Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-07-12
NToTICE.

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED.
V0U are hereby notified that at the regular June
i session, In the year 1883, ofthe Board Of Coun-
ty Commissioners Of Henry county, Ohio, to-wit:
On the 6th day Of june A. D., 1888, there was pre-
sented to said Board Of commissioners petition
for the incorporation and organization of the village
of Florida, in said County and State, signed by
more than thirty OF electors residing within the pro-
posed corporate limits thereof, accompanied by an
accurate map of the territory therein embraced the
substance which said petition is that said petit
oners are electors and inhabitants, residing within
the territory laid of into Village lots, known as and
commonly called the Village Of Florida, plat Of
which terrirory has been acknowledged and record
ed as is pro 7ided with respects to deeds and the
territory adjacent thereto, which 10 embraced with
In the proposed corporation as hereinafter set
forth, and which is particularly and accurately de-
scribed as follows, to-wit:
The plat consists Of the east part northwest frac
ti0nal and the northeast fractional II Of section
eight (S), town four (, north range elk (6l east,
Henry county, Ohio, and is more particularly de-
scribed and bounded as follows
Commencing at stake at the north west corner,
east part northwest fractional quarter OF section
eight, (8), town four, north range east being in
the center Of the Florida and Okolona road, and
running thence south along the line between east
half and west half Of said northwest fractional
section eight () aforesaid to the north bank Of the
Maumee river, distance Of 35.25 chains, thence
along northerly bank OF said Maumee river as fol-
lows:
North 60 degrees, east 500 chains, thence north
70 deg, east so chains, thence north rs deg, east
$50 chains, thence north 78 deg, east 10 90 chains
thence north 70 deg east u chains, thence north
65 deg east Is 90 chains, thence north So deg, east
90 chains thence north 81 deg, east 100 chains,
total distance of 600 chains to the east line Of
said section eight 8 Aforesaid, thence north along
said section line between tions eight and nine
Of Flatrock ownshp distane Of 11.57 chains to
the east corner OF section eight (S) aforesid,
thence west along the north line Of said section
eight (S), distance of 5615 chains to the place of
beginning, the area contained in the interior plat
IL fS9 acres, more or less.
That the supposed number Of Inhabitants 30 re-
siding within said described territory two hundred
and eighty, that 1t would be for the convenience and
welfare Of the inhabitants so residing within and
upon said described territory, and they desire to be-
come incorporated and to obtain the organization Of
said territory as Incorporated village by and un-
der the proposed name OF the Incorporated Village
Of Flori da and that Joseoh We ibe has been duly
selected and Ia fully authorized and empowered TO
act as agent for said petitioners In the premises,
and said petitioners pray therein that said above de-
scribed territory and the inhabitants thereof may be
Incorporated and become organized as village, by
and under the name OF the Incorporated Village Of
Florida, In accord ince with the terms and provis-
ions of the Statutes of the State of Ohio relstin
the creation and organization of municipal corpor
ations and that all necessary proceedings and Or
ders for that purpose may be had and made by and
before said Board of Commissioners upon said pc
ttiou.
And all persons interested are further notified
that said petition will be heard on the 9th day Of
August, at 10 O'Clock, a. m 1893, at the County
p''' JOSEPH wEIBLE,
~ Agent for Petitioners.
Florida o. June 18th 1893