The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-10-15

Ext-nding The Limits Of f. City I'll
Greenwood, A~isst.sippi, 81 Axisg
tho territory boundary d ~ ~ai1rs]
Sec. 1. Be it ordAined BY tho MsJoe
and hoard Of Aldormen a. the City -
Mississippi, that tho tserf
tofial boundaries u Aho4aaid city ahall
be SO extended and enlarged - - M
clude the following adiAoent sninsor-
porated territory, tO-wit
1st. Beginning At , point 1871 -
south Of where the section line between
sections 16 and 10 in township 10, rango
l, east, crosses the south boundary o.
the right-of-way Of tho GoatherH Rail-
way Co. in Mississippi, run thsnee
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 II to Pelucia Bayou, thence In ;
southwesterly direction with theme
anderings of said bayou to the noFth-
east corner block IA Of tho Madison
Jones addition to the said city Of Green
wood, thence south on the eastern
boundary of the said Madison Jones I'D
dition to the northern boundary Of SEQ
ton IA, thence west TO feet, thence
south 1856 feet, thence west 2,573 feet
to the eastern boundary Of the Fight-oc-
way of the Yazoo h Miss. Valley Rail-
road Company, thence along sid right
of-way S u deg W 1870 feet, thence 8
II deg , 80 minutes W 3,676 feet to the
point of beginning.
Ind. Also that territory beginning
at a point where the west boundary
line of section 16, township 10, range l,
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 1886 feet to the present western
limit Of said city, thence north 1,26(
feet to the government traverse line on
the left bank Of Yazoo river, thence
along said traverse line in . westerly
direction to q point where said line
crosses the west boundary Of section .
township 10, range 1, e, thence south
1881 feet to point Of beginning.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained that
the boundary lines Of the said city oI
Greenwood, when extended a. provided
for in section one Of the ordinance will
be defined, al follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the center Of section II
township 10, range 1, east, aud run
from thence north on the quarter sec
tion lines of Sections IA and IL 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 l, east, thence north
on the said western boundary Of said
section II to 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
Diary of sections 9 a11 10 the distance
of 1881 feet to the south boundary line
of the right-of-way Of the Southern
Railway Co. in Miss, thence N 80 deg,
30 minutes e along said right-of-way to
the east boundary Of section 16, thence
south on said section line to the quar-
ter section post between section Is and
Is, 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 hat 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 5th day Of Octo-
her, 1909.
GID MONTJOY,
Mayor.
Attest: r. b. HICKS, Clerk.
The foregoing ordinance having first
been reduced to writing, was read and
considered by sections at a public meet
ing of the mayorand board Of aldermen