The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-06-03
O.ancay Notice.


Lehoro County
TO all persons Interested in tho land de-
scribed below:
You will take notice that L. s. Hcmphill
ct ais. have this day filed petition in the Of
ace Of the Chancery Clerk Of Lefiore county.
Mississippi, praying to amend the petition
for the Pelucia-Big Sand Drainage District
and for certain territory, hereinafter, de-
scribed. to be attacted to. made part OF and
Of Lefiore and Carroll counties The land
proposed to be embraced Is - follows:
strip OF land ~ feet wide from Yazoo
River northeasterly 70 the vest side OF NE
Ia l. 10, Il e, and being more particu-
larry described as befng astrip OF land 100 It.
in width on each side Of the the following
line, to-wit: Begin at the mouth of jennings
Bayou In Yazoo River. in Section 10. T. 70. R.
1 B; thence Northeasterly along the center
line OF said jennings Bayou, TO the Bridge of
the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Co. thence
South SO deg. East 242 It. the-ce North % deg.
TO- East SO #. thence North 81. de8-s4' East,
AT IT., thence North rs deg, IS East 26o it.:
thence North IS deg, - East, - ~; thence
North 30 deg. East. ~ IT.; shenCos North %
deg. East zlo IT,; thence NorthF16r Dog East
zss IT,: thence North s. sdGg.sw East, IA It
thence North IS deg. East,s 1873 It: thence
North Is deg. East 22s5 It; thence North s.
dog East, 80 It; tnence North "a deg. Is
East, COS IT; thence North % dog. East 637 It:
thence North 50 deg IS East, 678 It; thence
North 40 deg. 90 East, z48 #; thence North AZ
dog. East, LIS It; thence North go deg. East
37i IT; thence North As deg. East to the West
boundary OF the Northeast Quarter of Sec. L.
Township 10, RI East, in Leflore County,
Mississippi. and being strip OF land 200 feet
wide running over and across parts of the
following subdivisions of land. to-wit: 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
Township Nineteen, Range One East.
The boundaries of said territory proposed
to DO embraced in said district are as fol-
lows: Begin at the mouth of jennings Bay
GU in Yazoo River at the center or thread of
said jennings Bayou and run 100 tt. in
Souly direction down said River, thence
Northe'ly with the meanderings of said Jen-
ning's Bayou, loo IT,, from center or thread
thereof to the bridge of the Yazoo and Mis-
sissippi Valley r. r. Co., across said Bayou,
thence 100 feet from the cen ter line of the
strip OF land above described. and parallel
Herewith to the West boundary of the E
IA, section l, T 10, r l, East, thence 200 tt.
North on the West boundary of the N Ia
of section one, thence southwesterly, par
alel with the center line of the strip above
described to the bridge of the Yazoo & Mis-
sssippi Valley r r Co. across jennings
Bayou, thence with the meanderings Of said
Bayou 100 feet, from the center or thread of
said stream to Yazoo River, thence to the
points of beginning.
Petitioners will ask a hearing of said petit
tion at o'clock a. m. on the second Monday
in June, 1910, at the court house, In Green
wood Leflore county, Mississippi.
Witness my hand and seal, this the 18th
day of May. A. D. 1910.
G. w. CROCKETT
Clerk OF Chancery court.
Lefore county, Mississippi.