The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-30
Annaxation Notice

a ND NOW HERE nj APPEARING
Il to the Mayor and Common Council
of the City of Evansville, that the follow
ing described territory, contiguous to said
city, and not plated or laid OFF into lots,
verified by affidavit accurately describing
the same by metes and bounds, and which
said territory is described as follows, to
wit:
Commencing at the southwest corner Of
Bray's EniarA ement of the city OF Evans
Vile, and thence running north $50 feet to
the southeast bank OF the Wabash and
Erie Canal: thenc3 nOrtheasterly along
said canal 78s feet to the half-section line
passing north and south through the cen
tire of section %, Tom south, Range 10
west, in Vanderburgh County, Indiana;
thence north along said hali-seotion line
500 feet to the quarter quarter section cor
ner; thence west on the quarter quarter
section line S34 feet to the southeast line of
Chestnut street of said city; thence SOUTH
westerly along the side of Chestnut street
958 feet to the northeast side of Tenth
Street of said city thence along said north
northwest bank of the canal aforesaid;
thence southwesterly along said canal
bank lT5 feet TO the haif-seetion line, pass
ing east and west through The centre of
Section % aforesaid, and from thence east
$50 feet along said half-see elton line TO tine
place of beginning, ought 10 be annexed
10 the said CT OF Evansville and made a
part thereof and the said Mayor and COM
mon Council of said city, being desirous
that said lie sr1tOfy should be annexed to
and made part OF said city, for the fol-
lowing reasons, to wit. First. that kaid ter
rlboTy Is contiguous 10, ana 70 large eX-
tent surrounded by, said city second, that
said terri ry shares in the benefits OF sew
eI age an other improvements now made,
and necessary to be made, and should be
annexed, so as to shane IN tho burdens Of
taxation equally with other property SIM
ilaIly stu lted and now within the corpo-
rate limits of said city; and, third, that the
jurisdiction of said city over said territory
is necessary 10 enable the Com Coun-
cit of said city to open and lay out suitable
streets and alleys, and also to provide
necessary and proper drainage Tor said
territory 1t Is therefore ordered that the
Mayor and Common Council OF said city
give due notice, according TO the require
ments of an ACT of the General Assembly
Of the state of Indiana, approved March
9th, 1865, that they viii, on the 18th day of
December 1859, present to the Board OF
Commissioners OF Vanderburgh County a
petition for the annexation, as a part of
scribed. A. NJ. MCGRIFF, Clerk,
By K. a. kfCGRIFF. Deputy.
City Clerks Office, October ., 1853.
To Joseph p. Elliott, Samuel Orr, Dewitt
g. Keller, William Baker, Thomas z. |
Garvln, b. J. Day, and the heirs Of Hugh |
Ronoldss deceasedi
1T Office Is HEREBY GIVEN. that |
~ the petition referred to in the above |
notice was presented to the Board OF |
County Commissioners OF Nanderburgh |
County, on the 18th day OF Decemb Der, 1869 |
and that the same was received and con-
sidered; and it is ordered by said Board |
that the further hearing and considera-
tion OF said petition be continued until /
the 18th OF January, 1870, and that notice /
be given by the County Auditor, by publ /
that gasd application IS now pending be- /
fore said Board, and that II will be heard /
and decided on the said 18th day of Janu- /
Auditor Vanderburgh County,
Evansville, December 18th, 1859,
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