The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-12-17

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State of Mississippi
County Of Lefiore
To ali persons interested in the lands
described below
You will take notice that LIS. Hemp
hill ct ais. haye this day Aled : petition
in the oficeof the Chancery Clerk d
Le1oreeeoanty, Mississippi, PRAYING 70
amend the petition for the Pelucia-Big
Sand Drainage District and for certain
territory, hereinafter described, to be
attached to, made . part Of and en-
braced in the PelucfarBig Sand Drain
sge District, Of Lefore and Carroll
counties. The land proposed to be en-
brsced is as follows:
A strip Of land zoo feet wide from
Yazoo River northeasterly to the west
side of NE IA, 1, T 10, r I, East, and
being more particularly described as
being . strip of land 100 II. in width on
each side Of the following line, to-wit;
begin at the mouth jennings Bayou in
,z.,o Kivere1n Section lot. 10, r. l e;
G. ,Aeasterls along the center
oi said Jennings Bayou, following
.hreac of said jennings Bayou, to
~ Bridge Of the Yazoo & Mississippi
valley Co. thence South 80 deg: East
242 TT, thence North % deg. TO- East SO
Fit. thence North 81 deg. 4 East, Az # ,
thence North IS Deg. Is East 269 it.;
thence North rs deg. 40 East, 249 it.;
hence North 80 deg. East, 446 It.: thence
North % deg. East 2l9 fit; thence North
40 deg East 283 IT.; thence North Sc
deg. 80 East, pa it; thence North So
deg. East, 1873 it; thence North 35 deg.
East, 2285 #; thence North So deg. East,
27O it; thence North "a deg. To- East,
Cos it; thence North 81 deg. East, 637
it; thence North 50 deg As East, 678 tt;
thence North 40 deg. 80 East, 246 #;
thence North AZ deg. East, 175 #; thence
North 60 deg. East, 81 #; thence North
40 deg. East to the Vest boundary of the
Northeast Quarter of Sec. 1, Township
10, R. l East, in Leflore County, Missis-
sippi, and being a strip of and 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 tt. in a Southeriy direction
down seid Bayou, ~Northeasterly with
The meanderings of said Jennings Bay
gu, 100 it., from center or thread thereof
to the bridge Of the Yszoo & Mississip
ri Valley X. r. Co., across said Bayou,
thence 100 feet from the center line ot
the strip of land abeve described, and
parallel 4herewith to the West bound
airy Of the N. E.. !, Section l, T. 10, X. 1
East, thence 200 it. North on the West
boundary Of the N. E. ! Of Section One
| vnence southwesterly, parallel with the
| center line Of the strip above described
| 70 the bridge of the Yazoo q Mississip.
pi Valley r. Il. Co, across Jennins's
A! say GU, thence with the meanderings o
aid Bayou 100 feet from the cente e,
.nread Of SAID stream to Yazoo River
,hence 40 the poins Of beginning.
Petitioners will ask a hearing OF salt
petition at Noon on the second Mcnda,
Of December 1903, at the Court Hous.
IN ~Indianola, Sunflower County, Missis
sippi.
Witness my hand and seal, this thu
18th day of November, A. d. 1909.
c. w. CROCKETT,
Clerk of Chancery Court,
Lefore County, Mississippi.