The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-12-19
An Ordinance Enlarging the
Corporate Limits Of the Town
of PelahatChie.


Be il ordained by the Mayor and Board
OF Aldermen OF the town of Pelahatchie,
Mississippi, that the corporate limits OF
sadIoWn be enlarged by the ADDITION Of
the following territory, to-Wit:
Beginning at an iro7pitman rod, driven
to within six inches of the top, at the
point formed by the intersection of the
cast line of the west half Of section 4,
township 5, range S, with the north line
OF said township; running thence south,
one degree east, sixteen chains and forty
five links, where an iron railroad spike IS
driven into the ground; thence west 40
chains and fifty links, to corner on the
north bank of Pelahatchie creek, from
said corner a beech tree, naked X bears
north AZ degrees west, ten links distant;
Whence north nineteen degrees west to q
sweetgum marked x on its north and
south sides, said gum being 20 chains and
o2 links west of the " section corner be.
tween sections 81 and 80, township 6,
range cast; thence south from said gum
% degrees east, to the center of the main
line of>the Alabama & Vicksburg Rail-
way; thence south q degrees, east 28
chains and fifty links, thence east ten
chains to an iron stake southeast of w
d. Heslep's old residence; thence north
to the north line OF township s; thence east
along said township line to the point Of
beginning, and
Be it ordained by the Mayor andB GARD
of Aldermen of the town Of Pelahatchie
that the corporate limits of said town be
enlarged further by the addition of the
following described property, to-Wit: Be
ginning at point found by running north
seven chains and fifty links from said
sWeetgum tree which is situated 20 chains
and 02 links west OF the a section corner
between sections 81 and 80, township 6,
range east; from which point, IL chains
and 50 links north; thence east SO Chains;
thence south twelve chains and fifty links;
thencesWest eighty chains to the point of
beginning and
Be It ordained further by the said Mayor
and Board Ut Aldermen, that the corporate
limits OF Said town OF Peidhatchie be and
are described as follows, to.Wit: Begin
ming at an iron pltman rod, driven to
within six inches of the top, at point
formed by the intersection of the east line
OF the west half of section a. township 6,
range east, with the north line of said
township; running thence south, one de-
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iron railroad spike driven into the ground;
thence west 40 chains and fifty links to
corner on the north bank of Pelahatchie
-reek from Said corner large beech tree,
marked x bears north, AZ degrees west,
ten links distant; thence north nine cen
degrees west to sweetgum, marked X
on its north and south sides, said sweet
gum being 20 chains and OF links west of
the "a section corner between sections az
and 81, to nship 6, range 5 east; thence
north. from Said gum twenty chains to the
northwest corner OF said corporation, be-
Ing In d field marked by an old iron plow
uoulter; thence east 80 chains to the north
east corner Of SAID corporation, a single
gun barrel being driven into the ground
for said corner; thence south sixty chains
10 a point on the line between townships
and 6, ten chains distant from the north-
east corner Of the northeast quarter Of the
northwest quarter Of section q. township
5, range eaSt;thence west along the said
oWuship line ten chains to the point Of
beginning, and
Be it further ordained that this ordinance
shall be published for three weeks in The
Brandon News, and that it shall be in
force on and AFTER January grid, loo8, ac-
cording to Section 5000, Code of loco
Done this, the 3rd day of December,
Ioo7. R. F.GRlMES, Mayor.
j. A. SPANN, JR., Clerk.