In re Boundaries of Philadelphia

The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Philadelphia, Mississippi, at a regular meeting on October 2, 1956, acting under the authority of the provisions of Chapter 491, Laws of 1950, Section 3374-10, et seq., Code of 1942 Rec., adopted an ordinance extending the corporate limits of the city so as to add 1360 acres of land thereto. The ordinance enumerated the municipal or public services tó be furnished immediately to the added territory, and the improvement to be made therein within a reasonable time, not to exceed five years. Thereafter, in compliance with the ordinance, and, as…