Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-12-08
4 PETITION To GOV. e r. NOEL
yASkSJN, MISS.


To His E~xcellency, Z F. Noel:
We, the undersigned citizens, resi-
dents and electors OF the hereinafter
described territory, desiring that u
territory, hereinafter described, be in
corporsted under the Chapter on Ma
ricIpslitics Of th~ctNtississippi Code Of
leJo, IN order that We may ia thereby
the better enabled 20 administer jus
;ice, preserve order and decorum and
promote the general welfare of our
selves and Community; and alleging
thsr thers s-e Wi-lin tas boundaries
hereinafter described territory i0i in
napsfantr, that the real properly with
in zane i OF IN assessed value ot si5,-
O0o.09 and hat the boundries hereIa-
sitter named are not within one mile of
the boundaries of any vll3gc, town or
city ii lafayette County, Mississippi,
and al ey,ng farsheraors thas two
thirds Of the qualified electors Of said
territory have their names affixed to
this petition; petition Your Excelieaey
that you incorporate the following de-
scribed terFi5or., situated, lying aud
bsi2s within tbs State of Mississippi,
County of lafayette, to- wit!
Commencing II a point one hundred
sat forty Gid rods North of the cor
nee { Secaons tairty-tarss 1881 and
thirty -four l34i in Township z, X nge
2, West, and Sections three % AM
io1r a. in Township 10, Range .
Nest; thence East ~ rods; thence
South So reds; thence West I60 rods
theaca North 80 rods; tlence East S.
rods TO the place Of beginning and Is.
sue . proclamation and grant Is q
Ch2-.er, Incorporating tns aforesaid
territory under the name Of "VIL.
LACE OF DELAY" reccmms dim
the following officers, to-wit:
Mayor, ) J, EsEridCs; Marshal
Street Commissioner ard lax CoAsc.
tor, L. IS. Lynch; Alderman, H &
Denton, Worth Gault and L. G. Lynch
asking Your Excellercy to appoint
them to the respective ofScos 6sslgna
ted above Resp ctfuIy.
A. Il. Gault, G. NJ. Lynch, ". NJ
Harding and others
Special Commissioner, Sale OF Ian:
Pursuant TO and by virtue Of . deere.
OF the Chancery Court OF LsFaye:fs
County, Mississippi, az the Novembe,
term, 1s10, thereof, l., Tom ]. Wilson
IS special Commissioner, will on
MONDAY, DECEMBER 18th, 1910
AZ the South door of the court house
in the town OF Oxford, Mississippi
within lawful hours, offer for sale fol
CSsn, TO n highest bidder, in Legal
Subdivisions, the following lands, to-
wit:
Commencing at the South east cor
nsr OF Section q, township 8, Range 3
West, and running North 40 poles;
thence West 22,& poles; thence South
40 poles to the South line OF Section q
Aforesaid; thence East with said e G
ton line (22sE) poles to point of be-
ginning, containing 90 acres more Oh
less Inc West half of the above trac,
only Is sought to be sold, except
ing therefrom 6 acres in the form of a
square in the South west corner. ba-
ing b land sold to Lewis & Mckee,
and ako excepting 0 3-S acres former
" conveyed to l.. w Mosely; also 81
acres more or less, beginning at the
southwest corner CT the North-eas,
quarter and running South % piles:
thence East Id poles; shence North I
poles; thence West I'D poles; thence
south % poles to the point Of BEGIN
ning. lie hrst mentioned tract con
taining 30 acres more or less. The
second trects 80 acres more or lem
Total amount to be sold III acres more
or less. An OF said lands lying in La
fayette County, Mississippi
little to the said land Is believed n
be good, but ] will sell only as com,
missioner.
Tom WILSON,
SPECIAL Commissioner.