113.17 Vacating incorporation of city; election, form of ballots, transcript of proceedings certified to county clerk; plats unaffected.
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113.17 Vacating incorporation of city; election, form of ballots, transcript of proceedings certified to county clerk; plats unaffected.
Sec. 17.
At the time of holding such meeting, all persons voting thereon shall have written or printed on their ballots "Shall the city of .......................... be vacated as a city of the 4th class?
Yes [ ]
No [ ]."
and such meeting shall be conducted and the votes shall be canvassed in the same manner as is provided for conducting elections in such city; and in case a 2/3 majority of the qualified electors of such city shall vote in favor of vacating the incorporation of the same, the city council, or a majority of them, shall, immediately thereafter, cause a transcript of all the proceedings in the case to be certified, under their hands, to the county clerk of the county in which such city or the principal part thereof is located:
Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall authorize the qualified electors of any such incorporated city, or the board of supervisors, to vacate or alter any recorded plat of such city, or any street or alley in the same.
History: Add. 1931, Act 223, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 113.17