Section 11-42-120
Mode of consolidation generally.
Any city or town may be annexed to and merged into a contiguous city or town in the following manner: The mayor of each city or town shall each appoint two persons, and the four persons thus appointed, with the mayor of each town, shall constitute a commission to agree upon terms for the annexation and merger of the one city or town into the other city or town.
(Code 1907, §1133; Code 1923, §1828; Code 1940, T. 37, §195.)