ARTICLE 1. Establishment [18900. - 18901.]

Cal. Education Code - EDC 1.
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Cal. Education Code - EDC § 18900. Section 18900.

The common council, board of trustees, or other legislative body of any city in the state may, and upon being requested to do so by one-fourth of the electors of the municipal corporation in the manner provided in this article, shall, by ordinance, establish in and for the municipality a public library if there is none already established therein.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 18901. Section 18901.

The request may be by a single petition, or by several petitions. The several petitions shall be substantially in the same form. The single petition, or several petitions in the aggregate, shall have, the signatures of the requisite number of electors.
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