The Tupelo journal., 1912-09-20
Notice.
State of Mississippi,
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State of Mississippi,
Lee County.
To all Persons Claiming or Having Any
Interest in the Lands Proposed to be
Included in Town Creek Swamp Land
District No. 2, in Lee County, Mis-
sissippi.
You will take notice that a petition
was filed on July 10th, 1912. with the
undersigned Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors of Lee County, Mississippi.
asking for the organization of aswamp
land district to be known as Town
Creek Drainage District No. z, IN Lee
County, Mississippi, and that the boun-
diaries of said district are as follows:
Commencing at a point on the east
side of the Old Town Creek 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 68 degrees west 81 rods.
thence north 80 degrees west IL rods;
thence north "a degrees west 81 rods;
thence north 10 degrees east III rods;
thence north 70 degrees east "a rods;
thence north Sc degrees east 81 rods;
thence north 16 degrees east az rods;
thence north % degrees west rs rods,
thence west l6 rods; thence north 81
degrees west "a rods; thence north 60
degrees west 81 rods: to a point on the
west side of section 20, township 9,
range G., at a point 81 rods south of the
northwest corner of said section.
Thence north 40 degrees west 36 rods;
thence north % degrees west 26 rods;
thence north 40 degrees west IL rods;
thence north IL rods; thence north Ia
degrees west s rods; thence north 81
degrees east 10 rods; thence north 20
rods: thence north 80 degrees west IL
rods: thence north Sc degrees west 2o
rods; thence north SO degrees west IL
rods; thence north 45 degrees west Is
rods; thence north 60 degrees west 8
rods; thence north 10 degrees west 10
rods; thence north 35 degrees west 10
rods; thence north 10 degrees east Il
rods; thence north 8 degrees east ~
rods: thence north 33 degrees west 81
rods; thence north As degrees west 30
rods; thence north 40 rods to the north
west corner of the northeast of sec
ton 19, 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 / of said section 20;
thence south to the southeast corner
of the northwest / of aid section 70;
thence west to the east side of the Old
Town Creek chanael Or canal as the
SANE is now located, thence following
the line Of the east side OF
Old Town Creek channel or canal to the
point Of beginning of this description
And that a general description OF
said lands by subdivisions are as fol-
lows:
No. /. Commencing at the southeast
corner of proposed district. at a point
on the Old Town Creek Canal as now
located, at point 975 feet, north of the
public levee on the Tupelo and Fulton
public road, AMI running thence north
68 degrees west 81 rods; thence north
so degrees west 18 rods; thence north
Sd degrees west 50 rods; thence north
10 degrees east liz rods; thence north
20 degrees east "a rods; thence north
Sc degrees east 81 rods; thence north
16 degrees east az rods; to the north
line of the south ] of section 20, town
ship 9, range 6, thence east to east
side of Old Town Creek channel as now
located, thence following down the
east size of said Old Town Creek chan
mel, to commencement point. same be-
ing part of the northwest / Of section
80, and part of the southwest OF Sec
ton 20. all in township 9, range 6, con-