Title 11

The city or town so altering or rearranging its boundary lines, shall not stay, arrest, or interfere with any proceedings for the collection or enforcement of any tax, special assessment, or special tax, and the same shall proceed and be carried to a finality by the proper office…

All civil actions pending in any court on behalf of any city or town so absorbed or whose government is extinguished may be prosecuted or defended in the name of the city or town whose boundary lines shall be so altered or rearranged, and all judgments, fines, orders, or recoveri…

All the public books, papers, and documents of said city or town so absorbed on file in any office or with any public officer thereof shall be transferred to and filed with the appropriate officer or department of the city or town whose boundary lines have been altered or rearran…

Should the city or town so absorbed or whose government is extinguished own any waterworks, gas or electric light systems, the city or town so altering or rearranging its boundary lines shall take charge of and operate said waterworks, gas or electric light systems on the same te…

Should the city or town so altering or rearranging its boundary lines absorb or annex any part of another city or town, the city or town so altering or rearranging its boundary lines shall assume and pay the proportionate share of the bonded indebtedness of the city or town from …

Said city or town shall also pay to the city or town from which territory is taken the value of any school property or other property that may be in such annexed territory at the time of such annexation. The amount of said bonded indebtedness and the value of said property to be …

Whenever in the opinion of the council or governing body of any city or town the public health or public good requires that the corporate limits of such town or city be reduced and the boundaries thereof reestablished, said council shall pass a resolution defining the proposed co…

Upon the passage of such resolution the mayor or person holding the chief office of such city or town shall certify a copy of such resolution, together with a plat or map correctly defining the corporate limits proposed to be established, and the names of all qualified electors r…

Upon the presentation of such certified copy of such resolution, accompanied by the map or plat, the judge of probate shall file the same and issue notice to the persons residing within the territory proposed to be excluded to appear before him on a day to be fixed by the judge o…

On the day so fixed by the judge of probate if no one appears and makes protest against such change, the judge of probate shall make an order which must be entered upon the minutes of the probate court establishing said corporate limits as outlined in said resolution and map or p…

If any protest against such change is made by any person within the territory to be excluded and reasonable cause is shown which, in the opinion of the judge of probate, requires that such question be submitted to the qualified electors of such city or town, the judge of probate …

The judge of probate shall give notice of the holding of such election by publication in newspaper published within the city or town, one publication thereof for at least seven days being sufficient, and if no newspaper is published in such city or town then by posting a notice t…

Such election shall be held at the regular voting places in said city or town and all qualified electors residing in said city or town shall have a right to vote thereat. (Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923, §2420; Code 1940, T. 37, §244.)

(a) The election shall be to determine whether or not the proposed corporate limits shall be established, and such election must be conducted in all respects as provided by the general election laws and under the same sanctions and penalties, except as changed by the provisions o…

If it appears that the majority of votes cast in such election are against the adoption of the proposed corporate limits, an order shall be entered by the probate judge dismissing said proposal. (Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923, §2422; Code 1940, T. 37, §246.)

The result of such election may be contested by any qualified elector voting at the election in the manner provided for contest of general municipal elections, making the city or town the contestee. (Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923, §2423; Code 1940, T. 37, §247.)

The city or town at whose instance the proceedings are instituted shall pay all costs and expenses incident thereto, including the cost of such election so held. (Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923, §2424; Code 1940, T. 37, §248.)

Said map or plat, the record thereof or a certified copy therefrom, whether the same is adopted without objection or adopted after election as provided in this article, shall be evidence in any court of this state as to the proper boundaries of said city or town. (Acts 1923, No. …

The territory included within the corporate limits established under the provisions of this article shall be subject to all the laws and ordinances of said city or town then in force or that may thereafter be adopted, and said city or town shall have and exercise the same jurisdi…

The judge of probate for services rendered under the provisions of this article shall be entitled to charge a fee of $10.00. All other officers shall be entitled to the same compensation for services rendered by them as they are authorized by law to charge for similar services re…