Sec. 3. The freeholders of a district must present a petition to the board. The petition may be circulated and presented in separate parts, although all of the parts constitute a single petition. The petitioning freeholders must sign the petition, and the person who presents the petition must verify and certify the signatures upon oath. The petition must do the following:
(1) Show the name and residence of each petitioner and the date of signature.
(2) State that the petitioning freeholders desire an election on the question of whether to dissolve the district.