Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1852-05-29

the proper authority OF Such city o
incorporated village, shall provide b,
ordinance or resolution, for the submis
sion to the qualified voters at the mex
regular annual election of municipa
officers, of the question whether sucl
annexation shah be made, and if ma
ljority Of the Qualified voters Of sucI
city or incorporated village, voting a
such election, shall vote in favor of sucl
annexation, then on the return of sucl
vote to the proper authority of sucl
city or incorporated village a resolu
tion or ordinance shall be adopted o
passed, declaring that the territory de
scribed in the petition, has been an
nexed to, and is part of such city o
incorporated village, and il shall be thu
duty of the clerk of such city or incor
porated village, TO make out two cop
les Of the petition plat, order Of the
county commissioners, abstract ofvote'
and resolutions or ordinances, in rela
ton to such annexation, with certii
cate that the same are correct, attested
by the seal of such city or incorporated
village, and he shall deliver one of the
said copies to the recorder ofthe coun
ty, whose duty it shall be, having frs
made record thereof in the proper
books of record, to file and preserve
the same, and the other of said copies
shall be forwarded by the clerk of said
city or incorporated village, to the sec.
retary Of state,
Sec. 1S. So soon as said resolution
or ordinance declaring such annexation
has been adopted or passed, and said
copies transmitted delivered ana re-
corded, the said territory shall be dee
med, and taken to be part and parcel
of the limits ofsaid city or incorpora-
ted village and the inhabitants residing
thereon, shall have and enjoy all the
rights and privileges of the inhabitants
within the original limits of such city
or incorporated village.
Sec. II. When any municipal cor
poration shall desire to annex any con-
tiguous territory thereto, not embraced
within the limits of any city or incor-
porated village, i: shall be lawful for
the trustees or council of the corpora
ton proposing such annexation to sub
nit the questionto the qualified electors
of the corporation. by an ordinance
passed for that purpose. at least one
month previous to some general elec-
ton in April or October. if majority
of the qualified voters of the corpora
ton voting on the question, shall vote
in favor of such annexation the said
corporation shall present to the county
commissioners Of the proper county,
a petition praying for such annex ltion
which petition shall describe the terri
tory proposed to be annexed to such
municipal corporation, and have attach
| ed thereto an accurate map or plat
thereof; and like proceedings shall be
had upon said pctition, as are provi-
ded in the third fourth fifth and sixth
and seventh sections of this act so far
as the same may be applicable, and if,
within two months after a transcript
shall be delivered as above provided
no notice of complaint against such
annexation shall be given, according
to the provisions of this act, then at
the end of said two months, aud in case
any such complaint, then at the end
of said two months and after the
dismission of said complaint, the said
contiguous territory proposed TO be an
nexed, shall be in law deemed and ia
ken to he included in, and shall be a
part of said municipal corporation, and
the inhabitants thereof shall in all res
poets, e citizens thereafter of the said
municipal corporation.
Sec. Is. When any municipal COR
poration, the territory of which shall
be contiguous to and adjoining that of
another municipal corporation, shall de-
sire to be annexed thereto, it shall be
lawful for the trustees or council of the
corporation proposing such annexation,
to submit the question to the qualified
electors of the corporation, by an ordi-
nance passed for the purpose, at least
one moRth before some general election
in April or October; the trustees or
council of the municipal corporation to
which the annexation is proposed to be
made, may in like manner submit the
question to its qualified voters; if ma
jority of the qualified voters of each of
the two corporations voting on the
question at the same general election,
shall vote in favor of such annexation,
the trustees or council of each corpor-
alton may appoint three commissioners,
who shall arrange the terms and eondi-
tiuns of the annexation, and submit the
same for approval to the trustees or
council of the respective corporations
and the same being duly approved. BY
an ordinance passed for the purpose by
each corporation, certified copies there
Of, signed by the presiding officer OF
the trustees or council of each corpor-
alton, and the clerk, and attested by its
corporate seal, shall be filed in the Of
fee of the clerk of the corporation to
which such anexaGions shall be pro-
posed to be made; and it shall be the
duty of such clerk, under the direction
of such corporation, to make out and
certify two transcripts of all the ordi-
nances, abstracts of the returns of the
votes. and other papers relating to such
annexation, one of which shall be filed
in the Office of the recorder of the
county, who, having made record
thereof. shall file and preserve the
same; and the other Of said copies
chall be forwarded by said clerk to the
secretrry of state.
Sec. 16. So soon as said transcripts
shall be certified and delivered, and
forwarded, the said annexation shall be