Sec. 143.073.  ELECTION.  (a)  Except as provided by this section, the election is governed by Sections 143.022 and 143.023 of this code.
(b)  The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition:  "Adoption of the stock law."
(c)  The county judge shall open, tabulate, and count the returns in the presence of the county clerk and at least one justice of the peace of the county or in the presence of at least two respectable freeholders of the county.  Following that, an order showing the results of the election shall be recorded in the minutes of the commissioners court.  The order is prima facie evidence that the requirements of this chapter have been complied with in relation to presenting the petition, ordering the election by the commissioners court, giving notice, holding the election, counting and returning votes, and declaring the results.  If the result is in favor of the proposition, after the expiration of 30 days after the date of the order, the order is prima facie evidence that the proclamation required by law has been made and published.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1348, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.