The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-22
Annexation of Territory to the City
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RTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
IN 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, 1885,
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,
q City Charter, approved January q, 1917,
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 Marlborough County petition
praying for the annexation to said city of
the following -deScribed 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 t1700) feet, more
or less, to the west line of +. W. Brink
meyers Enlargement; thence south by
said west line six hundred and hfty-fve
1851 feet, more or less, to the middle of
Ninth street, as the same Is laid out in
Sharpe,s Enlargement; thence west along
and forty-fouf (944) feet, more or less, to
the west line of Shapes Enlargement;
thence south along said west line ono hum
dred and forty-seven and a halt (l471a) feet,
more or less to the north line of Greeks
Enlargement; thence west along said north
line seven hundred and fifty weight and a
half (758151 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 (805) feet, more or less, to the
place of beginning; said territory being
contiguous to the city of Evansville, and
not plated or laid of:
I Attest: A. NJ. McGRIFF, Clerk.
mch3l d&w1m IS SYsI3fA9 9t3 ~ s7A
To Henry d. Aliis Francis Amory, H. @.
| Wheeler, DR.. 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
4 notice: .f.f.9 +
Notice is hereby given, that the petition
referred to in the above notice was pre-
sented TO the Board of County Commits
| sioners. OF Vanderburgh County, on the list
day of May, 1866, and that the same was
received and considered; and it was or
dered by said Board that the further hear
1 ing and consideration of said application
| be continued until the 4th day of june
| 1866, and that notice be given by the
1 County Auditor, by publication in the
| Evansville Daily Journal, that said appli-
/ cation is now pending before said Beard,
/ and that 1t win be heard and determined
on the said 4th day of June, 1865.
| a. 1,f.t'-1r VICTOR BISCH,9ya2
! 70 tft Auditor Vanderburgh County.
Il Evansville, May 4, 1866. LInay10 till 81