Section 17-17-5

Cost of elections on constitutional amendments.

Unless otherwise stated in the act or resolution calling such election, whenever any special election is ordered by the Legislature upon any proposed amendment or amendments to the Constitution of this state and said amendment affects only one municipality in this state, then if such municipality has as much or more than 68,000 and under 200,000 inhabitants according to the last or any subsequent federal census, and if no amendment or amendments other than those affecting said municipality are submitted to the voters of the state at said election, the expense of holding such election, including the cost of publishing the notices and proclamation required by the Constitution shall be paid by such municipality.

(Acts 1931, No. 365, p. 430; Code 1940, T. 17, §213.)