(A) The following is declared and defined as the corporation boundaries of the city: commencing at a stone at the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 34, Township 28 North, Range 14 East, Adams County, Indiana; thence north along the section line between Sections 33 and 34 in Township 28 North, Range 14 East, to a stone at the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of Section 34 in Township 28 North, Range 14 East; thence east along the one-half section line of Section 34, Township 28 North, Range 14 East, a distance of 152.84 feet to an iron stake in the center of U.S. Highway No. 27, also known as North Thirteenth Street in the city; thence north zero degrees 29 minutes east along the center of the highway a distance of 985.75 feet; thence north two degrees two minutes east along the centerline of the highway a distance of 987.5 feet to an iron stake on the centerline of Winchester Road, also known as River Road, and also designated as North Second Street in said city; thence south 53 degrees 15 minutes east on the centerline of said North Second Street a distance of 1,207.78 feet to the west line of the Pennsylvania Railroad right-of-way, in the northwest quarter of Section 34, Township 28 North, Range 14 East, in Adams County, Indiana; thence northwest on said west right-of-way line a distance of 1,858 feet to the Saint Mary’s River; thence east and southeast following the meanderings of the south and west banks of the Saint Mary’s River to a point 222.5 feet south of the centerline of East Monroe Street in said city; thence north 76 degrees 20 minutes east a distance of 970 feet (being parallel with East Monroe Street extended in said city); thence south 42 degrees 12 minutes east a distance of eight feet to an iron stake, being the northwest corner of lot number 55 in the Stratton Place Addition to the city; thence north 47 degrees 48 minutes east a distance of 127.8 feet; thence northwesterly by a deflection left of 101 degrees 30 minutes a distance of 181.2 feet to a point situated 30 feet south of the centerline of Monroe Street as it extends eastward from the city, being further designated as U.S. Highway No. 224; thence northwesterly by a deflection right of 26 degrees 32 minutes a distance of 30.7 feet to a point of intersection of the aforesaid Monroe Street centerline with the centerline of said U.S. Highway No. 224 at the point of its departure from said Monroe Street; thence northeasterly on the centerline of said Highway No. 224, by a deflection right of 64 degrees a distance of 319.7 feet to the north line of Section 2, Township 27 North, Range 14 East; thence east on the north line of said Section 2 a distance of 662.87 feet; thence south on a line normal to the aforesaid line a distance of 164.0 feet; thence southeasterly by a deflection left of 14 degrees 27 minutes a distance of 246 feet; thence southeasterly by a deflection left of eight degrees five minutes a distance of 266.2 feet; thence southeasterly by a deflection right of two degrees 44 minutes a distance of 551.8 feet; thence southwesterly by a deflection right of 90 degrees a distance of 670 feet; thence northwesterly by a deflection right of 89 degrees four minutes a distance of 403.0 feet; thence northwesterly by a deflection left of 16 degrees a distance of 684.5 feet; thence south 76 degrees 20 minutes west a distance of 970 feet to a point on the west bank of the Saint Mary’s River which point is 237.5 feet south of the centerline of East Monroe Street; thence southeasterly along the west bank of the Saint Mary’s River to the south line of Section 2, Township 27 North, Range 14 East, in Adams County, Indiana; thence west on the south line of said Section 2 to a stone at the southwest corner of said Section 2; thence west along the north line of Section 10 in Township 27 North, Range 14 East, a distance of 20 feet; thence south parallel with the east line of said Section 10 a distance of 2651.5 feet to an iron stake on the south line of the northeast quarter of said Section 10, the same being 20 feet west of the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of said Section 10; thence west a distance of 1,292.2 feet along the south line of the northeast quarter of said Section 10 to a stone at the southwest corner of the east half of the northeast quarter of said Section 10; thence north along the west line of the east half of the northeast quarter of said Section 10 a distance of 2,621.6 feet to an iron stake, the same being 25 feet south of the northwest corner of the east half of the northeast quarter of said Section 10; thence west parallel and 25 feet south of the north line of the west half of the northeast quarter of Section 10 to the west line of Russell Street extended in said city; thence north 25 feet to the north line of said Section 10; to the west along the north line of said Section 10 to the northwest corner of said Section 10; thence west along the south line of Section 4 of Township 27 North, Range 14 East, to the southwest corner of the east half of said Section 4; thence north along the west line of the east half of said Section 4 to the north line of said Section 4; thence north a distance of 1,320 feet to the north line of the southeast quarter of Section 33, Township 28 North, Range 14 East; thence east to the place of beginning.
(B) All lands lying within these corporate boundaries are conclusively deemed to be in and a part of the city. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the boundaries of the city shall also include that territory annexed to the city subsequent to 12-27-1951.
(Prior Code, § 11.01)
Cross-reference:
Annexations, see TSO Table III