The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-29
Annexation Notice.

n ND NOW HERE IT APPEARING
~ 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 Off into lots,
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 Enlarg ement of the city of Evans
willie, and thence running north 369 feet to
the southeast bank of the Wabash and
Erie Canal; thence northeasterly along
said canal 7SS feet to the half-section line,
passing north aud south through the GEN.
tire of section %, Town 6 south, Range 10
west, in Marlborough County, Indiana;
thence north along said haIf-section line
500 feet to tbs quarter quarter section cor
ner; thence west on the quarter quarter
section limo S34 feet 10 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 SCI sfeet to the
northwest bank. of the canal aforesaid;
thence south westerly along said canal
bank l76 feet to the half-sectfon line, pass
ing east and west through the centre of
Section 20 aforesaid, and from thence east
$50 feet along said half-section line to the
place OF beginning, ought to be annexed
10 the said city of Evansville and made a
part thereof; and the said Mayor and Com
mon Council of said city, being DESTROYS
that said territory should be annexed to
and made pars of said city, for the fol-
lowing reasons, To wit: First, that said ter
TlE0Ty Ia Contiguous ana TO q large eX-
tent surrounded by, said city ; second, that
said territory shares in the benefits OF sew
erage and other improvements now made,
and necessary to be made, and should be
annexed, so as to shale In thu burdens of
taxation equally with other property SIM
tiaTIy 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-
Gil 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
6ths 1855, that they VIII, on the 18th day OF
December 1869, present to the Board OF
Commissioners of Vanderburgh County
petition for the annexation, as a part of
said city, the territory herein before de-
scribed. A. NJ. MCGRIFF, Clerk,
By r.. a. MCGRIFB. Deputy.
City Clerks Onice, October D, 1853.
To Joseph p. Elliott, Samuel Orr, Dewitt
Q. Keller, William Baker, Thomas Z.
Garvin, b. ]. Day, and the heirs of Hugh
Ronolds, deceased:
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, that
- the petition referred to in the above
notice was presented TO the Board Of
County Commissioners of Vanderburgh
County on the 18th day of December, 1853,
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 until
the d7th OF January. 1870, and that notice
be given by the County Auditor, by publf-
cation in the Evansville Daily Journal,
that said application is now pending be-
fore said Board, and that IL will be heard
and decided on the said 18th day of Janu-
airy, 1870. VICTOR BISCH,
Auditor Wander burgh County.
Evansville, December 18th, 1869.
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