§1-3-6. Payment of expenses.

All the expenses attending the publication of the notices, the surveying, and the taking of the census, as required in sections one and two of this article, shall be paid by the parties applying for the proposed new county. The expenses incident to the election in each county shall be paid by it and the laws relating to the payment of general election expenses, so far as applicable, shall govern such payment, but in the event that the proposed new county is created, such election expenses shall be paid by the new county to each county that made such expenditures.