JURISPRUDENCE A COMPLETE STATEMENT CALIFORNIA Editor WILLIAM M. MCKINNEY Editor Ruling Case Law, Federal Statutes Annotated, Annotated Cases, VOLUME XXIII SANITARY DISTRICTS ΤΟ SYNDICALISM BANCROFT-WHITNEY COMPANY, SAN FRANCISCO Copyright, 1925 BY BANCROFT-WHITNEY COMPANY SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA JURISPRUDENCE VOLUME XXIII SANITARY DISTRICTS 1. Definition and Nature-Scope of Article. 2. Statutes Authorizing. 3. Territory Included. 4. Organization. 5. Powers and Functions. 6. Dissolution. §1. Definition and Nature-Scope of Article.-A sanitary district is a public corporation,1-though not designated as such by statute2-organized for the construction of sewers and other sanitary purposes. It is not a municipal corporation within the proper sense of that term.1 A corporation is municipal where it pertains to a city or a town, or to a consolidated city and county government, and a sanitary district does not come within that classification even though it may exercise some of the powers of a municipal corporation.R 5 1. People v. City of Oakland, 123 Cal. 145, 55 Pac. 772; Guptill v. Kelsey, 6 Cal. App. 35, 91 Pac. 409. Or at least it is a corporation having such a nature. In re Werner, 129 Cal. 567, 62 Pac. 97. 2. People v. City of Oakland, 123 Cal. 145, 55 Pac. 772, referring to Stats. 1891, p. 223. 3. See statutes cited infra, § 2. 4. In re Werner, 129 Cal. 567, Pac. 97. 62 5. In re Werner, 129 Cal. 567, 62 Pac. 97, citing various definitions of "municipal." See MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, vol. 18, p. 693. 6. As to powers and functions of sanitary districts, see infra, § 5. As to reclamation, irrigation and sanitary districts as distinguished Cases are cited in this article to and including 195 Cal., 66 Cal. App. and 237 Pac. |