11-42-123
Section 11-42-123 Ordering of election by proclamation. If the council or governing body of
each city or town confirms the agreement, then the mayor of the city or town proposed to be
annexed to the other city or town shall, by proclamation, order an election to be held on
a day fixed in the proclamation in his city or town, submitting to a vote of the qualified
electors in his city or town the following proposition: "Shall the agreement for the
annexation of (naming the city or town) to (naming the city or town) be ratified?" and
stating in such proclamation that one of the triplicates of the agreement made which is submitted
for ratification is on file in the office of the clerk of such city or town, open to the inspection
of the public. (Code 1907, §1136; Code 1923, §1831; Code 1940, T. 37, §198.)...
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11-42-125
Section 11-42-125 Form and marking of ballots; ascertainment of election results; contests
of election. (a) The mayor of the city or town shall cause the ballots to be used in such
election to be printed with the following words thereon: "Shall the agreement for the
annexation of (naming the city or town) to (naming the city or town) be ratified?" and
printed on the ballot with the above quoted words immediately thereunder the words "Yes"
and "No," and the elector shall designate his choice by marking with ink or pencil
a cross mark (X) in a place to be left before the word expressing his wish. The ballots provided
under the terms of this division need not be of any particular size, form, or color. (b) The
result of the election shall be ascertained in the same manner that the result of the election
of city or town officers is ascertained, and the election may be contested in the same manner
as is provided for the contest of the election of any city or town officers. (Code 1907,...

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11-42-126
Section 11-42-126 Declaration of election result; declaration of annexation of municipality.
If a majority of the votes cast in such city or town is in favor of ratifying the agreement
of annexation and merger, the result shall be so declared, and the mayor of each city or town
shall by joint proclamation, published in some newspaper published in the city or town or
in the county, if no newspaper is published in the city or town, declare the annexation of
the one city or town to the other city or town under the agreement of annexation and merger.
(Code 1907, §1139; Code 1923, §1834; Code 1940, T. 37, §201.)...
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45-5-141.20
Section 45-5-141.20 Powers and duties; annual dues; board of trustees; referendum election.
(a) This section shall apply only in Blount County. (b) A district for the delivery of fire
and emergency medical services may be formed in any unincorporated area of the county pursuant
to this section subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors who vote at
a referendum election for that purpose in the proposed district and for the approval of the
mandatory annual dues of the district. (c) In order to call for a referendum election for
the formation of a district, a petition signed by not less than 20 percent of the registered
voters who reside in the proposed district shall be presented to the county commission and
the Judge of Probate of Blount County. The petition shall contain an accurate legal description
of the proposed area and shall state the name of the proposed district. The petition for the
establishment of a district shall be accompanied by a request for the...
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11-42-127
Section 11-42-127 Filing and recordation of copy of agreement and merger. The mayor of the
city or town to which another city or town is annexed under the provisions of this division
shall, within 10 days from the day of the issuing of the joint proclamation of annexation
and merger of the one city or town into the other city or town, file with the Secretary of
State one of the triplicates of the agreement of annexation and merger, which must be kept
on file in the office of the Secretary of State, and must also, within said time, file one
of the triplicates of the agreement of annexation and merger in the office of the judge of
probate of the county in which such city or town is situated, and the same must be recorded
by the judge of probate in a record of deeds or mortgages kept in his office. (Code 1907,
§1140; Code 1923, §1835; Code 1940, T. 37, §202.)...
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11-42-100.1
Section 11-42-100.1 Mode of consolidation - When municipality to annex city or town. (a) When
two or more municipalities lying contiguous to each other desire to consolidate and operate
as one municipality, they may do so by proceeding in the manner hereafter provided in this
section. (b) If it is the purpose to annex a city or town to another municipality, then the
governing body of each city or town shall adopt an ordinance expressing a willingness to such
annexation. After both ordinances are passed and published as provided for by law, the governing
body of the municipality to be annexed shall, by resolution submit the question of annexation
at a special election to be held at a time specified in such resolution, not less than 40
days nor more than 90 days after passage of the last adopted willingness ordinance or at a
time otherwise specified by law. No other proposition may be on the ballot. Said election
shall be held pursuant to the general municipal election laws. (c) In...
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11-42-2
Section 11-42-2 Annexation election and proceedings generally; proceedings where parties consent
to annexation. Whenever the council shall pass a resolution to the effect that the public
health or public good requires that certain territory (described in the resolution) shall
be brought within the limits of the city or town: (1) It shall be the duty of the mayor to
certify a copy of such resolution to the judge of probate of the county in which the land
proposed to be annexed is situated, and said certified resolution shall have attached thereto
a plat or map of said territory, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed
by the judge of probate. (2) Except as provided in subdivision (9) of this section, the judge
of probate shall, not less than 10 nor more than 15 days from the date of the filing of such
resolution, make and enter an order upon the minutes of said court, directing and ordering
an election to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory...
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11-42-133
Section 11-42-133 Creation, etc., of wards; election of aldermen; division of wards into voting
precincts; rearrangement, etc., of boundaries of wards or voting precincts. (a) The council
or governing body of the annexing city or town shall create new wards (as many as may be deemed
to be necessary) regardless of any limitation in the charter of the annexing city or town
on the number of wards, or enlarge wards so as to embrace all territory embraced in the annexed
city or town and so as to afford opportunity to all persons in the territory embraced in the
annexed city or town to vote in all elections and participate in the government of the annexing
city or town, and each ward in the annexing city or town shall have the same number of aldermen,
but in no event shall there be more than 30 aldermen or representatives in the council or
governing body of the city or town. (b) The council or governing body of the city or town
shall elect aldermen for the wards, embracing all the territory...
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11-42-204
Section 11-42-204 Order to be entered directing election as to establishment of proposed corporate
limits. If any protest against such change is made by any person within the territory to be
excluded and reasonable cause is shown which, in the opinion of the judge of probate, requires
that such question be submitted to the qualified electors of such city or town, the judge
of probate shall make an order and enter the same upon the minutes of the probate court directing
and ordering an election to be held by the qualified electors of said city or town not less
than 10 nor more than 30 days from the making of such order. (Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394;
Code 1923, §2418; Code 1940, T. 37, §242.)...
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39-7-7
Section 39-7-7 Submission of question proposed by petition to voters at general election. If
the petition shall have been filed with the clerk or probate judge or, in case a summary proceeding
has been instituted, a final order thereon has been made in favor of the sufficiency of the
petition not more than 60 days and not less than 30 days prior to a general city or town or
county election, the body of the city or town to which such petition is directed or the probate
judge of the county in which the unincorporated area is located shall cause the question proposed
by the petition to be duly submitted to a vote of the electors of the territory at such general
election. (Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §22.)...
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