Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-23
MIGHT CUT AWAY
FROM CITY BUT
PROBABLY WON'T
Tract Desiring Annexation to
Moline Must Get All Rock
Islands Consent.
ATTORNEYS GIVE OPINION
Petition of 100 Voters in District suf-
AZ. fcient to Secure Order for
f. Election.

Such portions of the Seventh w;.rd
lying contiguous to Moline as desire
to do so may be severed from Rock
Island and annexed to Moline by fol-
loving the forms described by law.
There Is a way to make the transfer
Of territory legal, but
The district must be OF not less
than one-half of 4 square mile in area.
Thu majority of the voters taking
part In an election in that district
must vote in favor of it.
And, the major--y of the other voters
of the city from which it is desired to
secede must also give their consent.
In other words complete assent must
b. given at the poll. by all parties con
cerned, including Moline. which can
not be forced to accept outside terri
tory against its will.
This is in accordance with an opin.
ion just given by Murphy and Larson.
attorneys of this city TO Hugo J. Bloom
and others living in the Seventh ward
and who recently asked to be inform, d
II the statutes covered annexation to
a city of portion Of another and con-
tiguous city and if so what method of
action was prescribed.
COVERS THE CASE.
The opinion recites that the statrie
Of 1889 entitled an "act to provide for
the annexation of cities, incorporated
towns and villages or parts of the
same is still in 70, &c and completely
covers the case
In the words of the opinion his art
provides that when the inhabitants
OF any territory not less than onc-half
m lie in extent and less than the whole
OF an incorporated city. and which
territory shall be contiguous to and
adjoining the territory of another in
corporated city, desire to be annexed
TO such incorporated city, which an
neXation may be accomplished by fill
ing petition describing the tract to
be annexed with the Judge of the coun-
" court wherein such Incorporated
city Is situated. to which annexation
is desired, signed by not less than 100
OF the legal voters of the territory
sought to be annexed, asking that the
question Of the annexation of the terri
tory described in the petition may be
submitted TO the legal voters of the
city from which said territory is to
be taken and to the legal voters Of
the city TO which it is sought to annex
the same, and TO the legal voters of
the territory sought to be disconnected
from one city anC annexed to the
other.
VOTE II NECESSARY.
"Thereupon said county Judge shall
cause 10 be submitted the question of
annexation of such territory to the
voters Of the incorporated city from
which it is sought to disconnect the
territory, and to the voters of the in
corporated city to which it is sought
TO annex the same. at regular annual
municipal election TO be held in each
OF the cities to be affected.
III, a. a result of this election, IL
shall appear that a majority of the
voters OF each incorporate city as
we'll as a majority of the voters resid
ing within the limits of the territory
sought to be annexed, so voting upon
the question Of annexation. at such
election vote for annexation. there
upon the jurisdiction of the incorpor,
ated city shall extend over such terri
tory so annexed"
We are, therefore, Of the opinion
that il steps are taken along the lines
herein suggested, and the statute OF
1883 is strictly complied with in the
proceedings to disconnect certain ter