Mayor of Macon v. Hughes
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction. Before Judge Felton. Bibb superior court. March 28, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
On November 21, 1893, the General Assembly passed an act creating a new charter for the City of Macon. Acts 1893, p. 210. The 87th section of that act declared, “ That territory contiguous to the corporate limits of the City of Macon may be incorporated as a part of said city by the consent of the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon and of a majority of the persons residing in the said territory, qualified by law to vote for members of the General Assembly of this Stateand provided for the manner in which the election should be conducted and the result declared, and the terms upon which…
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