The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-05-20
Clhanceu Notice


To all persons Interested in the land de-
scFibed below:
You win AXE notice that L. 8. Hemphill
ct ais, have this day filed apetition in the OF
Gee of the Chancery Clerk of LeAore county,
Mississippi. praying to-amend the position
for the PeluciA-Big Sand Drainage DISTRICT
and for certain territory, hereinafter, de-
scribed. to be attacted to, made part of and
embraced in the Pelucia- Big Sand Drainage
OF Leaore and Carroll counties The land
proposed to be embraeed b rs follOws:
A strip OF lane 1oos3ses vide from-YAsou
River northeasterly to the west side OF NE
IA, 8 1. T 10. Il 1 E, and being more .particu-
larry described as being q strip oflsnd ~ Ct.
In width on each side of the the following
line. to-wit: Begin at the mouth OF Jenning's
Bayou in Yazoo River. in Section 10. T. -. r.
les: thence Northeasterly along the center
line OF said jennings Bayou, to 10 Bridge OF
the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Co. thence
South 50 deg. East AZ It. the.ce North % deg.
10 East 50 IT. thence North 81 deg. 4 East,
AZ IT,, thence North IS deg. Is East ae9 It.
thence North rs deg. IS East, 24s IT,; thence
North % deg. East. 446 IT.; thence North q
deg. East 2l9 it.; thence North - deg. East
2s3 IT,: thence North So deg. 50' East, IA #;
thence North IS deg. East, 1873 IT.: thence
North IS deg. East, 22S5 It; thence North 50
deg. East, 80 It; thence North "A deg. IS
East. 6OS IT; thence North 81 deg. East 637 tt:
thence North 50 deg Esst. 07s ft; thence
North 10 deg. og East, z46 ft; thence North A.
deg. East, LIS It; thence North % deg. East,
81 It; thence North IS deg. East to the West
boundary OF the Northeast Quarter of Sec. l,
Township 10, RI East, in Lefiore County,
Mississippi. and being a strip of land 2O0 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 be embraced in said district are as fol-
lows: Begin at the mouth of jennings Bay
on In Yazoo River at the center or thread Of
said jennings Bayou and run 100 It. in a
Sou'ly 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 center line Of the
strip OF land above described. and parallel
herewith to the West boundary Of the N E
IA, section I, T IL, X 1, East, thence 200 tt.
North on the West boundary of the N E Ia
OF section one, thence southwesterly, par
alel with the center line of the strip above
described to the bridge of the Yazoo & Mis-
sissippi 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 Q O'Clock a n. on the second Monday
in June. 1910. at the court house, In Green-
wood, Le1Ore cOunty, Mississippi.
Witness my hand and seal. this the 18th
day Of May. A. D.. 1910.
C. W. CROCKETT.
Clerk of Chancery court.
Leflore county. Mississippi.