Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-06-14
NOTICE.
% ALL PERSONS INTERESTED.

VOU are hereby notified that at the regular tune
i session. in the year 1883, oft the Board of Couu-
ty Commissioners of Henry county, Ohio, to'wit:
On the 9th day of June, A. D., 1888, there was pre-
sented to said Board of commissioners a petition
for the incopora ION and orgaaizaon of the village
of Florida, in said County and State, s,gned by
more than th y of electors residing within the pro-
posed corporate limits thereof, accomp MED by an
accurate map of the territory therein embraced, the
substance or which said petition is that said peti-
oners are electors and inhabitants, residing within
the territory laid off into Village lots, known as and
",mmony called the Village of Florida, plat of
which terriro has been acknowledged and record
ed as is provided with respects to deeds and the
territory adjacent thereto which ls embraced with
in the proposed corporation as hereinafter set
fortn and which is particularly and accurately de-
scribed as follows, to-wit:
The plat consists of he east part northwest frac-
tional Il and the northeast fractional u of section
eight (S), town four ), north range six 10y east,
| Henry county, Ohio, and is more particularly de-
scribed and bounded as follows
| Commencing at stake at the northwest corner,
east part, northwest fractional quarter OF section
eight, (S), town four. north range east being in
| the center of the Floiida and Okolona road and
running thence south along the line between east
half and west half of said northwest fractional "A
section eight S) aforesaid TO the north bank of the
Maumee river distance of !; rs chains, thence
along northerly bank of said Maumee river as fol-
lows: s rrs.,
| North 60 degrees, east 500 chains, thence north
10 deg, east so chains, thence north rs deg east
80 chains, thence north 7S deg, east l3 90 chains
1 JU0Uce uOEbl ohbL bAblSo
65 deg east Is 90 chains thence north IS deg, east
90 chains, thence north 81 deg, eass TOO chains
a total distance of 81 co chaus to the east line OF
said section eight 10y aforesaid thence north along
said section line between sections eight and rine
of FlatroCk tow lship, distane of 1157 chains t(
the east corner of section eight (S) aforesid
thence west along the no.Sh ''ue of said section
eight (S, distance of 561 chairs to- the place
beginning, the area contained in the interior pla
!, IL 139 acres, more or less.
That the supposed number of Inhabitants 80 re
siding Nthin said described tel tory is two hundre
and eghty that il would be for the convenience AM
welfare Of the inhabitants so siding within au
upon said described Territory aud they desire to be
come inc o. ported and to obtain the organization
said territory incol porated lage by and I'm
der the proposed name of the Ilcorporal 4 Villac
| of Fl)ri da, and that Joseoh Weibe has been du.
selected, aud is fully autho. Zcd aud empowered
act as agent for said petitioners in the premises
and said petitioners pray therein that said above dt
scr.bed territory and the inhabitants thereof may
incorporated and become organized as village, b
8 and under the name of the incorporated Village
0 Florida in accord with the terms and provis
ions of the Statutes of the State of Ohio, relatin
0 the creation and organization of municipal corpo
ations, and that az necessary proceed lgs ard O.
0 ders for that purpose may be had and made by an
before said Board of Commissioners upon said p
0 titiou.
O that said petition will be heard on the 9Th day
q AngiIst. at 10 O'Clock G.. m., 1858, at the Couni
n Commissioners office, in the Court House, at N
p''''"' '' JOSEPH wErBLE,
Agent for Petitioner
Florida q June f3th 1885 ~ gas +