The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-10-29
AN ORDINANCE.

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Greenwood, mississippi, and fixing
the territory boundary of said city.
Sec. /. Be it ordained BY the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of the City OF
Greenwood, Mississippi, that the terri
toria1 boundaries of the said city shall
be SO extended and enlarged as to in
clude the following adjacent ~unincor-
|porated territory, to-wit:
1st. Beginning at a point 1871 feet
south of where the section line between
sections 16 and 10 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
Hines of sections 10 and Ia to the cen
ter of section IA, thence north along
the quarter section line of section II
and II to Pelucia Bayou, thence in
southwesterly direction with the me-
anderings of said bayou to the north
east corner block IA of the Madison
Jones addition to the said city of Green
wood, thence south on the eastern
boundary of the said Madison Jones adj
dition to the northern boundary of Sec
ton IA, thence west 720 feet, thence
south 1866 feet, thence west 2,573 feet
to the eastern boundary of the right-of-
way of the Yazoo & Miss. Valley Rail-
road Company, thence along said right
of-way S n deg , W $50 feet, thence s
n 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 Is, township 10, range /,
east, crosses the southern boundary
line of the right-of-way of the Southern
Railway Co. in Miss, and run thence N
SO deg, 30 minutes e along said right
of-way 3,645 feet to the present western
limit of said city, thence north 1880
feet to the government ~raverse line on
the left bank CT Yazoo river, thence
along said traverse line in a westerly
direction to a point where said line
crosses the west boundary of section 8.
township 10, range 1, L, thence south
1881 feet to point of beginning.
Sec. 2. 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
be defined, as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the center of section IA
township 10, range 1, east, and run
from thence north on the quarter sec
tion lines of Sections IA and II of town
ship 10, range l, east, to Pelucia bayou,
thence III a south-westerly direction
with the meanderings of said bayou to
the western boundary of section II, of
township l9, range |, east, thence north
on the said western boundary of said
section Ii to Jennings Bayou, thence in
anderings of said Jennings Bayou to the
government ~raverse line along the left
bank of Y.zoo river, thence along said
traverse line westwardiy to west boun-
dairy of section 8, township 80, range /,
east, thence south on said west bonn
Diary OF sections 8 and 10 the distance
Of 1881 feet to the south boundary line
Of the right-of-way of the Southern
Railway 60. in Miss, thence N 50 deg,
80 minutes E along said right-of-way to
the east boundary of section Is, thence
south on said section line to the quar-
ter section post between section 10 and
Is, and thence east on quarter section
lines through sections Is and IA to point
Of beginning.
Sec.3 9. 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 it's
passage and the publication herein pro-
| vided.
Approved this the 5th day of Octo-
Der, 1909,
GID MoNTJoY,
Mayor.
Attest: r. Fl. 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 thea put or 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.