The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-25
Annexation of Territory to the City
y of Evansville.

ATOTICE Is HERERY 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 g. 1855,
entitled 8 An Act 20 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,
a City Charter approved January "a, lS47,
and to add supplemental sections to said
Act" Will, on the first day of May, 1866,
present to the Board of County Commits
sioners of Vanderburgh County petition
praying for the annexation TO said city of
the following-descrfbed territory, and set
ting forth the reasons for such annexation,
viz: All that part of the southeast quarter
of section 10, township south, of range 10
west, bounded on the north by Eleventh
street, on the east by F. w. Brinkmeyer's
Enlargement, on the south by Shapes
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 running thence
east, along the middle of said Eleventh
street, seventeen hundred (170Ol feet, more
or less, to the west line of r. W. Brink
meyers Enlargement; thence south by
said west line six hundred and fifty-five
1850 feet, more or less, to the middle of
Ninth street, rs the same is laid out in
Shapes Enlargement; thence west along
the middle of Ninth street nine hundred
ana f2rtyI i ss4 feet n1qTe or aes 70
thence south along said west line one num-
dred and fOrty-Seyen and q half (l4712) feet,
more or less, to the north line of Greeks
Enlargement: thence west along said north
line seven hundred and fifty-eight and q
half C75S5%) feet, more or less, to the middle
of First avenue; and thence north along
the middle of said First avenue eight hum
bred and five (605) feet, more or less, to the
place of beginning; said territory being
contiguous to the city of-EyanSville, and
not plated or laid off, asutf3t .s5f 3iit
va w. BAKER, Mayor.
Attest A. NJ. McGRTFF, Clerk
mchSl d&wlm 94t 9d} iuod aW .ysh
| To Henry ID. Allis, Francis Amory, H. O.
| Wheeler, DIR. NJ. J. 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
| SionerS of Marlborough County. on. the lst
| day of May, 1886, and that the same was
/ received and considered; and, it was OF
| dered by said Board that the further hear
1 ing and consideration of said application
| be continued until the 4th day of June,
| 1885, and that notice be given by the
County Auditor, by publication in the
Evansville Daily Journal, that said appli-
| cation is now pending before said Board,
and that it viii be heard and determined
| on the said 4th day of June, l666.gU II tad.
VICTOR BISCH,
Auditor Vanderburgh County.
Evansville, May 4, 1885. 1may10 till 81