Holmes County herald., 1963-09-26

Mrs. Clara Mae Fleming
6, Box 451
Texas
Reginald E. Moorehead
Rt. 5, Box 756-B
Shreveport, Louisiana
Unknown heirs of w. H.
Moorehead, deceased
j. j. KaZar
Kazar
Mississippi
County of Holmes
Lexington, Mississippi
state of Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi :.
All unknown Owners"
claiming any interest in the
property taken and described
in Schedule "A" hereto.
You are hereby notified
that a complaint in condem-
nation has heretofore been
filed in the office of the clerk
of the above-named court, IN
an action to condemn a per-
petual and assignable right
and easement to construct,
operate. and maintain chan
mel improvement works on,
over, and across the said land,
together with all right, title
and interest in and to the
timber, buildings, and i'm
'provements situated on the
land, including the right to
clear, cut, fell, remove, ano
dispose of any and all
timber, trees, underbrush!
buildings, improvements, and
FOR other Instructions there
from; to excavate, dredge,
cut away, and remove any
or all of said land and t.
place thereon dredge or spoil
material; and for such other
purposes as may be required
in connection with said work
of Improvement; reserving
however, to the owners, the1l
heirs and assigns, all such
rights and privileges rs may
be used without interfering
with or abridging the right
and easement herein acquir
ed, subject, however, to exist
ing easements for public roads
end highways. public utilities
railroads and pipelines.
The public uses for which
said land IS taken are as fol
lows: The said land is neces'
sary adequately to provide
for flood control in the Yazoc
River Basin, Mississippi, and
for other uses incident there.
to, in connection with the
Yazoo Basin Headwater Pro
ject, Mississippi.
The author.Yy for the tax
ing is the Act of Congress
approved February 70, 1881
f46 Stat. 1921. 40 U. S. c
.258a), and acts supplementary
thereto and amendatory there
OF, and under the further au
thority of the Acts of Congress
approved April "a, 1888 q;
Stat. 81, 80 u S. c. 591), ant
March l, 1917 {39 Stat. 94S
SO U. S. c. 701), which autho
|rize the acquisition of lane
fer flood control projects; the
Act Of Congress approved
May Is, 1928 AS Stat. $50
'33 u. S. c. 702a, ct seq.), as
amended by Act of June Is
1886 (49 Stat. 1903, 33 u. S
&C.. 702a-1, ct seq.), and Ac'
of July "a, 1916 public Law
526 = 10th Congress I'd SEES
sion), which acts authorize
the construction Of the Yazoe
Basin Headwater Project, anC
the Act of Congress approved
October "a, 1862 public Law
|97 $500, which act appro
priated funds for such pur
poses.
You are further notified
that if you have any objec
ton or defense to the taking
Iof your property you are re
CURED to serve upon plant
lifts attorney at the address
herein designated within twen
ty days CATER personal ser
vice of this notice upon you
exclusive of the day of ser
vice. an answer identifying
the property in which you
claim to have an interest
stating the nature and extern
of the interest claimed ant
stating all your objections
and defenses to the taking o
your property. A failure s.
to serve an answer shall con
stitute a consent to the taking
and to the authority of tn
court to proceed to hear tn
faction and to fix the jus
compensation and shall cor
stitute a waiver of all de
fenses and objections not S
presented.
You are further notified
that if you have no objection
Tor defense to the taking yo'
may serve upon plaintiffs a.
torney a notice of appearance
lyou may present evidence a