Adjusting Municipal Boundaries: Law and Practice

acres action adjacent adjoining adopted annexation annexed territory annexing municipality apply approval assessed authority become borough boundary changes charter city or town clerk commission commissioners consent consolidation Constitution contain contiguous corporate limits council court debts decision desires detachment determination district effective election electors enact established EXCLUSION existing extend favor filed final governing body held improvements included incorporated indebtedness inhabitants initiated interest land least legislative legislature less liabilities limits lines located majority manner method metropolitan MICHIGAN municipal corporation necessary notice ordinance owners pass percent persons petition population portion present prior procedure proceedings proper property owners proposed protest qualified question reason residents resolution result signed situated specified statute submitted territory territory proposed tion township tracts unincorporated unit unless village vote voters