The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-15
COUNTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
Annexation Notiea.


a nj NOW HERE IN APPEARING
IA to the Mayor IN Common Council
OF the City OF Evansville, that the fOlIOY-
ing described territory, contiguous to said
city. and not plated or laid Off into lots,
n map whereof has been duly made and
verified by afidavit accurately describing
the same by metes and bounds, and which
said territory IS described as follows, to
wit:
Commencing at the southwest corner of
BTay's Enlargement of the city OF Evans
Vile, and thence running north $50 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 and south through the CEN
tire of section -, Town q SOUTH, Range 10
west, in Marlborough County, Indiana;
thence north along said half-Sect1On line
500 feet to the quarter quarter section cor
ner: thence west on n quarter quarter
section line SS4 feet to the southeast line OF
Chestnut Street OF said city; thence south
westerly along the side of Chestnut Street
9jS feet to the northeast side or Tenth
Street ofsaidc city thence alOugs said north
east side OF Tenth Street 81 feet TO the
THY bank of the canal aforesaid;
thence southWesteTly along said canal
bank I75 feet to the half-sectton line, pass
ing east and west through the centre OF
Section % aforesaid, and from thence east
G69 feet along said haif-sectton line To the
place of beginning, ought TO be annexed
to the said city of Evansville and made n
part thereof; and the said Mayor Com
mon Council of said city, being DESTROYS
that said territory should be annexed to
and made a part of said city. Tor the lol-
lowing reasons, 10 wit: First, that said ter
ritory is contiguous 10, ana to n large ex-
tent surrounded by, said city second, hat
said territory shares In the benefits OF sew
eragea and other improvements now made,
and necessary to be made, and shOnld 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 satd city and, third, thnt the
jurisdiction OF said city over said territory
1s 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 roper 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 h State of indiana, approved March
9th, 1865, that they viii, on the 18th day OF
December 1869, present to the Board OF
commissioners OF V-andeTburgh County a
petition for The annexation, as q part OF
said city, the territory hereinbefOfe de-
scribed. A. NJ. MCGRIFF, Clerk,
By -. A. MCGRIFF. Deputy.
City Clerks Office, October %, 1853.
To Joseph 2. Elliott, Samuel Orr, Dewitt
q. Keller, William Baker, Thom8s T..
GarVin, b.. j. Day., and the heirs OF Hugh
Ronolds, deceased:
~ L rs HEREBY GIVEN. that
Az 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, 1863,
and nat the same was received and con-
sidered; and it 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 notice
be given by the County Auditor, by publi-
cation in the Evansville Daily Journal,
that said application is nov pending be-
fore said Board, and that IL Will be heard
and decided on the SAID 18th day OF Janu-
airy, 1870. VlCTO BISCH,
Auditor Marlborough County.
Evansville, December 18Th, 1863.