Rountree v. City of Port Orange

The thrust of appellant’s argument in this case is epitomized in the following language extracted from her brief “ * * * only the Legislature may prescribe the boundaries for and creation of cities. Only the Legislature has discretionary powers on that subject matter. It must exercise them. It cannot delegate them to another. It alone must establish the criterion for annexation, not some other body; * * * »

Substantially the same argument was advanced by property owners who contested on constitutional grounds the annexation of certain lands to the City of Ocala in Smith v. Ayres, Fla. 1965,…