The Tupelo journal., 1912-08-02
Notice.
State Of Mississippi,
Lee COUNTY.

To all Persons Interested In the Lands
Proposed to Be Included in Town
Creek Drainage District No. e." in
Lee County, Mississippi.
You will take notice that q petition
was this day filed with the undersigned
Clerk Of the Board of Supervisors of
Lee county, Mississippi, asking for the
organization of a swamp land district
to be known az Town Creek Drainage
District No. 2" in Lee county, Missis-
sippi, and that the boundaries of said
district are as follows:
Commencing at q point on the east
side of the Old Town Greek Channel, as
the same is now located, at a point 975
feet north of the public levee on the
Tupelo and Fulton public road. and
running west across said channel,
thence north 60 degrees west 81 rods.
thence north 30 degrees west IL rods;
thence north 81 degrees west 81 rods;
thence north 10 degrees east liz rods,
thence north 70 degrees east "a rods;
thence north Sc degrees east 62 rods;
thence north 16 degrees east AZ rods;
thence north % grees west rs rods,
thence west 16 rods: thence north 30
degrees west "a rods; thence north so
degrees west 81 rods; to a point on the
west side of section 20, township 9,
range 6, at a point 81 rods south of the
northwest corner of said section.
Thence north 40 degrees west Sc rods;
thence north z2 degrees west rs rods;
thence north 40 degrees west IL rods;
thence north IL rods; thence north IA
degrees west 8 rods; thence north 81
degrees east 10 rods; thence north 20
rods; thence north 80 degrees west IL
rods; thence north Sc degrees west %
rods; thence north 38 degrees west 18
rods; thence north as degrees west rs
rods; thence north 60 degrees west 6
rods; thence north 10 degrees west 16
rods; thence north IS degrees west 16
rods:t thence north 10 degrees east 81
rods; thence north 8 degrees east 20
rods; thence north 33 degrees west 80
rods; thence north 45 degrees west IS
rods; thence north 40 rods to the north
west corner of the northeast I of Sec
tion 10, township 9, range 6;
Thence east along the section line.
to the east side of the Old Town Creek
channel or canal as now located, thence
down the east side of said Old Town
Creek channel or canal, to north line
of section 20. township 9, range 6;
Thence east to the northeast corner
of the northwest I of SID section 20;
thence south to the southeast corner
of the northwest / of said section 90;
thence west to the east side of the Old
Town Creek channel or canal as the
same is now located, thence following
following the line of of the east side of
Gid Town Creek channel or canal to the
point of beginning of this descriptions
And that a general description of
said lands by subdivisions are as fol-
lows:
No. l. Commencing at the southeast
corner of proposed district. at a point
on the Old Town Creek canal as now
located, at a point 975 feet, north of the
public levee on the Tupelo and Fulton
public road, and running thence north
6S degrees west 81 rods; thence north
80 degrees west Is rods; thence north
"a degrees west so rods; thence north
10 degrees east liz rods; thence north
70 degrees east "a rods; thence north
80 degrees east 81 rods; thence north
16 degrees east AZ rods; to the north
line of the south } of section 20, town
ship 8, range 6, thence east to east
side of Old Town Creek channel as now
located, thence following down the
east side of said Old Town Creek chan
mel, to commencement point, same be-
ing part of the no thwest / of section
80, and part of the southwest I of sec
ton 20, all in tow rship 9, range 6, con
tanning in all 1854 acres.
No. 2. Commencing at the southeast
corner of the northwest ! of section 20,
township 9, range 6, and running north
to north line of section, thence west to
Ol1 uAuyn EnAnl nnrol n
channel as now located; thence follow
ing the center of said canal to south
line of north J of said section, thence
east TO the starting point, containing
approximately, 2 acres.
No 3. Commencing at point IN he
center of Old Town Creek channel or
canal as o located, and running west
72 rods; thence north % degrees west
rs rods; thence west l6 rods; thence
north 50 degrees west "a rods; thence
north 60 degrees west Il rods; thence
| north 40 degrees west &c rods: thence
north % degrees west 26 rods to north
line of section 80: thence east to GER
ter of said Old Town Creek channel or
canal, and thence following center of
said channel down the same to the COM
mencing point; there being 10 said de-
SCFlpiiGI 1U44 dCICos SA1Fi1 II ottCc
owl ed by the Tupelo Fertilizer Fac
tory, described as follows:
No. 4. Commencing at a point in the
center of Old Town Creek channel or
canal, as now located. and running
west 72 rods for a beginning point,
thence north 81 rods; there north 6
degrees west so rods; thence south q
rods; thence west 8 rcd; thence south
% degrees east 76 rods, to the begin
ing point, containing 81 acres.
No. 5 All of the south of the sout n
wes St 1 of section 20. township 9, range
6, lying wess OF Old Town Creek chan
nal or ditch as now located, there be-
ing II acres thereof.
M 6 All of tie north J of the
southw est I of section 20. township 8,
range 6, lying west of Old Town Creek
channel or ditch, as now located, there
being, 65 acres of the same.
No. z All Of the southwest I of the
northwest t of section 20. township 9.
range 6, lying south and west of Old
rown Greek channel or ditch, as now
| Gated, containing % aces;
No s Commencing at the southwest
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