of the city, shall determine by an order duly entered whether the indebtedness for said memorial shall be paid by issue of bonds or levy of a tax, and the proposition submitted shall designate whether bonds are to be issued or tax levied. In case a majority of the voters voting shall vote in favor of the erection or establishment of said memorial, then the county commissioners or governing body of the city shall erect such memorial. In addition to the said proposition to be submitted to the electors, if the petition for the memorial so provides, the county commissioners if for a county memorial, or the governing body of the city if for a city memorial, shall submit the following additional proposition to the electors at such election: "Shall such memorial be located at (giving the legal description of the proposed site or sites)?

L. 1921, ch. 256, § 2; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 187; July 1.