The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-04-28
AN ORDINANCE


Adding Additional Uninccrporatei
Territory to the Corporation Of
the City Of Greenwood, Missis-
sippi, and Defining the Bound
aries Of said City as Extended.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
mayor and board Of aldermen Of the
city Of Greenwood, Mississippi,
that the territorial boundary Of said
city shall be enlarged by adding
thereto the following described adj
~jacent unincorporated territory. to-
wit:
That part Of sections 9 and 16,
township 10, range / east, Leaore
county, Mississippi, described as
follows:
Beginning at an iron bolt on the
soutberly bank Of the Yazoo river
on the center line Of Seventh street
lin tie Austin Wright Addition to
the city Of Greenwood, produced
north 10 intersect the same, and
running thence south on and along
the center line Of Seventh street
1882 feet to the northern line of
the r~ight-of-way Of the Southern
railroad, thence north So degrees
east IT'S feet thence north ll60
feet 10 the southerly bank OF the
Yazoo river thence meandering in
a westerly direction on and along
the souterhly bank OF the Yszoo river
to the place Of beginning and also
that part ofsections, IA and Is, town
ship IS, range | east, Lelore coun-
ty, Mississippi, more particularly
described as follows Beginning
on the west line Of section Is, town
ship, 10, range l east 1921 feet
south of the intersection Of the
~southerly line Of the Southern rail-
road with the said west line Of Sec
ton Is thence north N degrees
30 minutes east 1926 feet thence
north q degrees east 1870 feet ;
thence east 1878 feet to the east
line of Avenue X thence
north on and along the east line OF
said Avenue tx" 1866 feet to the
north line Of said section IA thence
east on and along the north line Of
said section IA, 1855 feet to the
west line of the TalIahatchie Furni-
ture Factory's property /; thence
south on and along said west line
of the Tallahatchie Furniture Fac
tory Co.'S property 22l7 feet ;
thence west 14l0 feet to the west
line of Madison Jones property +;
thence south on the said west line
of Madison Jones property 1915
feet thence south 63 degrees west
along the center line of the Indus
trial Spur right of-way produced
n~ortheasterly 1884 feet thence de-
feet to the right on an 8 degree
curve l244.7 feet TO where the
southerly line Of the Congress
Heights Addition to the City Of
Greenwood would intersect the
same produced northeasterly
thence south n degrees west 29SC
feet on and along the souther y line
of Congress Heights Addition to
the City of Greenwood produced to
the west line Of section Is; thence
north on and along the westerly
line Of section Is, 1889 feet to the
place of beginning.
Sec. II. Be it further ordained,
That the entire boundary lines of
the said City Of Greenwood, when
extended as provided for in Section
/, Of this ordinance, will be de-
fined as follows, to-wit: That part
of sections 8, 10, ii, ID, Is, and
l6, township 10, range /, east, Lee
fore county, Mississippi, described
as follows /.
Beginning at an iron bolt on the
southerly bank Of the Yazoo river
on the center line Of Seventh street
in the Austin Wright Addition to
to the City Of Greenwood produced
north to intersect the same, and
running thence south 1925 feet
TO the ~northerly line Of the right-of
way Of the Southern railroad, thence
north IS degrees east on and along
the northern line Of the Southern
railroad rightof-way IT'S feet
thence south 100 feet to the south