The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-11
COUNTY ADVERTISEMENTS.
Annexation Notice,

q rE kew HERE KT APPEARING
"a. - the Mayor aud Common Council
OF toe lily of Evansville, a the follow.
ing described territory, contiguOus to said
city, and not plated or laid OF INFO lots,
a map whereof has been duly made end
verified by affidavit accurately describing
the same by Tnetes and boun1s, and which
said territory Is described as follows, to
Commencing st the southwest corner of
Bray's Eniars emsnt OF the city OF Evans
Vile, and thence running north 1853 feet to
the bank OF the Wabash ana
Erie Canal; thence noTtheasterly along
said 76o feet to tde halE-sect1on line,
passing north and south Through the CEN
ire of Section 70, To Eu % south, Range 10
west. in VanderbuFgh Bounty, Indiana;
hence north along said halt-section 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
953 feet to the northeast Side of Tenth
Street ofSaid city thence along said north
east side of Tenth street S2l feet to the
northwest bank of the canal aforesaid;
thence "southwesterIy along said canal
bank IT5 feet to the half-sect1on line, pass
ing east and west through the centre OF
Section % aforesaid, ~ from thence east
$50 feet aiOng said half-seCttOn line to The
place of beginning, ought to be annexed
10 the said city of Evansville and made a
part thereof; andfhe said Mayor and Com
mon Council OF said city. being DESTROYS
that said territory ShO1ld be annexed TO
and made q part Of said city, tor the fol-
lowing reasons, to Wlts Firs5, that said ter
TltoTy IS contiguous 10, ahu t9 q large eX-
tent surrounded by, said city /; second, that
said territory shareSin the benefits OF sew
! 81 age and ether improvements now made,
a necessary TO be- made, ana should be
annexed, SO as 10 shaAe ia tho burdens of
taxation equally With other property sim
ilaTiy situated and now within the corpo-
rate limits of said city; and, tnlTd, thEt the
jurisdiction of said city over said territory
Is necessary 10 enabIet "a Common Coun-
Gil of said city % open and lay out suitable
streets ana alleys, and also to provide
necessary and roper drainage tor said
territory 1t is therefore ordered that the
| Mayor aud Common Council of said city
give due notice, according to the require
mepts Of an Act of the General Assembly
of the Stole OF Indiana, approved March
9Th, 1855, that they Will on the 18th day OF
December lS69, present to the Board OF
Commissioners OF V~anderburgh County q
petition for the annexation, as a part OF
said city, Tie territory hereinbefOFe de-
scTibe1. A. II. AICGRIEF, Clerk,
by +. a. MCGRIFF. Deputy.
City CLERKS Office, October q, 1860.
To Joseph II. Elliott, Samuel Orr, Dewitt
L. Keller, William Baker, Thomas E.
GaEVfn, BID. Day, and the heirs OF Hugh
~ OTTJE rs EGEREBY GIVEN, that
"a n petition referred to in the above
notice was presented to the Board of
County commissioners Of Vanderburgh
County. on the 18th day of December, 1859,
q thatthe same was received and con-
sideFed; and ii is ordered by said Board,
that the further hearing and considera-
ton of said petition be continued until
tic Igth OF January, 1870, a hat 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 it will be heard
ant decided on The ssid 18th day of Janu-
Auditor Marlborough County.
Evansville, December 18th, 1859.
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