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peftinenl ano " II snail appear that the proposed
incorporated village does not contain the requ.
size number Of inhabitants, or that majority
Of Ihem have nOIsigned the petition, or that the
limits Of said proposed incorporated village are
unreasonaby large, or small. or are not proper.
ly and sufficiently described, then The said
court or Judge shall order that the record Of
said incorporated village shall be annulled; and
il shall be the duty Of the county recorder 70
endorse on the record Ihe order 80 made, and
10 certify and transmit 10 the Secretary Of State
copy ihareoi; and lhereupon the record shall
be OF no effect but such proceeding shall 10 nc
manner, bar q subsequent petition 10 The coin.
" commissioners. ..tr.
Sec. 8, Unless the agent or agenn Of the
petitioners shall, within two mont.s afieF q
transcripts shall be delivered as above provided.
be nofided ofa complain having been made 20
'be couri Of common'pleSs, or j0dgs thereof,
then at the end Of said two pIonihs, and in case
Of any such complaint. then ut the end Of said
two months, and Rliey The dismission of said
complaint, the said .Ogent or agents shall give
public notice, by posing the same at three or
more public places within the limits Of such in.
corPorated village, of The time and place Of
holding the first election for officers Of said in.
coTporuIed village, which election shall be con-
duc'ed, and the officers elected and qualified, in
the manner prescribed by law in like cases;
Provided, that il said election shall be had at
any time other than that prescribed by law for
the regular election OF such officers, the officers
elected shall continue in office so long, and in
like manner, as if they had been elected al the
next proceeding period Of such regular election
Sec. 9. When the inhabitants Of part Of
any county, contagious and adjoining to any CT.
~ or Incorporated village shall desire 10 be an.
nexed 10 such city or incorporated village. they
may apply, by petition in writing, to the coun.
" commissioners of the proper county, signed
by the inhabitants so applying, 10 be in number
not less than a ma ajorIy Of the qualified voters,
which petition shall prescribe the territory pro.
posed 10 be annexed, and be accompanied by
an accurate map or plat thereof; and shall name
the person or persons authorized 10 Oct in be.
half orlhe petitioners in prosecuting said petit
lion. ....
Sec. 10. When any such petition shall be
presented TO the said county commissioners,
they shall cause the same 10 be filed, and like
proceedings shall be had for hearing thereof
as is prescribed by the fosdh and filth sections
of'his aci and if he county commissioners, af.
ter sneh bearing, shall be satisfied that at least
tel qualified voters, and having freehold in.
teresI in the territory proposed TO be annexed,
and who actually reside within the limits des.
cribed in the petition, and that ,he said petition
has been signed by majority Of them, that the
said limits have beeE accurately described, and
on accurate map thereof made aud filed; and il
shall moreover be deemed right and proper, in
the Judgement and discretion Of said commits.
siOners, that said petition should be granted;
then they shall make and endorse on the said
petition, an order, TO the effect that the terrific.
ry described 10 the petition may be annexed to,
and become part or.he city or Incorporated vii.
lage named in said petition, which order said
commissioners, or majority of them, shall
sign and deliver, together with ihe petition and
map or plat, to The clerk Of such city or incor-
poraled village.
Sec. IL. No further action shall be taken
on such order lor the space of Two months; and
within that time any person interested, or the
prosecuting attorney Of the county, may, in like
manner as is provided in the seventh section OF
this act, institute proceeding TO have the pro.
posed annexation prevented; and if ii shall ap.
pear TO the court or Judge, hearing such pro.
ceedng, that q majority Of the qualified voters,
freehoders as aforesaid, actually residing with.
in the limits described in such petition, has not
signed the same, or that the territory proposed
10 be annexed is unreasonably large, or that
said territory is not properly and sufficiently
described, he shall make an order 10 restrain
any further action, under The order OF the coun.
ty commissioners, and annulling the same; but
such proceeding shall not bar any subsequent
petition 10 the county commissioners.
Sec. l2. When any complaint shall be
made, as before provided, to prevent an annex
alton Of territory, notice thereof shall be given,
as we'll TO the proper authority Of such city or
Incorporated village, as to The agent or agents
ofIhe petitioners; and if 20 such notice shall
be given, within two months after the delivery
of the order Of the county commissioners, TO
the clerk Of said city or incorporated village,
then, at the end of said Two months, and with.
in one year, and in case Of any such complaint,
then at the end Of said Two months, and after
the dsmssion Of said complaint, and within
one year thereafter, the proper authority ofsuch
ordinance, or resolution, for the submission 10
the qualified voters, at the next regular annual
election Of municipal officers, Of the question
whether such annexation shall be made; and if
majority Of the qualified voters Of such city or
Incorporated village, voting at such election,
shall vote in favor Of such annexation, then, on
The return Of such vote to the proper authority
Of such city or incorporated village, q resolu.
tion or ordinance shall be adopted or passed,
declaring that the territory described in the pc.
ti,on, has been annexed to, and is part of such
city or incorporated village; and it shall be the
duty of the clerk Of such city or Incorporated
village, to make out two copies Of the petition,
plat, order Of the county commissioners, ab.
s,ract of votes and resolutions or ordinances, in
relation to such annexation, with certificate
that the same are corrected, altesled by the seal
of such city or incorporated village, and he
shall deliver one Of the said copies to the re.