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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF       COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI IN THE MATTER OF THE ENLARGEMENT AND EXTENSION OF THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF       ,       COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI CITY OF       , PETITIONER VS. CIVIL ACTION NO.       CITY OF       , DEFENDANT PROOF OF PUBLICATION STATE OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY OF       PERSONALLY APPEARED BEFORE ME, the undersigned notary public in and for the county and state aforesaid, (print name) , who being by me first duly sworn, states on oath that he/she is an individual qualified to make oath of publication and as such official of the       (hereinafter "newspaper") a newspaper which was qualified to publish legal notices within County, Mississippi, and the City of       , Mississippi and which was publishing legal notices in       County, Mississippi, and the City of       , Mississippi prior to       ; and, which newspaper maintains a circulation within the boundaries of the City of       , Mississippi, and in the territory proposed to be incorporated into the City of       , which circulation is numerically substantial and geographically widespread, to persons who have subscribed at a subscription rate which is not nominal, whether by mail subscriptions, purchases through dealers and carriers, street vendors and counter sellers, or any combination thereof, not including free circulation or sales at a token or nominal subscription price and sales in bulk for purposes other than resale to individual subscribers. That newspaper maintains a legitimate list of bona fide paying subscribers by the following categories where applicable: a. Mail subscribers; b. Dealers and carriers; c. Street vendors and counter sellers. That newspaper is not published primarily for advertising purposes and has not contained more than       % advertising in       of its issues during the period of       months next prior to the first publication of the attached legal notice, including separate advertising supplements inserted into, but separately identifiable from any regular issue or issues. That newspaper has been established and published continuously for at least twelve months (12) next prior to the first publication of the attached legal notice, is regularly issued at stated intervals at least once every week, bears a date of issue, and is numbered consecutively. That newspaper is issued from a known office of publication, which is the principal public business office of the newspaper. That newspaper is formed of printed sheets. That newspaper is originated and published for the dissemination of current news and intelligence of varied, broad and general public interest, announcements and notices, opinions as editorials on a regular or irregular basis, and advertising and miscellaneous reading material. That newspaper is not designed primarily for free circulation or circulation at nominal rates. That newspaper is not published, sponsored by, directly supported financially by, published to further the interest of, or is directed to, or has a circulation restricted in whole or in part to any particular sect, denomination, labor or fraternal organization or other special group of class of citizens, or which primarily contains information of a specialized nature rather than information of varied, broad and general interest to the general public. That the newspaper is not directed to any particular geographic portion of any given political subdivision within the City of       , rather than the area as a whole, including the City of       , Mississippi. That newspaper is a newspaper within the meaning of Section 13-3-31 Mississippi Code of 1972, and same has a general circulation within the City of       , Mississippi, and the area which the City of       purposes to incorporate; and that the NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION OF THE CITY OF       ,       COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI FOR APPROVAL, RATIFICATION AND CONFIRMATION OF ENLARGEMENT AND EXTENSION OF THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF       , MISSISSIPPI A true copy of which is hereto attached, was published in, and appeared in the issues of the newspaper, three times as follows: Volume:       Number:       Date:       Volume:       Number:       Date:       Volume:       Number:       Date:       WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this the       day of       ,       . _________________________________________       TITLE:       SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME, this the       day of       . ____________________________________ Notary Public My Commission Expires: