The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-31
Annexation Notioa.

n Nd NOW HERE ER AP2EAK hin G.
OF Tne City of Evansville, taat the folIow-
ing desert bed territory, contiguous To said
city, and not plated or laid or into lots,
a map whereof has been duly made and
verified by affidavit accurately describing
the same by metes and bounds, and which
said territory is described as follows, to
Commencing at the southwest corner of
Bray's EnlarA ement OF the city Of Evans
Vile, and thence running north $50 fest to
the southeast bank Of the Wabash and
Erie Canal: thence noTtheasieriy along
said canal 7oS feet to the half-sectiOn line,
passing north and south through The CEN
tire of Section -, ToNn 8 south, Range 10
west, in Nanderburgh County. Indiana;
thence north along said haIi-section line
500 feet to the quarter quarter section cor
ner; thence west on the quarter quarter
section line 834 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 ofsaid city thence along said north
east side of Tenth Street S2I feet 10 the
northwest bank OF the canal aforesaid;
thence sOuthwesterly along said canal
bank l75 feet to the haIf-section line, pass
ing east and west through the centre OF
Section % aforesaid, and from thence east
500 feet along said half-sectton line 10 the
place of beginning, ought TO be annexed
TO the said city OF Evansville and made a
part thereof; and the said Mayor and IOn-
mon Council OF said city, being DESTROYS
that said territory should be annexed to
ard made part of said city. for the fol-
lowing reasons, to wit: First. that said ter
tent Surrounded by, said city ; second, that
said territory shares in the benefits OF sew
Ell age and other tmproyem ents now made,
and necessary TO be made, and should be
annexed, so IS To share in the burdens of
taxation equally with other property SIM
ilalIy 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 Com mon Coun-
ell OF SAID city to open and lay out suitable
streets and alleys, and also to provide
necessary and proper drainage for 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, 1855, that they will, on the 13th day OF
Decem bert 1869, present to the Board OF
Commissioners OF Vanderburgh County a
petition Tor the annexation, as a part of
scr1bed. A NJ. MCGR1FF, Clerk,
By E. A. MCGRIFF. Deputy.
City Clerks Office, October 3, 1859.
To Joseph p. Elliott, Samuel Orr, Dewitt
@. Keller, William Baker, Thomas E.
Garvin, b. J. Day, and the heirs of Hugh
Ronolds, deceased:
RYOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, that
~ the petition referred to in the above
notice was presented to the Board of
County Commissioners of Marlborough
County, on the 18th day OF December, 1863,
and that the same was received and con-
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 publ
cation in the Evansville Daily Journal |
that said application is now pending be-
fore said Board, and that IL viii be heard
and decided on the said 1th day of Janu- |
airy, 1870. VICTOR BISCH,
Auditor Vanderbufgh County.
Evansville, Deem Der 18th, 1863.
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