HEFFERNAN, J.
The creation of municipal corporations is peculiarly within the province of the legislature. A unit of local government is a creature of the legislature. It owes its existence to legislative fiat and its life may be snuffed out by appropriate legislative action. It is a matter of hornbook law
"The exercise of the legislative function of creating municipal corporations is wholly within the discretion of the...
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