The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-11
Annexation of Territory to the City
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Is HERERYa EsTVEN

RTOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN. that
| ~ the Common Council of the city OF
Evansville, in pursuance of the provisions
of an Act of the General Assembly of the
| State of Indiana, approved March 6, 1865,
entitled " An Act TO amend the seventy
| first section of an Act entitled AN Act
| granting to the citizens of the town OF
| Evansville, in the county of Vanderburgh,
City Charter, approved January 27, 1917,
and to add supplemental sections to said
Act, will, on the first dav of May, 1866,
present to the Board of County Commits
sioners of Vanderburgh County a petition
praying for the annexation to said city of
the following-described territory, and set
ting forthsthe reasons for such annexation,
viz: All that part of the southeast quarter
of section 10, township south, of range 10
street, on the east BY F. w. Brin itrn
Enlargement, on the south by Sharpe's
Enlargement and Greeks Enlargement,
and on the west by First avenue, described
as follows, viz: Beginning at the north
west corner of said quarter section, which
is at the intersection Of Eleventh street
and First avenue, and rpHning thence
east, along the middle oil aid Eleventh
street, seventeen hundred (I700) feet, more
or less, to the west line of f. w. Brink
meyers Enlargement; thence south by
said west line six hundred and hfty-five
l655) feet, more or less, to the middle of
Ninth. street, as the same is laid out in
Shapes Enlargement; thence west along
the middle of Ninth street nine hundred
and fOrty-four (944l feet, more Oh. less, to
the west line of Sharpes Enlargement;
Lnence SOuJ0 along SAID west line one hum
dred and forty-seven and half (I4715) feet,
more or less, TO the north line of Greeks
Enlargement; thence west along said north
line seven hundred and fifty-eight and a
half 1854 feet, more or less, to the middle
OF First avenue; and thence north along
the middle of said First avenue eight hun
dred and five (S05) feet, more or less, to the
place OF beginning; said territory being
contiguous to the city of Evansville, and
not plated or laid Off
.4.z. r..f..G w. BAKER, Mayor.
Attest: A. rs. MCGRIFF, Clerk.
mch3I d&w1n g 1ssHk HJT kse- f
To Henry ID. Allis, Francis Amory. H.-Q.
Wheeler, Or. M. ]. Bray, Edward A. Cook,
and the heirs and legal representatives of
Peter Sharpe, deceased, and all other own
ers or claimants of real estate comprising
the territory described in the foregoing
Notice is hereby given, that the petition,
referred to in the above notice was pre-
Sented to the Board of County Commits
s1oners of Vandersurgh County, on the LIST
day of May, 1866, and that the same was
received and considered; and u was or
dered by said Board that the further hear
ing AID consideration of said application
be continued until the 4th day of June,
1866, land that notice be given by the
County Auditor, by publication in the
Evansville Daily Journal. that said appli-
cation is now pending before said sBOfrd,
and 1iERt it will be heard and determined
on tba said 4th day Of LIME, 1865: ~ hsGie
VICTOR BISCH,
a o. Auditor Vanderburgh County.
Evansville, May 4, 1855. fmayl0 till 81