Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1914-11-20
AN ORDINANCE

LIMITS OF YAZOoCITY BY En-
GUIDING CERTAIN TERRITORY
THEREFRoM.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen of va
zoo City, in Council convened, that
the following territory be, and the
same hereby is, excluded from the
corporate limits of Yazoo City, to-wit:
All that part of Section SO which lies
south of the Yazoo City and Benton
public road, and east of parallel line
which is westward from the eastern
boundary of said section distance Of
/ 1920 feet, the same being further
described as all that part of Lot sos,
of Yazoo City, which lies south of that
public road which IS continuation
of Broadway Street in Yazoo City, as
shown by ]. w. MERGERS map of va
zoo city, Mississippi, made in 1905.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
That all that district of country de-
scribed as follows, shall hereafter
be known and designated, as
Yazoo City, Mississippi, viz: All
of Section 33 Cess that part
of Section 33 which lies south of the
Yazoo City and Benton public road, and
east of a parallel line which is west
ward from the eastern boundary of
said section distance of 1920 feet,
the same being further described as
all of that part Of Lot sos, of Yazoo
City, which lies south of that public
road which is continuation of Broad
way Street in Yazoo City, as shown
by ]. w. MERGERS map of Yazoo City,
made in 1905), lots 1, and 5, (less
lot ATS of the Manchester survey Of
section 80; 450 feet off of the east
side of the southwest quarter of sec
ton 20, less 420 feet off of the north
end of said strip of 450 feet, and less
all that part of said strip of 450 feet
lying south of the public road, known
as the river road, said road being
continuation of Jefferson Street;
all of the northeast corner of lot 2
of section 80 which lies north of said
River road, or jefferson Street ex-
tended; 1920 feet in width off of the
south sides of the southwest quarter
of section %, and the southeast quar-
ter of section 20; all of the southeastS
quarter of section %; and parts of the
northeast quarter Of section 20, of the
southeast quarter of section 81, and Of
the west half of section q, more par
ticuarly described as follows, viz !.
Begin at the northwest corner of the
southeast quarter Of section 20, thence
run northeasterly, in a straight line,
parallel with Calhoun Avenue, to the
northern boundary of Fifteenth Street,
as laid off on the map of Lintonia Adj
dition to Yazoo City, Mississippi, rec
orded in Town Plat Book No. 2, page
8, in the office of the Chancery Clerk
of Yazoo County, Mississippi, filed
April 1st, A. D., 1905; thence run
southeasterly, along the northern
boundary of said Fifteenth Street, to
the eastern boundary of the right Of
way of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
Railroad company; thence run south
erly, along the eastern boundary Of
said right of way, to the northern
boundary of Twelfth Street, as laid
off on said map; thence run south
easterly, along the northern boundary
of said Twelfth Street, to the West
ern boundary of Grady Avenue, as laid
off on said map; thence run south
westerly, along the western boundary
of said Grady Avenue, to the inter-
section thereof with the eastern boun-
Diary of the southeast quarter of sec
ton 70; thence run north, IN straight
line, to the northeast corner of the
southeast quarter of section %; thence
run west, in straight line, to the
northwest corner of the southeast
quarter of section %, being the point
of beginning; all in township II, range
| 2 West, in Yazoo County, State Of
Mississippi.
Section 8. Be it further ordained,
That this ordinance take effect and
be in force from and after one month
after its passage.
Ordained the 18th day of October,
A. D., 1914.
H. W. MCCORMICK,
City Clerk.
Approved:
TIL. CAMPBELL JR Mavor