Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-12

Be it ordained by the Council OF
the City of Newport News:
1. That the City of Newport News
hereby declares that it desires to an
mex in pursuance OF an Act or the
General Assembly of Virginia, APPROX
ed March 10th 1904. and known as
Section lola. Virginia Code, 1904,
certain territory lying partly in the
County of Warwick and partly in the
County of Elizabeth City. adjacent
to the present corporate limits OF the
City of Newport News, and to that
end, it doth hereby accurately de-
scribe the metes and bounds OF sucn
territory, as follows:
All of that territory lying between
the present city limits, as established
by Acts of Legislature OF Virginia, ana
the following boundary line: begin
nIng at a point at low water marx on
James River where the centre line OF
57th Street produced intersects, the
same being the present Northeriy
CITY limits, thence Northerly along
low water mark on James River 10
its intersection with the centre line
of 5Sth Street produced, thence East
erly along the centre of 5Sth Street to
the westerly boundary line OF the
right of way of the Chesapeake ana
Ohio Railway Company. thence South
erly along the Westerly boundary OF
said right of way to a point opposite
the Southerly side of the right OF
way of the Hampton Branch OF SAID
Railway Company, thence Easterly
across the tracks and yard of said
company and along the Southerly
boundary line of the right OF way oil
the said Hampton Branch 10 point
opposite the eastern extremity OF
GreenIawn Cemetery. thence Souther-
ly and at right angles to said right OF
way IN a straight line to said Easter
" extremity Of said cemetery, thence
Southerly along the Easterly boun-
dairy of said cemetery property 10
high water mark on the Easterly side
of the Eastern branch of Salters
Creek, thence Southerly along the
EasterIy high water mark of SalteTs
Creek TO low water marx on Hamp-
ton Roads, thence Westerly along low
water mark on Hampton Roads to low
water mark on James River, thence
Ncrtheriy along low water mark on
James RIVER u It's lntti SCNtADn WIN
the present Southerly city limits.
2. That the necessity for ana the
expediency of annexing the proposed
territory is to give better Police ana
Fire protection and public school IA
cilities in that territory, than the
counties in which it is located are en-
abled with the means at its command.
20 afford 90 such communities. and. as
a result 1t endangers the safety oil
life and property. not only without
but within the corporate limits.
part of the said territory being built
up TO the city limits.
, That a part OF the territory pro-
posed &C. be annexed Is already built
upon though without any sufficient
systems OF sewers. water. gas OF other
improvements. making IL not only ex-
pediert. but necessary that some
complete system Of sewerage be
promptly provided for the proper san
ifafion and Improvement OF such terri
tory
4. The terms and conditions upon
which II desires to make the pro
posed annexation. and provision TOT
the future management Of the annex
cd territory are a. follows.
That the City Of Newport News
shall assume and provide for the re-
endorsement cf the respective counties
Of a just proposition q any existing
debt % said county. II any there be,
and shall also make compensation 70
the said Counties for any school.
house or other public building - safe
county. located within the annexed
territory.
:. That the tax rate upon the l3n0
within the anncxod territory shall not
be Increased beyond the rate assess
cd BY the counties IN which y is'lo-