§8-2-3. Hearing on petition; notice; dismissal.
Upon the filing of such petition, the county court shall set
the same for hearing not sooner than ten days and not later than
thirty days thereafter, and the petitioners shall cause notice of
the filing of said petition and of the date, time and place of
hearing thereon to be published as a Class II legal advertisement
in compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter
fifty-nine of this code, and the publication area for such
publication shall be the territory sought to be incorporated.
Upon the date set for hearing, the county court shall hear
evidence for and against the proposed incorporation, and if it
shall determine that the requirements of sections one and two of
this article have not been met, it shall forthwith enter an order
dismissing said petition.