Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-05-02
TO ALL PERSONS INTER
ESTED

Notice Is hereby given in compliance
with Chapter 80. Mississippi Code 1906,
Laws Of Mississippi 1906, Chapter 1872
aud Chapter tSs, Laws 1910, and any
and al amendments % said Code and
Laws aforesaid, that J.. G. Hartstield,
et al, Petitioners, did on February 18th,
1912. file in the Chancpry Court of La
Fayette County, Mississippi, and there
is now on file in said court a petition
praying for the organization and incpr-
pOr1tion OF certain land lying in Noco-
m River Bottom, in Lafayette County,
vi is4ippi, into a Drainage District for
the pIrpose of the Drainage OF said
land as set forth in said petition and
dis ribbed in Exhibit "A' in said petit
ton and therefore. this notice IL giver
To ALL PERSONS INTERESTED
THAT the following described lands
living and being in said County and
st.t aud more specifically ser forth
herein are sought tp De- iscl1led in aud
made a part ~ sail Drainage District,
to-w.t:
1'lr half section line running North
and South through Sections 13, 81 and
IS, Township ~, Range !, West, in said
county and Siat. shall b. the Eastern
boundary line Of aid District, that is to
50 much thereof a- may cross said
loc11a River bottom and the said Dis
t~.et shall he the width az and include
ail fle lands on eseh side OF NocOna
r. ver .|inclaiing the river proper that
is CD say frun the foothills or lands
tbpit.ng the river bot11ia On one .de
entirely across said b1.tom % the foot
hills or lands abuttinc the said river
bpttom oa the other side. AMI thence
extending down strram with che mean
derin-srf said bottom and 90 the flll
wiitt ~aforcaid in the following g-ner-
al direction ard extending aoi-s or
atl cent G. the following dc-Cr.hed
From the place where SAIL Yocuna
River bottom crosses the sand Eastern
boundary lin ard bottom extends ia
q t,ortlwcstrruly direction for about
Hr- miles and actresses or ~alilceut 70.
tha following Sections in Town~h ip 10.
iauEe ], west; -. ~ -, .. =, n. lt33.
fn. Is, {, 5 anl6.iu town hip g.. range.
T.. West. sand river bottom runs in a.
" --t-rly direction and acrlss and ada.
c-n- II tie following Lands IA said
township aad range Sections a. 3. 80.
- 81, p, y, - and 80; thence crossing
into Township 9, Range 2. West
and acruss or adjacent 20 the following
sections therein: -. IS. %, IS, q, 81,
., 3. =, -, %, y, 70, 30, 81 sad alSi
Sections and >, Township 10, Range >
Vest; thence crossing over into Town
9, EI1g- 3. West, ani continuing
IN a general Westerly direction ami
acruss snd adjacent 20 the following
Sections therein Sections 3, IS -, 20.
81, -, -, q, >, 30, -, %, 3 and the
East malt uf sections Bland 81; also the
Eut half Of Section 6, Township Il,
3. West.
The sad half section line running
North aud South dividing said last men
toned sections where the same crosses
the s1.d Nocon1 bottom shall be aud Is
the Western boundary line Ok said
Drainag~ District.
This District Is intended 90 embrace
the entire Yoconl Bottom or Basin "a
commonly and generally known and
called from the starting line defining
the Eastern boundary in its meander-
m-s and irregular course from said
line and extending from hill to Hill and
she probable wiita If same being from
about one half llile at its narrowest
part to possibly about two miles in its
widest part, but tine entire width OF the
bottom rs usually known Is tn. with
intended 20 be embraced in the district
and extending To said Western bound
The sections OF land given IS intend
eel e. include every part q this bottom
basin, but the entire bottom is ilclud
reg ArlIess whether the SECTIONS
above mentioned are all designated or
not.
\ hearing Of this petison viii be had
before the Chancellor at the court
house in Oxfori, Miss, on the four,h
IunIay of May, a. D., 1912.
J &c. HAKTssIELD, Petitioner.
Sworn TO ana subscribed before me,
this April Is, 1872.
". Il Woodward. Clerk.
By Gearge \. Woodward, y. &.