The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-07
COUNTY ADVERTISEMENTS.
Annexation Nntiea-

q EE NOW HERE III APPEARIEG
II to the Mayor and Common Council
OF the Clty OF evansville, that h follow
ing described territory, contiguous to said
city, and not plated or laid off into lots,
a map whereof has been duly made and
verified by ad1daVIG accurately describing
the same by meteS aud bOunds, and which
said territory is described as follows, to
Commencing at the west corner OF
Bray's ENLARGEMENT of the city of Evans.
Vile, and thence running north $40 feet to
the southeast bank of the Wabash and
Erie Canal: hence noTtheast0rly along
said canal 768 feet TO the hetf-secti0n line,
passing north and south through the CEN
ire OF SECTION -, To~n 6 south, Range 10
west, in VanderbuTgh County. Indiana ;
thence north along said half-sectton line
etJ Ieet 10 tne quarter quarter section cor
ner; thence west on the quarter quarter
section line S4 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 Of said city thence along said north
east side OF Tenth Street 82l feet to the
northwest bank of the canal aforesaid ;
thence southWesterly along said canal
bank IT5 feet to the half-sectioa line, pass
ing east and west through the centre Of
Section % aforesaid, and frOua themes east
500 feet along said haIf-section line TO the
place of beginning, ought 10 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 q part OF said city, for the fol-
lowing reasons, to wit: First, that said ter
ritory IS contiguous TO, and to q large ex-
tent surrounded by, said city second that
said territory shares In the benefits OF sew
eT and other improvements now made.
and necessary to be made, and should be
annexed, so IS to shase in the burdens of
taxation equaIly with other property sim.
ilaIly situated and now within the cOrpo-
rate limits Of said city and, tniTd, that the
jurisdiction of said city over said territory
is necessary to enable b common Coun-
Gil of said city to open and lay out suitable
streets and alleys, and also to peOyfde
necessary and proper drainage for said
territory. 1t is therefore ordered thst the
Mayor and Common Council OF aid 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 VIII, on the 18th day OF
December 1859, pres ent to the Board OF
Commissioners OF NandeTbuFgh County q
petition for the annexation, as q part of
said city, the teTrltoTy hereinhefore de-
scribei. AN. MCGRIFF. Clerk.
BY f. A. MCGRIFF. Deputy.
city Clerks Ome7, October ., 1853.
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To Joseph II. Elliott. Samuel Orr. Dewitt
c. Keller, William Baker, Thomas Z.
Garvin, b. J. Day, and the heirs of Hugh
Ronolds, deceased:
TAY Office Is KsEHERY GEVEH. that
~ the petition referTe1 to in the above
notice was presented to the Board OF
County Commissioners of Vanderburgh
County, on the l3th day of December, 1869,
and thai the game was received and con-
sidered; and it is ordered by said Board,
that the further hearing and consfdera-
tion of said petition be continued until
the nth of January, 1870, and that notice
be giVen by the Count Auditor. by pubIf-
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 Japu-
any, 1870. VICTOR BI5CH,
Auditor Vanderbulgh County.
Evansville, December 18Th, 1853.
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