Section 11-42-75
Rearrangement, etc., of boundaries of wards.
The council or governing body of the city shall have the power to change or rearrange the boundary lines of wards in said city as often as necessary for the purpose of equalizing the number of voters entitled to vote in each ward in the city and each ward in the city shall have as near as practicable an equal number of qualified electors.
(Code 1907, §1108; Code 1923, §1802; Code 1940, T. 37, §171.)