Book 14 (January 1950 - July 1954) - City of Oxford

I, ~==----_._-. OEMENT - MERIDIANMINUTE BOOK No. 14, CITY OF OXFORD87We11-648176C. D. H210ne, s~.la.!'y for A1'ril,'\2.80 tax HithheldHrs. Binnie Hartsfield, sqlary for AprilThe First National Bank, taxes withheld for l1archDuncan Betel' Corporation, March sharp. or colLlctionsThe Oxford Eagle, suppliesTOTAL:')177.2027.002.80623.882.85:~833 .73----[ I52C. p. Fulmer, DeTmty Clerk, petty cash 1;/17/51';16.00~--,-TOTAL**~~*****~******************The follmJing petition was prescmted by Mr. and Itrs. E. 1. Hooker at a previcus meetingof the }1ayor and Board of Aldermen:,S'rtITJI: G? VISSI:33IPPJCCUI1TY Gil' L!'u 7 AYETTE April 10, 1951PET I T I 0 ITTC THE HONORA8LE HAYCn AND THE BOARD CF A:;-DE~;'J~l.TCITY C F m::7CRD, LAFAYETTE CClmTY, IHSSISSIFPI:CF THEComes nOH yoU!:' petiticmer, E. L. Hooker, Hho ':lo... ~ld ShOH unto t.he Board of~"ldermen and the Hayor the follovJing facts, to Wit:l. That your petitioner is the OVille!' of a lot of ground in the CHy ofOxford, Hhich is Lot Numher 04 of the Amadelle sub-rlivision as that s"lctionof the cit~r is sho'.m on the city l11.'lP on file the office of the ChanceryClerk of Lafayette County, l c Li.ssissippi.2. Th~t your petitioner's O".mership of the snid lot is recorded inDeed Roole No. 119 at paGe 311 in the of rice of the Chancery CJerk of lafayetteCounty !'lississippi.3. That, '1.t S'YlC t.irr.e durinG or prior to the suruner J110nths of 1950,the ci t~r of Oxford began construction of ., cot,re"'''-, ~811ed PRICE street '..]hichstreet your reti tioner understood [\n,-1 bel.i.eved to be the northermostbcundary line of the aforeScdd lot no. 64 of the I\madelle subriivision.!j.O That in the ::,rocess of street construction, the city of Oxford didcnuse certain t!'oes to be cut from land ""hich your petitioner Ul1derstood 8.ndbelieved to belon[.; to him; and that in due COUTse a complaint Has m.'1.c1.e tothe Hayor ann. the Cit~r Engineer.5. That the Hayor and City Engine or did, at that time, S,lOW Y01'·" notionerthe aforesaid map and did st~,tr> th9.t the trees ,.,hich had been cut(lid not belon~; to your I,etitioner, bt"t vJere rather tIle property of the cityby virtue of the right-of-Hay rights rrovirled in the deed eranting HnCEstreet to the City.6. That tho City of Oxford continued to do construction 1.rork on PIGCEstreet to the point of certain c:rading operations "'hieh resulterl in clearindications that if aJ.lowed to continue to cOP1rletion lIould effectivelydestroy any possible lot Gf} front'1[!e on N. L'lmar street. That this loss offrontage on N. Lamar street 'Hould cause comrlete and irrenara.ble dama7e tothe sr>.id lot and HOl~ld result in considerable financial damage to your Y'etioneror CQllSe the lot to be much less desirnble ':lS a site ",here the homeof your petitioner might be cOl1:Jtructed.7. That, as soon f1.S this situation b8came apparent, on or ahout Au~.25, 1950, your petitioner ?,gain comrlained to the Meyor and the City Engine'-··Hith reference to the Cll.I've of PhICE street uho!'e the .said rmc:::: STHEET intersectsN. Lamar strE\et. That this com-rlaint resulted in a con['erence bot'Vlcenthe \.]ife of you:", petitioner, the Hayor, the City. Engineer, and a brothnrin-1m., of your petitioner at the actu.91 site of complalnt.