The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-02-21
Regarding the
 North Addition

CTS in the North Addition last week signed a petition for annexation to the Town of Wrangell. Since then number of people have inquired as to whether there is a likelihood of annexation taking place before the next municipal election which will be held on April 2-five weeks from next Tuesday. owing to the fact that a certain period of time is re- quired between each step in the le- gal procedure necessary it is very unlikely that annexation will take place in time for the coming election.
 In order that the readers of the Sentinel may be fully informed on the matter we print herewith the law on the subject as found in Chap ter 97, Session Laws of Alaska, 1923, which reads as follows:
 Section 51. Whenever the Council of any city shall desire to enlarge the limits of said city by annexing the territory contiguous thereto, they shall file in the district court for the judicial division wherein the city is located, 8 petition signed by major ity of the owners of substantial prop erty interests in land or possessory rights in land, tidelands or improve ments upon land or tide-land within the limits of the territory so proposed to be annexed, setting forth by metes and bounds the territory sought to be annexed to such city, and there shall be attached thereto a plat based upon an actual survey by a compe- tent surveyor setting forth the limits and boundaries of the territory to be annexed by metes and bounds, and stating the number of inhabitants therein, as well as the number of owners of property therein situate and such other facts as the court may require. Said petition shall be sworn least one of the property owners here in provided for. Said petition may be presented in open court or to the judge of said court in chambers and said judge shall fix time and place of hearing on the petition and shall cause notice of said hearing to be posted in at least three of the most public places in such city and in three places within the territory sought to be annexed, and if a news paper be published in said city, then to publish such notice at least three times in such paper. Such notices shall be posted at least four weeks before the hearing and the first pub lication of such notice in the news paper shall be at least four weeks before the hearing. The court shall make diligent inquiry as to the req condolences and justice of the peti- tion and if the court be satisfied from proofs and evidence that no private rights will be injured by granting the petition and if it is just and req sonable that the annexation take place, the court shall, unless it be shown that the petition is not bona fide or that one or more of the sign CTS thereto are not owners of sub- stantial property rights as herein provided or fails to comply with the requirements of this act in any other respect, order an election.
 The council of such city shall thereupon submit the question to the electors of such city and to the elec- tors residing in the territory proposed by said petition to be annexed to such city. Such question shall be sub mitted at special election to be held for that purpose, and such council shall give notice thereof, by publica- tion in a newspaper of general circu- lation in such city and in such terri tory so proposed to be annexed or nearest thereto, for period of four weeks prior to such election; also by posting notice thereof in three public places within such city and three public places in such territory for like period. Such notices shall be posted and the first publication of such notice in the newspaper shall be at least four weeks before the election Such notice shall distinct ly state the proposition to be so sub mitted and shall designate specifi- cally the boundaries of the territory so proposed to be annexed, and the electors shall be invited thereby to vote upon such proposition by plac- ing upon their ballots the words "for annexation to the city of. or "against annexation to the city