The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-06-18
PETITION FOR
Charter Of incorporation OF
North Greenwood.
Mississippi.


Sore County. Mississippi. residing Ia
the sniseorporatsd town Of North
6sreawp<S. respectfully show;
III. fae aanscr ~ the inhabitants
10 the sid aHincorporascd tewa is
th rec AanAra ard siaetecn,
70. The amount Of tho assessed val
ne II the READ property ia said town is
SIS. zee.
Isl. TIE siSpers Of this petition eea-
stisate more than twc-thlrds a the
qualified electors residing in said unin-
eorpsrsted town.
I4t. Ii is the aim and purpose and
desire Of the signers Of this petition,
and % the Inhabitants Of said unincor-
porated town, TO incorporate said town
and organize and maintain q municipal
government; TO provide police pro-
lection for the inhabitants thereof. 10
maintain law and order therein, to pro-
vide and maintain streets and side
walks therein and to provide for the
health. peace and happiness Of the in-
hshitants thereof.
81. The metes and bounds Of said
town are as follows: Beginning at the
point on the Yazoo River, where the
West boundary line of legal subdivision
lot 10, In section 8. township 10, range
| east, in LeAore county, Mississippi,
intersects the Yazoo River; running
thence North along the said West
boundary line Of said legal subdivision
lot 10 to the North West corner Of said
lot 10; running thence East along the
North boundary line of legal subdivis-
ions lots 10 and 0 in said section 8 n
along the Northern boundary line Of
legal subdivision lot ID, in section 10,
in said township and range, to the
North East corner OF said lot IS, in said
section 10, thence North Is degrees, 10
minutes West liS feet; thence North Ga
degrees 45 minutes East 1877 feet;
thence North SO degrees East ga feet;
thence North "a degrees 40 minutes
West 14S $40 feet; thence North GA
degrees As minutes East 1873 feet;
thence North 40 degrees % minutes
East 400 feet; thence North AZ degrees
10 minutes East III feet; thence South
81 degrees 81 minutes East 100 feet;
thence South 80 degrees 33 minutes
East 100 feet; thence South 20 degrees
20 minutes East 203 10 feet; thence
South 2S degrees IA minutes East to
the Northern boundary line projected
of the Wilson & Harris Addition to the
city of Greenwood, Mississippi, in said
county, as shown by the map of said
Addition, recorded in book /, at page
IA, Of the record OF maps Of said county;
thence North 80 degrees 35 minutes
East to the East bank Of the ditch on
the West side Of the said Addition;
thence North 80 degrees 85 minutes
East 800 feet; thence North 33 degrees
80 minutes East 800 feet; thence North
20 degrees so minutes East 925 feet to
the North boundary line Of section 10,
township 10, range 1 East; thence East
along the North boundary line of the
said section 10, to the point where the
said North boundary line Of the said
section 10 intersects the South line OF
Bell Avenue In the said Wilson & Har-
ris Addition; thence South AZ degrees
80 minutes West along the South side
Of the said Bell Avenue In the said Will
son & Harris Addition, to tho North
West corner Of block "F' in the said
Wilson & Harris Addition, thence South
SO degrees 45 minutes East along the
East side, and the East side projected,
of Wightman Street, in said Wilson &
Harris Addition, to the Yazoo River,
thence westwardly along said river to
the point Of beginning.
10y. The corporate name which they
desire for the said town is North
Greenwood.
t7). The names Of the persons whom
they desire to be appointed as munic-
ipal officers OF the town are as follows:
D. s. Humphreys, Mayor; W. G. Peel,
". c. George and s. G. Wilson, Alder
men; Il &. Bullock, Marshal; John Ash
craft, Treasurer.
Premises considered petitioners re-
spectfully pray that said town may be
Incorporated as provided by law and the
said parties may be appointed as mu-
nicipal officers therein:
Jno. s. Hoekins, X. Il. Bullock, 8. g.
Wilson, s. s. PEBBLES, +. NJ. Aldridge,
T. G. CARROT, G. W. Crockett, B. H.
Brown, A. ]. scates, W. H. Scates, A. J.
Read. W. r. johnson, W. H. johnson,
G. H. Tracy, ". @. George, W. 9. Neal,
B. @. Humphreys, Jr., A.. G. Metts, John
Ashcraft, A. II. George, A. NJ. Payne,
r. NJ. Aldridge, Jr., Stuart Mcintyre,
8. Il. Tull, O. G. Nye, W. W. Moore, J. P.
johnson, j. p. Metts, W. c. Peel, +. 9.
Pitt, l. T. Mcintyre, n. K. Gale, W. H.
Stokes, 7. r. Holt, ]. B. Williams, g,
Sharkey Pate, J. @. Listner, 8. L. Nc
Ginnls, A. T. McGinnis, p. ". Parsons,
r. X Lee, g. s. Mcintyre, r. g. Terry,