The chronicle., 1963-12-24

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INCORPORATION OF
CITY OF ESCATAWPA
NUMBER 1881
CITIZENS OF ESCATAWPA
PETITIONERS
VERSUS
THE CITY OF MOSS POINT.
MISSISSIPPI. EFT AL
DEFENDANTS
TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN.
AFFECTED BY OR HAVING OPJ-C-
TIONS TO THE PROPOSED 1NCoR-
PORATION OF THE CITY OF EsCA-
TAWPA, JACKSON COUUNTY( Mis-
SISSTPPI:
THE territory proposed TO be moor
porated into said City Is;
Beginning at a point on the Easteriy
edge, which point is on the lett des-
cending bank of the P~ascagoula River
and which point lies approximately
| 5000 feet due West of the Corner COM
mon to Sections 10 and "a, Township
2 South. Range 6 west. and Scctions
l8 and 10. Township 7 South, Range o
west. and from said point run oue
East along the North boundary line ol
Fractional Sections % ard "a OF Town
shin 7 South. Range 6 West tsalo iliie
running along the Northerly fcrNaary
az the existing corporate limits u
Moss Point. Mississippi) for 8cOO ieet.
more or less. to the Northeast corner
~ said Fractional Section "a, TOWN.
shin 7 South. Range 6 West ana tAe
North corner of Section l9, Town
shir , south. RAM 5 West; thence
cortinu,ng due East along the North
line ~ section l9, Township 2 South,
Rance s west land along the existing
Northerly boundary Of the CorporaIe
| limits of Moss Point. MISSISSIPPI d
distance Of 3,74l.T feet to a point on
the North line of said Section w.
thence continue due East along Ine
North line of said Section ~ LOT Sis.'o
feet to a point; hence contlnue uu'
East along the North line OF sara 0.e-
tion 10 for l354.20 feet (and along tne
existing Northerly boundary OF Ghe
Corporate limits Of Moss POINT. MIS-
sissinpil to the Northeast corner %
said section 10, Township 2 SOUR,
Range 5 west, which corner Is also
the Northwest corner OF Sectlon ~
township 7 South. Range . Wes.,
therce run due East 5269.4 leet VI
the North line of said Section 70 ,aho
along the existing Northerly boundary
of the CORPORATE limits OF Moss folio.
Miss,ssippil to the Northeast corner
of said Section 20, Township . Sousn'
Range 5 West, which corner Is als0
the Nnrthwest corner OF section @l'
Townshio 7 South, RanGe 3 west
thence run due East 2640 feet alohg
the North line of said Section Il tano
alone the existing Northe-iv boundary
Of the Corporate limits OF MOSS Polnt:
Mississinpi) to the Northeast corner o.
the Northwest quarter OF said section
d land the existing Northeast corner
AZ the Corporate limits Of Moss POINT,
Mississippil: themes run Easterly p
along the North line Of said Sectlon
81. for 2G40 feet, more or less. TO tne
orthea corner Of said Section IL
Townshiu 7 South, Range 5 west,
which corner is also the Southeast
corner of Section Is. Township !
south Range S west; thence run
Northerlv and along the East line OF
said section Is for $500 feet more
or less. to the Northeast corner OF
said section Is, which corner Is aiso
the southeast corner of Section "
Township z South. Range D Wessi
thence run Northerly and along tne
East line OF said section 9 lot oz6o
feet more or less, to the Norsneast
Garner Of said Section Q; thence run
westerly and along the North line q
said section 8 for $500 feet, more or
lees to the Northwest corner OF sala
section q. which corner Is also the
Northeast corner of section 8, Iown-
ship 7 South, Range 5 West; tnence
RIM westerly and along the North
lire of said Section 8 for $3.50 rect,
more or less. to the Northwest corner
of said Section 8, which corner Is
also the Northeast corner OF Ssctlon
7 township Z South, Range 3 west;
thence run westerly and along the
North line of said Section 2 LOT
: 435 0 feet, more or less, to the Nortn-
west corner of said Section "a wnlch
corner is also the Southeast corner
If section /. Township 2 South, Range
4 west: thence run NortherIy y
along the East line Of said Section !,
uh;ch line also divides Ranges 3 WesI
and 6 west, for q distance OF o,ZSS.a
feet. more or less, TO the
corner of said Section !, n
south. Range 6 West and which cor
ner is also the Southeast corner OF
section 80. Township 6 South, Range
8 west; thence run NoFtherly ana
along the East line of said Section SO,
which line also divides Ranges D west
and 6 west, for $3.50 feet, more or
less. to the Northeast corner OF SAID
section So; thence run westerly ana
along the North line Of said Secelon
Sc. for $3.50 feet, more or less, to the
N~ortawest corner of said Section 50,
which corner is also the Northeast
corner Of Section IS, Township D
South. Range 6 West; thence run
westerly and along the North line o.
said Section IS for 1900 feet, more or
less. and to the EasternmoSt edge,
which Is the left descending bank, OF
the Pascagoula River; thence run IN
q Southerly direction along the East
erly edge, which is the left descending
bank, of the PascaGoula River, iol-
lowing the meanderings thereof, Tor
a distance of &c. 400 feet, more or less
to the point of beginning.
You are HEREBY given notice ana
summoned to appear before the Cnan-
cellor of the Chancery Court OF jack
son County, Mississippi, on the 24tn
day Of January, A. D., 1864. at 2:Oo
O'Clock PM. at the County court
House in ~Pascagoula, Jackson County,
Mississippi, at which time and place
q hearing will be had on the Petition
Of DANIEL A. MCQUEEN and WILL
LIAM 4. GRAHAM and four undre
and twenty-eight (428) other qualified
Electors t incorporate the above de-
scribed territory into a municipality
to be known as the City OF ESCA-
TAWPA, Mississippi.
GIVEN under my hand. this nth
day Of December, 1868.
81 WILBUR G. DEES,
Chancery Clerk
BY: FRANCES j. ROBERTS.
DC.
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