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Ml'XICN'AL LAW.

The town beiuj;' mooted into ii city simll pay to the county of vvhicli
it forms a part, siicii portion, if any, of the ih'btH of the county aw iw jiiht:
or afrroe as to tiu^ amount to t)t,' ])aiil with interest from tiie time of the
erection of tiie new city. In case of disfiereenient, the same shull bo
'letermined liy arliitration, and upon tlic (.'ouncil ))rovin^f totiie liieutciant-'
(lovernor in Council tlie payment, a<frcement or arbitration, the Lientjjnant-
< iovenior may, l)y [)roclamation, erect the town into a city l)y the name
hrs ;j;iven in the jiroclamation.
The
ii. Area of Corporation- An incorporatnl viliaev, the p(/pnl!itii)n of
which ihies lint exceed one th(jusand, nnist not contain nujre tlian five
iuindi'e(l iicres of hind.
A town or \ illaee, the poj)uiation of wliich exceeds one thousfind, can
(jiUy increase its area in the proportion of two liundred acres to eacii addi-
tional out; tliousand inhabitants.
10. Addition to Village Boundaries. The l)oundaries of an incor-
porated village may ije enlar;;ed Ijy piitition to the Jjieutenant-Ciovernor in
Council. But they catuiot be oidarged unles,s the po})ulation, includiufr the
area to be ainiexed, etpials wdiat would be rerpiired for iui^orporation at
first. In recl<onin<r the population and area for the pnrpo.ses of extension
the land occupieil liy .streets and public S(|uares may be excluded in esti-
mating the area of the town or \illa<;e.
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11. Extension of City or Town. In case two-thirds of tlie mcmboi-s
of tl\e Council of a city or town do, in Council, before the l.)th day of July
in any year, pass a resolution atiii'inini;' tiie expediency of the a<ldition to
the limits of the corporation, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may, by
proclamation, and on such terms as to taxation, assessment, improvements
if a
etc., as to him seems eijui able and the Council of the city or town may
consent to, add to the coi pijration any part of the adjacent township or
townships that is con.sidered desiral)le.
Where the land so attached to the city or town formi.'rly belc,.iged to
another county, it will in future belone- to the .same county as the rest ot'
the city or town.
I'i. Annexation of Villages or Towns, 'ncase the Council of any
villajfe or town pass a resolution faxorino; tlie an exation of said villaee or
town to an adjacent village, town, or city, and whicii is appnned hy a
majority of the freeholders and leaseholders, whose lease extends over tf
period of not less than five years from the date when the vote is taken,
ami in case the .Municipal Council of the villaj^'e, town or city to which it is
to be annoxt'd passes a similar resolution, the Lieutenant-Covernor iii
Council may, by proclamation, annex the one municipality to the other
upon such terms as may ha\e been ai;ree<l upon or awarded.
In case the population admits, the Lieutenant-Governor may, by the
.same proclamation, erect the village into a town, or the town into a city,
over
as the case may be, by a name given thereto, and may also divide or
re-divide the same into wards.