OF THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA OF LOCAL, PRIVATE AND SPECIAL CHARACTER PASSED AT THE SESSION OF 1927 HELD AT THE CAPITOL, IN THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, Commencing Tuesday, January 11, 1927 BIBB GRAVES, GOVERNOR. WM. C. DAVIS, LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. WATT T. BROWN, PRESIDENT PRO TEM. OF THE SENATE. I, JOHN BRANDON, Secretary of State in and for the State of Ala- JOHN BRANDON, Secretary of State.. No. 15.) LOCAL ACTS PASSED AT REGULAR SESSION, 1927 AN ACT (H. 73. Patterson. To alter or re-arrange the boundary lines of the City of Decatur, Alabama, so as to include within the corporate limits of said city, the territory now included within the cities or towns of Albany, Alabama, and Fairview, Alabama, and other territory; and so as to exclude from the City of Decatur, Alabama, certain territory now included within the corporate limits of said City of Decatur, Alabama. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of Alabama: Section 1. That the boundaries of the City of Decatur, Alabama, in the County of Morgan and State of Alabama, be and the same are hereby altered and re-arranged so as to include within the corporate limits of said city, all that territory lying within the County of Morgan included within the boundaries herein set out, to-wit: Beginning at the intersection of the west margin of 9th Avenue West with the north margin of the Moulton Pike or Public Road; thence in a westerly direction along the northerly boundary of said Moulton Pike or Public Road to the center of 14th Avenue West if extended south to said Moulton Pike or Public Road; thence in a northerly direction along the center line of 14th Avenue West if extended south to said Moulton Pike or Public Road to the intersection of the center line of said 14th Avenue West with the center line of 1st Street North: thence in an easterly direction along the center line of said 1st Street North to its intersection with the center line of 13th Avenue West; thence in a northerly direction along the center line of said 13th Avenue West to the center line of 6th Street North; thence in an easterly direction along the center line of 6th Street North to a point which is 950 feet west from the intersection of the center line of 6th Street North with the center line of 9th Avenue West, measured along the center line of 6th Street North. All of the streets and avenues referred to above being as laid out and established by the maps of The Decatur Land, Improvement and Furnace Company on file in the office of the Probate Judge of Morgan County, Alabama, and being streets and avenues now located within the present corporate limits of the City of Decatur, Alabama; thence running north 23 degrees 30 minutes east for 1213 feet; thence south 66 de 3467 grees 30 minutes east to the range line between ranges 4 and 5 west; thence north along the range line for 827 feet to the northwest corner of Section 18, township 5 south, range 4 west; thence north on same range line for 3470 feet to a point 60 yards north of the low water mark on the south bank of the Tennessee River; thence in an easterly direction following the meanderings of the river and keeping 60 yards north of and parallel with the low water mark of the Tennessee River to Alabama Street, which is the east boundary line of the present city of Decatur, Alabama; thence in an easterly direction as it meanders up the Tennessee River and keeping 60 yards north of and parallel with the low water mark of the Tennessee River 7510 feet to the east boundary line of the present City of Albany, Alabama; thence south 31 degrees 41 minutes 10 seconds west 509.89 feet to a huckleberry tree; thence south 3 degrees 0 minutes 20 seconds east 2395 feet; thence south 85 degrees 4 minutes 10 seconds west 887.06 feet; thence south 4130.76 feet to the half section or dividing line between the north half and the south half of section 28, township 5 south, range 4 west, and which is the north boundary line of the Town of Fairview, Alabama, to a point where the center line of 5th Street, Fairview, Alabama, intersects said half section line; thence in southerly direction with the center line of said 5th Street to the center line of South Avenue in the Town of Fairview, Alabama; thence directly west to the east margin of the Somerville Road; thence along the east margin of said Somerville Road in a northwesterly direction to its intersection with the south boundary line of the present City of Albany, Alabama; thence in a westerly direction to the northeast corner of the southwest fourth of section 29, township 5 south, range 4 west; thence in a southerly direction along the half section line between the east and west half of said section 29 for a distance of one fourth of a mile to the southeast corner of the northeast fourth of the southwest fourth of said section 29; thence in a westerly direction for a distance of 1351.91 feet to the southwest corner of the northeast fourth of the southwest fourth of said section 29; thence in a southerly direction for a distance of 1343.18 feet to the southeast corner of the southwest fourth of the southwest fourth of said section 29; thence in a westerly direction along the south boundary line of section 29, township 5 south, range 4 west for a distance of 1319.96 feet to the west boundary line of said section 29; thence in a northerly direction along the west boundary line of said section 29 for a distance of 999.54 feet to the northeast corner of the Dancy 60 acre tract; thence in a westerly direction with the north boundary line of said Dancy sixty (60) acre tract for a distance of 2663.15 feet to the northwest corner of the Dancy 60 acre tract; thence in a southerly direction along the east boundary line of the southwest fourth of section 30, township 5 south, range 4 west for a distance of 999.08 feet to the southeast corner of the southwest fourth of said section 30; thence in a westerly direction along the south boundary line of said section 30 for a distance of 2662.08 feet to the southwest corner of the southwest fourth of said section 30; thence in a westerly direction along the south boundary line of section 25, township 5 south, range 5 west to the east margin of the Danville Road; thence in a northeasterly and northerly direction along the east boundary line of the said Danville Road to its intersection with the south margin of 3rd Street South in the present City of Albany, Alabama; thence in an easterly direction with the south margin of said 3rd Street South to the east margin of 9th Avenue West; thence north along the east margin of 9th Avenue West to its intersection with the north margin of the Moulton Road; thence in a westerly direction to the point of beginning. The above described territory being situated partly in Section 13 and 25, township 5 south, range 5 west, and partly in Sections 7, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 32 and 33, township 5 south, range 4 west, all in Morgan County, State of Alabama. Section 2. That the boundaries set out in Section 1 of this Act, be and the same are hereby established as the corporate limits of the said City of Decatur, and the territory now included within the cities or towns of Albany and Fairview shall hereafter be and constitute a part of the City of Decatur. Section 3. All laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved Feb. 4, 1927. No. 19.) AN ACT (H. 153. Allen. To alter and re-arrange the boundary lines of the City of Demopolis, Alabama, so as to include within the corporate limits of said City the territory described in Section One of this Bill: Be it Enacted by the Legislature of Alabama: Section One. That from and after the passage of this Act the boundary lines of the City of Demopolis shall be altered and re-arranged so as to include within the corporate limits of the City of Demopolis, Alabama, the territory hereinafter described: Begin at a point where the North boundary line of Fulton Street in the City of Demopolis, Alabama, intersects the range line between Range Two (2) and Three (3) East; thence East 1022 feet to a point; thence South 1870 feet to a point; |