117 Cal. 361 | Cal. | 1897
The town, or, as it is called officially, the city, of Long Beach, in Los Angeles county, is a municipal corporation of the sixth class, in which class are included all cities having less than three thousand inhabitants, organized under the act of March 13, 1883, “To provide for the organization, incorporation, and government of municipal corporations.” Defendants compose the board of trustees of said town, which board is the legislative body of the corporation. Among the provisions of “An act to provide for the disinco-
The chief contention of appellants is that the act of
It seems to be the contention of appellants that a petition under the act must pray directly and specifically for disincorporation in order to authorize any action by the board of trustees, and not merely for a submission of the question of disincorporation to the vote of the electors. But the provision of the statute is for a submission'of that question “ upon receiving a petition therefor ”; the petition here and the allegation thereof in the plaintiff’s complaint were sufficient in that respect. The notice of election published by the clerk was good; it showed on its face that it was given by authority of the board of trustees, and it was not necessary that the members of the board should themselves sign the same, as supposed bv appellants. Also, it was published for the requisite period; the publication began’ June 27th, and the election was held on July 27th; notice of thirty days within the meaning of the statute
Belcher, C., and Haynes, C., concurred.
For the reasons given in the foregoing opinion the judgment is affirmed.
Henshaw, J., McFarland, J., Temple, J.