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If upon the certificate of the result of the said election made by the Secretary of the Commonwealth to such court<\/span> it shall appear that a majority of the qualified voters of the proposed sanitation district<\/span> voting at the election shall have voted “yes” and in favor of the creation of the proposed sanitation district<\/span>, the court<\/span> shall make and enter of record an order<\/span> stating such result, and thereupon the territory defined in the petition<\/span>, less such parts thereof as shall be excluded pursuant to the provisions of \u00a7 21-234<\/a> shall be and constitute a sanitation district<\/span> for all the purposes of this chapter, known and designated by the name stated in the petition<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nORDER WHEN ELECTION FAVORS ESTABLISHMENT (\u00a7 21-233)\n\nIf upon the certificate of the result of the said election made by the Secretary\nof the Commonwealth to such court it shall appear that a majority of the\nqualified voters of the proposed sanitation district voting at the election\nshall have voted “yes” and in favor of the creation of the proposed\nsanitation district, the court shall make and enter of record an order stating\nsuch result, and thereupon the territory defined in the petition, less such\nparts thereof as shall be excluded pursuant to the provisions of \u00a7 21-234 shall\nbe and constitute a sanitation district for all the purposes of this chapter,\nknown and designated by the name stated in the petition.\n\nHISTORY: 1946, p. 349; Michie Suppl. 1946, \u00a7 1560iii3.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}