The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-25
Annexation Nntina

A ND NOW HERE TT APPEARING
IA to the Mayor and Common Council
OF the City of Evansville, that the follow
ing described territory, contiguous to said
city, aud not plated or laid of into lots,
a map whereof has been duly made and
verified by am davft 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 Enlargement OF the city OF Evans
Vile, and thence running north 800 feet 10
the southeast bank of the Wabash and
Erie Canal: thence noTtheasterly along
said canal 7SS feet to the half-sectiOn line,
passing north and south thTough the CEN
ire of section 70, TO IN south, Range 10
west, in Marlborough County, Indiana;
| thence north along said half-section line
500 feet 10 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 ofsaid city thence along said north
northwest bank of the canal aforesaid /;
| thence southWesterly along said canal
bank I75 feet to the half-section line, pass
ing east and west through the centre OF
Section % aforesaid, aud from thence east
| 500 feet along said haIf-section line 10 the
| place of beginning, ought TO be annexed
TO the said city of Evansville and made
| part thereof; and the said Mayor and COM
mon Council of said city. being DESTROYS
that said territory should be annexed 20
ard made a part of said city, Tor the fol-
| lowing reasons, to wilt: First, that said ter
Is contagious TO- 6nu To a large EX-
| tent surrounded by, said city second, that
said territory shares 10 The benefits OF sew
age and other improvements now made,
and necessary to be made, and should be
annexed, SO as TO shane in the burdens OF
| taxation equally with other property SIM
/ ilaTly 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 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, 1865, that they VIII, on the 18th day OF
| December 1859, present to the Board OF
| Commissioners OF Marlborough County O.
| petition for the annexation, as part Of
/ said city, the territory herein before de-
| scribe5. A. NJ. MCGRIFF, Clerk,
BY +. A. MCGRIFF. Deputy.
City Clerks ONCE, october p. 1859.
| To Joseph p. Elliott, Samuel Orr, Dewitt
Q. Keller, William Baker, Thomas Z.
GarYin, B. J. Day, and the heirs OF Hugh
Ronolds, deceased.
| TAY Office IS HEREBY GIVEN. that
! G@ the petition referred to in The above
notice was presented TO the Board OF
| County Commissioners of Nanderburgh
County, on the 18th day OF December, 1863,
and that the same was received and con-
sidered; and 1t Is ordered by said Board,
that the further hearing and cOnsidera-
ton of said petition be continued uutlI
the 18th Of January, 1870. and that notice
be given by the County Auditor, by publi-
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 18th day of Janu-
aTy, 1870. VICTOR BISEH,
Auditor Vanderburgh County
Evansville, December 18Th, 1869.
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