The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-11-05
AN ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE
Extending the limits q the City Of
Greenwood, Mississippi, and fixing
the territory boundary Of said city.
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Eoard Of Aldermen Of the City Of
Greenwood, Mississippi, that the terri
torial boundaries Of the said city shall
be SO extended and enlarged Is to in
clude the following adjacent unincor-
p~orated territory, to-wit
LIST. Beginning at . point 1871 feet
south of where the section line between
sections Is and Is in township 10, range
l, east, crosses the south boundary Of
the right-of-way Of the Southern Rail-
way Co. in Mississippi, run thence
south on said section line to the quar-
ter section post between said sections,
thence east along the quarter section
lines of sections Is and Il to tho CEN
ter Of section IA, thence north along
the quarter section line Of section II
and IL to Pelucia Bayou, thence in 4
couS Swell oIICCLlOA Will VIC uCS
anderings of said bayou to the north
east corner block IA Of the Madison
Jones addition to tho said city of Green
wood, thence south on the eastern
boundary Of the said Madison Jones ad-
dition to the northern boundary of Sec
ton IA, thence west 720 feet, thence
south 1866 feet, thence YES 2,573 feet
to the eastern boundary Of the right Of
way of the Yazoo q Miss. Valley Rail
road Company, thence along said right
of-way S ~ deg W 1870 feet, thence S
II deg, 30 minutes w 1926 feet to the
point Of beginning.
End. Also that territory beginning
at a point where the west boundary
line of section 16, township 10, range 1,
east, crosses the southern boundary
line of the right-of-way of the Southern
Railway Co. in Miss, and run thence n
80 deg, 30 minutes e along said right
of-way 3,645 feet to the present western
limit of said city, thence north 1,26(
feet to the government traverse line or
the left bank of Yazoo river, thence
along said v line in a westerly
direction to a point where said line
crosses the west boundary of section Q
township IS, range 1, e, thence south
1881 feet to point Of beginning.
Sec. z. Be it further ordained that
the boundary lines of the said city Of
Greenwood, when extended as provided
! for in section one Of the ordinance will
De defined, as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the center of section Il
township 10, range 1, east, and rur
from thence north on the quarter sec.
| zion lines of Sections IA and II of town.
ship 10, range 1, east, to Pelucia bayou
thence in a south-westerly direction
with the meanderings of said bayou to
the western boundary Of section IL, OF
township 10, range 1, east, thence north
on the said western boundary of said
section II % Jennings Bayou, thence in
a southwesterly direction with the me.
anderings of said Jennings Bayou to the
government traverse line along the left
bank of Yazoo river, thence along said
traverse line westwardly to west boun.
Diary of section 8. township 10, range 1,
east, thence south on said west bonn.
dairy of sections 9 and 16 the distance
Of 1881 feet to the south boundary line
of the right-of-way of the Southern
Railway Co. in Miss, thence N SO deg.
the east boundary OF section 18, thence
| Snnfh on ooid oo0fiOn limo IN fhA mar
ter section post between section Is and
l6, and thence east ON quarter section
lines through sections Is and IA to point
of beginning.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained that
this ordinance be published in the
weekly newspapers of the city of Green
wood for three weeks, and that it shall
become operative and in force and eff
feet from and after one month from its
passage and the publication herein pro-
vided.
Approved this the tn day of Octo-
Der, 1909.
GID MoNTJoY,
Mayor.
Attest: r. H. HICKS, Clerk.
The foregoing ordinance having first
been reduced to writing, was read and
considered by sections at a public meet
ing of the mayor and board of aldermen
of the city of Greenwood, Mississippi,
and then put on it's final passage by a
yea and may" vote with the following
result, to-wit:
Aldermen - Bell, Ellington, Shute,
Wilmington and Young voting yea and
no one voting nay.
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