People ex rel. Connolly v. City of Coronado

Citations

• 100 Cal. 571
• 35 P. 162
• 1893 Cal. LEXIS 834

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional Law—Municipal Corporation—Freeholder’s Charter —Amendment—General Laws.-—The provision of section 8 of article XI of the constitution, relating to the framing of a freeholder’s charter by a city of sufficient population, which declares that the charter may be amended “ at intervals of not less than two years, by proposals therefor submitted by the legislative authority of the city to the qualified electors thereof,” etc., relates only to amendments made by and at the instance of the officers and electors of the city, and does not inhibit the amendment or change of its charter within the two years under general laws.</p> <p>Id.—Act for Changing Boundaries of Cities Constitutional.—The Act of March 19, 1SS9, providing for changing of the boundaries of cities, and the exclusion of territory therefrom, is a general law, and is constitutional.</p> <p>Id.—City of San Diego—Exclusion of Coronado Beach.—The Act of March 19, 1889, providing for changing the boundaries of cities and the exclusion of territory therefrom, applies to the city of San Diego, and empowered it to change its boundaries and exclude therefrom the territory known as “Coronado Beach.”</p>