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On the second day of July, 1888, a petition was presented to the board of supervisors of Los Angeles County, asking that certain territory be incorporated into a municipality, to be known as the city of Alhambra, in pursuance with the provisions of the municipal incorporation act. (Stats. 1883, p. 93.) The petition described the proposed boundaries of the corporation, stated that the population within those boundaries was about 850, and was signed by 106 persons claiming to be residents and electors within said territory. It was accompanied with proper proof of publication thereof, with the names of the signers, and of intention to present it at that time. The matter came on for hearing on the 7th of July, when a protest was filed regarding the establishment of the boundaries as described in the petition, and after some general discussion as to the boundaries, and the *52 examination of witnesses as to population, the board having ascertained that the population of the district as they seem to have agreed to bound it was in excess of five hundred, a resolution was adopted, giving notice of an election, submitting to the qualified voters within certain boundaries described in the…