17-220 Village situated in more than one county; how organized. - Nebraska Statutes

17-220. Village situated in more than one county; how organized.A majority of the taxable inhabitants of any village situated in two or more counties may present a petition to the county board of any county in which any part of such village is situated, praying that they may be incorporated as a village; and such county board shall act upon the petition the same as if the village were situated wholly within the county where the petition shall be presented. If the county board shall declare such village incorporated, the village shall thereafter be governed by the provisions of the statutes of this state applicable to the government of villages. The county clerk of said county shall immediately certify the proceedings relating to the incorporation of such village to the county board of each other county in which any part of said village is situated, and each county board to which the said proceedings shall be certified shall enter such proceedings upon their records. SourceLaws 1893, c. 9, § 1, p. 138; R.S.1913, § 5069; C.S.1922, § 4242; C.S.1929, § 17-220; R.S.1943, § 17-220.AnnotationsA village situated in one county may annex territory in another county. Barton v. City of Omaha, 180 Neb. 752, 145 N.W.2d 444 (1966).This section is broad enough to permit a village located upon the border of one county to annex contiguous territory situated in adjacent county, but such village has the burden of proving that the territory annexed will be benefited or that justice and equity require the territory be annexed. Village of Wakefield v. Utecht, 90 Neb. 252, 133 N.W. 240 (1911).