Resolution providing for the annexation of certain unplatted territory to the Town of Broad Ripple, Marion County, State of Indiana, and declaring an emergency resolved by the Board of Trustees of the town of Broad Ripple, Marion County, State of Indiana, that the petition of which the following is a copy be and is hereby adopted and that the petition be presented by this board of trustees to the board of Commissioners of the County of Marion and State of Indiana and which petition is as follows

To the Board of Commissioners of the County of Marion

The undersigned members of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Broad Ripple in the County of Marion, State of Indiana, would respectfully represent to the Board that the said town of Broad Ripple is an incorporated town duly incorporated under and pursuant to the general laws of the State of Indiana for the incorporation of towns. That your petitioners desire to annex to the said town certain territory lying and being contigous thereto: that said contigous territory has never been platted or recorded except as the same has been platted for the purposes of this petition that said contiguous territory is situated in the county of Marion in the state of Indiana as is accurately described by metes and bounds as follows: to wit

Part of the northeast quarter of section one (1) township sixteen (16) N. range three (3) east in Marion County State of Indiana described as follows. to wit:

Beginning at a corner stone seven hundred and twenty four (724) feet west of the east line and ten hundred and ninety four (1094) feet measured along the center of Morgan Street south of the north of said section and running west seven hundred and seventeen and seven tenths (717 7/10) feet to the center of Light Avenue: Thence south with the east line of Light Avenue six hundred and sixteen and fifty three hundredths (616.53) feet thence east fifteen and forty six hundredths (15.266) feet: thence south with the east line of said Avenue six hundred and thirty one and ninety hundredth (631.92) feet to the south line of fifty eighth (58th) Street thence east with with the south line of said Street seven hundred and two and twenty four hundredths (702.24) feet to the center of Morgan St,: thence north with the center of Morgan St. twelve hundred and thirty three and eight hundredths (1233.08) feet to the place of beginning containing twenty and twenty two hundredths (20.22) acres.

That a map of said territory proposed to be annexed duly certified by the affidavit of Hervey B. Fatout engineer for said town is filed with and accompanies this petition: that your petitioners desire the annexation of said territory to said town for the following reasons, To Wit:

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The limits of the town as they now exist, are such as to give great inconvenience to the citizens and officers of the Town, and also make the burden of taxation very unequal.

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The corporation is in need of the increased revenue which would result from the taxes levied upon the property sought to be annexed for the following reasons, Viz. 1st to provide more suitable and adequate means for the prevention of fires: 2nd for keeping in repair public improvements in said town

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That the inhabitants of said territory enjoy many or all the privileges of living within said town without paying any taxes there although their lands are greatly increased in value by their proximity to the said town.

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That the said territory sought to be annexed, require police or marshall surveillance that cannot be secured or given without municipal control.

That said contiguous territory is owned by Mattie Heims, Thomas and Nancy J. Smith, Harriet Pinney and others. Elias J. Jacobs, Norma H Hearle, John J. Hatfield and Mary L. Hatfield.

Harvey B Fatout of lawful age being first duly sworn upon his oath says that he is the Civil Engineer of the Town of Broad Ripple, Marion County State of Indiana, and that he prepared the annexed plat and the description of the real estate set forth in said plat, and that said plat and description are correct and accurate and further affiant saith not.

Signed Henry B Fatout

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3rd day of February 1905.

My commission expires January 2nd 1907

William W. Spencer

Notary public

Wherefor your petitioners ask that said territory as herein above described be annexed to the town of Broad Ripple, Indiana in said county and that the same be made subject to the same corporate control of the Board of Directors of said town as the territory now within corporate limits thereof and for all other and proper relief in the premises

Daniel W. Harcourt

Joseph W. Bates

Signed Henry C Gresh