Section 48. The acknowledged supremacy of the legislature over a municipal corporation is not so absolute that it cannot be restrained by the organic law of the State, which is always a limitation and cannot be contravened by the legislative body.1

It may be stated as the settled doctrine of law that, saving the extent limited by constitutional provisions, the legislature has the absolute power to create, change, modify or destroy municipal corporations at pleasure, and entirely irrespective of the wishes or consent of those composing the body politic. The political powers conferred upon a municipal corporation for the local government of a place are not vested rights as against the State.2

Limitation of the Power of the Legislature in