Any county may proceed under sections 2-221 to 2-231 herein, when such county shall have accepted the provisions thereof, which acceptance may be made by the county commissioners or board of supervisors by resolution duly adopted. If, after the adoption of a resolution for such purpose, fifteen percent of the qualified voters of the county shall file with the county board a petition requesting that the acceptance of the provisions of said sections shall be submitted to the voters of the county, the county board shall submit the same to a vote of the people in like manner as the question of voting courthouse bonds may be submitted. During the time such question is pending for the vote of the people no further proceedings shall be had for the establishment of such fair. Whenever ten percent of the qualified voters of the county shall file a petition with the county board asking that the question of the acceptance of the provisions of said sections be submitted to a vote of the people, it shall be the duty of such board to submit such question to the voters in like manner as the question of voting courthouse bonds may be submitted. If a majority of the votes cast upon the question, when the same is submitted under either of the provisions hereinbefore made, shall be in favor of such proposition, the county board shall immediately proceed to establish such county fair.