The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-11-19
0hancev Notice.


EAA
Mfcnnty OF Lefore
described below:
as You will take notice that L. S. Hemp
sssiii ct ais. have this day filed a petition
IS the Office OF the Chancery Clerk of
county, Mississippi, praying to
amend the petition for the Pelucia-Big
Drainage District and for certain
territory, hereinafter described, to be
rttached to, made a part of and en-
0race in b Pelucia- Big Sand Drain
k9ege District, of Le1ore and Carroll
counties. The land proposed to be en-
1raced is as follows:
A strip OF and 200 feet wide, from
= River n~ortheasterly to the west
side Of NE IA, S 1, T 10, r 1, East, and
oelng more particularly described as
being a strip of land 100 it. in width on
zach ! OF the following line, to wit;
yG5egin at the N outh Jennings Bayou in
razoo River, in Section lot. 10, r. l E.;
thence Northeasterly along the center
line Of said jennings Bayou, following
the thread of said Jennings Bayou, to
The Bridge of the Yazoo q Mississippi
Valley Co. thence South SO deg. East
z42 IT, hence North % deg. TO- East SO
TT. thence North 81 deg. A. East, 412 it +,
thence North IS deg. 15' East 269 it.;
thence North rs deg. As East, 249 it,;
thence North 80 deg. East, 446 it.; thence
North % deg. East 219 it; thence North
40 deg. East 283 #; thence North 56
deg. 80 East, 244 it; thence North 50
deg. East, 1473 #; thence North 35 deg
East, 2285 #; thence North 50 deg. East,
/27O IT.; thence North "a deg. 10 East,
sos IT; thence North 81 deg. East, 637
thence North 40 deg. so Fast, 246 TT;
thence North AZ deg. East, 175 #; thence
North 60 deg. East, 81 it; hence North
40 deg. East TO the West boundary of the
Northeast Quarter Of Sec. 1, Township
10, II. 1 East, in Leflore County, Missis-
sippi, and being a strip of land 200 feet
wide running over and across parts of
the following subdivisions of land, to-
witt West Half of Section One, the
Southeast Quarter of Section Two, the
North Half of Section Eleven and the
East Half of Section Ten, all in Town
ship Nineteen, Range One, East.
The boundaries of said territory pro-
posed to be embraced in said dirtrict
are as follows: Begin at the mouth Of
Jennings Bayou in Yazoo River at the
center or thread Of said jennings Bayou
and run 100 it. in a Southeriy direction
down sHid Bayou, Northeasterly with
the meanderings of said jennings Bay
on, 100 it., from center or thread thereof
to the bridge of the Yazoo & MISSISSIPPI
pi Valley r. R.. Co., across said Bayou,
thence 100 feet from the center line of
the strip Of and abeve described, and
parallel 4herewith to the West bound
airy of the N. K. !, Section l, T. 10, r. l,
East, thence 200 it. North on the West
boundary Of the N. E. ! of Section One,
thence SouthwesUerly, parallel with the
center line Of the strip above described
pi Valley r.. r. Co., across Jennings
Bayou, thence with the m~eanderings uf
said Bayou 100 feet, from the center or
thread of said stream to Yazoo River,
thence 30 the poins OF beginning.
Petitioners will ask a hearing of said
,setition at Noon on the second Monday
of December 1909, at the Court House
in Indianola, Suniower County, Missis-
sippi.
Witness my hand and seal, this the
18th day of November, A. d. 1909.
C.. W. CROCKETT,
Clerk of Chaucery Court,
Leflore County, Mississippi.