The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-22
Annexation Notice.

n ND NOW HERE 1T APPEARING
AA to the Mayor aud Common Council
Of the City Of Evansville, that TIE fOnow-
ing described territory Contiguous % said
city, and not plated or laid Off into lots,
map where of has been duly made anu
verified by affidavit accurately describing
the same by metes and bounds, and which
seid territory Is described as follows, to
wit:
Commencing at the southwest corner OF
Brays Enlar- ement OF The city OF Evans
willie, and thence running north $50 feet 10
Inc sontheast pank or the Wabash anu
Erie canal thence northeasterly along
said canal 7eS feet to the half-sectiOn line,
passing moth and south throuRh the cen-
ire OF section ~ Iown SOUTH Range 10
west, in Nanderburgh County, Indiana
thence north along said hali-sectton 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
95S feet TO the northeast side Of Tenth
Street of said city thence along said north
east side Of Tenth Street S2l feet TO the
northwest bank OF the canal Aforesaid
thence southwesterly Glong said canal
bank l75 feet to the half-secUOu line, pass
ing east and west through the centre OF
Section - Aforesaid, and from thence east
$50 feet along said half-aection line 70 the
place OF beginning, ought TO be annexed
10 the said city Of Evansville and made
part thereof; and the said Mayor aud COM
mon Council of said city, being DESTROYS
that said territory should be annexed 70
and made part of said city, for the foi-
lowing reasons, TO wit: Flre that said ter-
ritOry Is contiguous TO, aud 60 large eLs
tent surrounded by, said city second, that
said territory shares in the benefits OF seW=
eTRge and other Inn prove ments now made
and necessary to be made, and should be
annexed, so as 10 share in tho burdens OF
taxation equally with other property slime
ilarly situated and now within the corpo~
rate limits Of said city; and third, that the
Jurisdiction OF said city over said territory
Is necessary to enable the Common Coum-
Gil OF said city to open and lay out suitable
streets and alleys, and also to provide
necessary and proper drainage Tor said
territory. AZ rs therefore ordered that the
Mayor and Common Council OF said city
give due notice, according TO the requires
ments OF an Act of the General Assembly
OF the state of Indiana approved March
9Th, 1865, that they willY on the l3th day OF
Deem berf 1859, present TO the Board or
Commissioners OF Vanderburgh County
petition for the annexation, as part of
said city, the territory here s.I de-
By II. A. MCGRIFF. Deputy.
City Clerks ONCE, October %, 1865.
To Joseph p. Elliott, Samuel Orr. Dewitt
q. Keller, William Baker, Thomas F.
Garvin, b. j. Day, and the heirs Of Hugh
Ronolds, deceased;
ny Office IS HEREBY GIVEN that
~ the petition referrei to in the above
notice was presented to the Board of
County Commissioners Of NanderburRn
County, on the 18th day Of December 1860.
and that the same was received and cone
sidered; and IL IS ordered by said Board
that the further hearing and considera-
ton of said petition be continued until
the 18th OF January, 1870, and that notice
be given by the County Auditor, by pubu-
cation in the Evansville Daily Journal
that said application is now pending be-
fore said Board, and that 10 viii be heard
and decided on the said IdIn day Of Janus
Auditor Vanderburgn County
Evansville, December 18th, 1853.