(5), 222.540 (4) and 222.560 (4) may be entered into between the city

222.530 (5), 222.540 (4) and 222.560 (4) may be entered into between the city and a district prior to and contingent upon the withdrawal of the annexed or incorporated area from the district under the provisions of ORS 222.524, or they may be made after such withdrawal. [1957 c.401 �5]

����� 222.580 Procedure applicable to prior annexations in which no property division was made. The provisions of ORS 222.510 to 222.570 and 242.050 are applicable to areas annexed to or incorporated as cities prior to March 18, 1949. The procedure provided in those sections may be followed in all cases in which such incorporation or annexation was effective prior to March 18, 1949, and in which no apportionment of property was made by March 18, 1949. As to any such district which has not already been taken over by, or come to an agreement with, the city involved, the effective date of the taking over shall be March 18, 1949, or the date of the agreement arrived at under the standards provided in ORS 222.530 to 222.560.

MERGER OF CITIES; ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY SURROUNDED BY CITY

����� 222.610 Surrender of city charter and merger into adjoining city; elections required. Any city may surrender its charter and be merged into an adjoining city in the same or another county. Cities having a river as a common boundary, or cities the boundaries of which at the nearest point of proximity are separated a distance of not more than 1,500 feet, for the purpose of ORS 222.610 to 222.710, shall be deemed to be adjoining. No cities may become merged unless a majority of the electors of the two cities affected authorize the surrender and merger as provided in ORS