The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-12
Annexation of Territory to the City
of Evansville. 80.

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NOTICE 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 9, 1885,
entitled g 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,
a City Charter approved January q, 1S47,
and to add supplemental sections to said
Act,' will, on the first day of May, 1856,
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 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 +. w. Brinkmeyer's
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 running thence
east, along the middle OF said Eleventh
street, seventeen hundred Q70O) feet. more
or less, to the west line of F. w. Brink
| meyers Enlargement; thence south by
| said west line six hundred and fifty-five
| (655) feet more or less, to the middle of
| Ninth street, as the same is laid out in
Sharpe's Enlargement; thence west along
| the middle of Ninth street nine hundred
| and forty-four l944) feet, more or less, to
| the west line of Sharpe's Enlargement;
1 thence south along said west line one hum
| bred and fOrty-Seven and a halt (l4712) 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 $3.50 feet, more or less, to the middle
/ of First avenue; and thence north along
/ the middle of said First avenue eight hum
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.
w. BAKER, Mayor.
Attest: A. M. MCGRIFF, Clerk.
mch3l d&w1m
To Henry d. Allis, Francis Amory, II. @.
| 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
notices:
Notice is hereby givens 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
ing and consideration of said application
be continued until the 4th day of June,
1866, and that notice be given by the
| County Auditor, by publication in the
| Evansville Daily Journal, that said appH-
cadtion is now pending before said Board,
| and that it viii be heard and determined
on the said 4th day of June, 1885,
! VICTOR BISCH,
4 Auditor Vanderburgh County.
| Evansville, May 4, 1856. may10 till 81