The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-17
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Annexation Notice.

AA4OA&GAN4 4F0SA%Os
a 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, and not plated or laid of into lots,
a map whereof has been duly made ana
verified by aGidavib 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 $50 feet to
the southeast bank OF the Wabash and
Erie Canal; theme nOTtheasterly along
said canal 1o8 feet to h haif-sectiOn line,
passing north and south tbrOush the CELL
ire Of section y, Town 8 south, Range 10
west, in Marlborough County, Indiana;
thence north along said haIi-section line
900 feet TO the quarter quarter section cor
ner; thence west on the quarter quarter
section line S34 feet to tho sOutheaSt line OF
CneslnuV street or SAID city; thence south
westerly along the side OF Chestnut Street
95S feet TO the northeast side OF Tenth
Street ofsaid city thence alOngS said north
east SIDE OF Tenth Street 81 feet TO the
northwest bank of the canal aforesaid F:
hence south westerly along said canal
bank 115 feet to the haif-section line, pass
ing east and west through the centre OF
Section % Aforesaid, and from theme east
500 feet along said half-sectiOn line TO the
place OF beginning. ought TO be annexed
part thereof; and the said Mayor and Conn.,
mon Council of said city, being DESTROYS
hat said territory mould be annexed to
and made a part of said city, for the fol-
| lowing reasons, to wit: First. that said ter
ritory is contiguous to, and te q large ex-
| tent surrounded by, said city second, that
said territory shares In the benefits of sew
eTage 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
| iIaIly situated and now within The eorp
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 ont suitable
streets and alleys, and also TO provide
necessary IA prOpe drainage Tor said
territory. 1T is Therefore ordered that the
Mayor and Common Council of said city
give due notice, according TO the require
meDts OF an Ae, OF the General Assembly
of the state of Indiana, approved March
9Th, 1865. that they will, on b 18th day oil
December 1869, present to the Board OF
Commissioners Of Vapderburgh County a
petition for the annexation. as 8 part OF
said city, the territory bereinbefOre de-
seribed. a. II. MCGRIFF, Clerk,
BY i. A. MCGRIFF, Deputy.
City Clerks Office, October q, 1853.
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To Joseph P. Elliott, Samuel Orr, Dewitt
Q. Keller. William Baker, Thomas q
Garv1n, b. ]. Day, q the heirs Of Bugh
R0n0lds, deceased;
~ 0EECE IS EfEREBX GIVEN, thai
~ the petition referred to In the above
notice was presented to the Board OF
County commissioners Of Nanderourgh
County, on the 18th day OF December, 1859
and that the same was received aud CON-
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 NOTES
be given by the County Auditor, by publ,
cation in the Evansville Daily Journal
that sale application is low pending be-
fore said Board, and that IL will be hearG
and decided on the said 18th day of Janu,
aIy, 1870. VICTOR BIsCH,
Auditor V~andeTbuIgh County.
Evansville, December 18th, 1853.
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