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Petitioners appeal from an order quashing the writ of certiorari whereby they sought to review the action of respondent Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles in the formation of the Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 33.

The petition for the formation of said district was filed with *525 the board of supervisors on February 15, 1961, in eight parts. Bach part had attached to it an affidavit of circulation. On the same date, the county engineer certified to the sufficiency of the petition.

On March 23 and May 4, 1961, upon due notice, hearings were held on the petition. On July 18, 1961, an election was held and the proposition was adopted by a vote of 222 to 72. On August 1, 1961, the election results were declared by the board of supervisors and the district was established. On September 15, 1961, there became effective a validating act, (Stats. 1961, ch. 985) which by its terms validated the formation of the district. (Section 2.) It further provided (section 6) for a 30-day period during which any action in review might be brought. On December 19, 1961, the instant petition for the writ of certiorari was filed in the court below. This was ten months after…