Canvassing returns - Certification of results - Order of

incorporation.

The county election board shall canvass the returns of the

election. Within five (5) days after the canvass of the returns of

the election, the secretary of the county election board shall

certify to the board of county commissioners the results of the

election. If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of

incororation as a city under the designated statutory form, the

board of commissioners shall, within twenty (20) days after

receiving the results of the vote, issue an order declaring that the

city has been incorporated under the designated statutory form of

city government and naming the date for the election of city

officers. The city shall, from the date of the commissioners'

order, be deemed a body corporate and an incorporated city.