Supreme Court of Georgia May 12, 1900 (Mayor of Macon v. Hughes)

Cobb, 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