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<br />*• ;"z~~Ch..15 CONSOLIDATION OF CITIES Art. 1189
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<br />`~~':: Art: 1188-~a) • Consolidation of cities, towns or villages un-
<br />`~:~`s'~'~~'~ ~ ~ der 5000 with cities over 5000
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<br />~~:.<..:.: - p y g p ovisions hereinafter prescribed in
<br />~~~.-~~~ this Chapter, any city, town or village of less than five thousand (5,-
<br />~,,.~~ 000) population according .to the last preceding Federal Census may
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<br />yK,,._ be consolidated under one government with an adjoining and contigu-
<br />.~.,.~%... ous city having a population of more than five thousand (5,000) in-
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<br />~.:n Yom, habitants according to the last preceding Federal Census, when both
<br />;~"~"`=~' of said municipalities are situated in the same county having a poplzla-
<br />~`~~~` "-r~tion of.more than three hundred thousand (300,000) inhabitants ac-
<br />s~~ _-•'' cording to the last preceding Federal Census. ~ '
<br />~~~;.J~,'~;~. This section is hereby declared retroactive to the following extent:
<br />*~.~~K-';: • All petitions purporting to be signed by qualified voters and presented
<br />~'~°~_:''''. to the governing body and all ordinances, resolutions, notices,. declara=
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<br />r,:d~:~,..tions or other acts by the governing body of any city, town or village
<br />i'`=~'~'='`~' coming tivithin the applicable provisions of this section, purporting to
<br />^`°_~;;~:::. be in compliance with the statutory provisions contained in Chapter
<br />~~:~._.;~_ 15 of Title 28, Revised Civil Statutes of 1925; and any notice, declara=
<br />~`"~~_'° tion, certificate or other act required to be done or purporting to have"
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<br />been done by any Mayor., Councilman, Commissioner, Alderman, City
<br />~~~~ Secretary or City Clerk in compliance with the statutory requisites of
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<br />'~~'-• `Chapter 15 of Title 28, Revised Civil Statutes of 1925 shall have the
<br />~"~{:''_: same legal effect as if there had then existed a law authorizing each
<br />is'~i`?,:"..act to have been done and-authorizing cities, towns and villages of less
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<br />~";~~y~ than five .thousand (5,000) .population to consolidate. Any election
<br />~<;~r>_' held prior to the enactment of this Act submitting the question of con-
<br />~~>t aolidation to the qualified voters of cities or towns authorized to con-
<br />:`~~,=: solidate by this Act, shall in all things be deemed a legal and valid elec-
<br />,~~~~.,;;tion as if this law had been in existence on the date ~of such election;
<br />;~~4`_:- provided the requirements of law applicable to consolidation of cities
<br />'~°~` ~ and towns have otherwise~been complied with.. Added Acts 1945, 49th
<br />-~~ ~~`• Leg., p. 71, ch. 50, § 1. ~ .
<br />;~;.`^r~~~•~ Library references: Municipal Corporations a31; C.J.S. Municipal Corporations § 47.
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<br />' Historical Note
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<br />7r„. +Y- Section 2 of the' Act' of 1945 read as fol-
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<br />'' ° '!• = "If any section, subsection, .sentence,
<br />_ ~:. clause or phrase of this Act is for any
<br />reason held to be 'invalid" or unconstiEu-
<br />tional, such decision shall not affect the
<br />validity of the remaining portion of this
<br />Act.'
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<br />.;=°,j~ Arf. ~ 1189. Petition ~~
<br />~•~~ .4 Y' -=~:. ~ Whene r as many as one hundred quali~i d voters of each of said
<br />,_, _~_-._ cities shall p ition the governing body of the respective cities to .
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<br />rr. •~z~:?! "order an electi for the purpose of voting on ~e consolidation of
<br />• ~~~.-:= such cities into o city, said bodies may, at their xt regular meet- ~ ""`
<br />ing order an electio to be held at the usual voting pl es in the cities, ~-
<br />~'~• on the same day, not ~ss than thirty days after such~rder is made.
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