The chronicle., 1963-11-18

interested ins atfecteu Dy or having
objections to the proposed enlarge
ment of the corporate limits OF the
City of Moss Point as set out In Or
dinance No. 482 adopted by the Mayor
and Board OF Aldermen OF the City
OF Moss Point on the 9th day OF
October. 1863 that the petition Of the
City OF Moss Point wal filed in the
Chancery Court OF jackson County.
Mississippi, on November IL, 1868,
praying that the enlargement OF the
municipal boundaries OF the City OF
Moss Point as set out In said Ordin-
ance be ratified. approved and con-
firmed by the Court, being Cause NO.
l 7.466 on the docket OF said Court, and
that such petition has been set down
1863, at 1000 AM, In the main
courtroom of the Jackson County
Courthouse in the City OF P~ascagoula,
Jackson County, Mississippi, at which
date and time all persons will have
the right to appear and enter their
objections, If any. to the proposed en-
largement OF the corporate boundaries
of the City Of Moss Point.
The territory proposed to be an
nexed to the City of Moss Point Ia
OENCIiDtu dS fOllOAbt UO~Wlbs
That territory bounded and en-
closed by a line running as follows:
Beginning on the North line OF Sec
ton 10. Township 7 South OF the st.
Stephens Base Line. Range S West of
the st. Stephens Meridian which point
Of beginning is 1354.3 feet East of the
Northwest corner of said Section 10.
and from said point of beginning run
4 Ea CT mn tha North line If rofd Ga~tinn
10 a distance Of 23S7.4 feet: thence
due South 2727.8 feet to the South line
Of the Northeast Quarter OF said Sec
ton 10; thence due East 1853 feet TO
a point on the North bank OF Escataw-
pa River at the Southwest corner of
the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast
Quarter of said Section l9; thence
North 54 degrees East 239 feet along
the North bank Of said ~Escatawpa
River to a point thereon: thence North
25 degrees West 458.5 feet; thence due
North 2l73.5 feet to the Northwest
corne Of the Northeast Quarter Of the
Northeast Quarter OF said Section 19;
thence due East 1354.3 feet on the
North line OF said Section 10 TO the
Northeast corner Of said Section 10.
Township 7 South, Range 8 West.
which corner is also the Northwest
corner of Section 20, Township z South,
Range 5 West; thence due East $685.
feet; on the North line of said Sec
ton 20 to the Northeast corner of
said Section 20, Township z South,
Range S West, which corner is also
the Northwest corner of Section 81.
Township Z South. Range 5 west;
thence due East 264o feet along the
North line OF said Section 81 TO the
-~-- 49, A1~fHrrAEt
Quarter of said Section 81; thence due
South 5472 feet to the Southeast cor
ner OF the Southwest Quarter OF said
Section 81; thence due west 2647.3
feet on the South line of said Section
81 to the Southwest corner Of said
Section 81, Township Z South. Range
5 West, which corner Is also the South
east corner OF Section 20, Township z
South, Range S West; thence due
West Ills feet: thence due South
3969.9 feet to the South line Of the
North Half Of the Southeast Quarter Of
Section 20, Township Z South, Range S
! West; thence du West 1888 feet to
the Southwest corner Of the North
Half of the Southeast Quarter of said
Section 90: thence due West 1880 feet
TO the Southwest corner of the North
Half of the Southwest Quarter Of said
Section 2e, which corner Is also the
Southeast corner OF the Northeast
Quarter Of the Southeast quarter OF
Section 80, Township 7 South, Range
S West; thence due West 224% feet
10 the Northeast corner OF the Joe
Wilkerson lot where same touches the
public road known as Pine Island Road;
thence North SIS degrees West 1892 feet
to 9 point on the South margin of
Elder Ferry Road; thence along the
South margin OF said Elder Ferry
Road, westerly TO the intersection of
said South margin OF said Elder Ferry
Road with the West ~right-of-Tay line
OF what was formerly the ~Pascagouls
Street Railway and Power Company's
street car road bed; thence South 7s2
feet, along the West margin of said
right-of-way line to q concrete monu-
ment which is 4s feet West of the
present center line of the Mississippi
Export Railroad Company's main
track, n which monument is also
1074 feet North and 1872 feet West
OF the Southeast corner OF Section IS,
Township Z South, Range 9 West;
thence due west 5lS3 feet TO a point
on the East margin OF Griffin Road in
the Charles Ely Private Claim Section
No. Is; thence South ~ degrees 80
minutes West 3565.2 feet to q point
in the marsh; thence due North 2180
feet to the North margin of Mclnnis
Tor Choctaw) Bayou; thence westerly
and Northerly following the meander-
ings OF the East margin OF McInniS
Tor Choctaw) Bayou $500 feet; more
or less, to the South margin OF Pas
cagoula River; thence ~Southernly fol-
lowing the meanderings OF the East
bank Of PaScagoula River to a point
thereon which is 5000 feet due North
OF the South line OF Township 7 South
extended Westward across Lowery
Island; thence due West across Pas
cagoula River 1850 feet to the junction
of the West bank OF Pascagoula River
and the South bank OF Bayou Chameau;
thence Westerly and in turn Southern
" following the meanderings Of the
South, and In turn the East bank OF
Bayou Chemeau to the junction OF the
East bank OF Bayou Chemeau, the
East bank Of west Pascagoula River
and the North bank of a canal dredged
North OF and parallel to U. s. Route
No. 80 Highway; thence Easterly fol-
lowing the meanderings Of the said
North bank of said canal paralleling
New q. s. Route No. 80 Highway to
a point on the West bank of East Pas
cagouIa River, said point being 1850
feet due South of the North line OF
Township 8 South. Range 9 West ex-
tended Westward across Lowery Is
land; thence Northernly on the west
bank OF East ~Pascagoula River, follow
ing the meanderings thereof to the
North line Of Township 8 South. Range
6 West extended Westward across
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