The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-04-06
CITATION TO UNKNOWN on NON
- RESIDENT OWNERS, TO BE PUB
lsee section 7, of chapter III1

STATE OF MICHIGAN.
County of Van Buren,, 30
At session of the probate court for the county Of
Van BIT rem, holden at the probate office in the VIII
age of Paw Paw, on Friday, the first day of April
A. ID. thousand eight hundred and Dinety -eight
Present, Hon. James Ii. Johnson, Judge of Pro-
bate.
In the matter of the application Of the drain com
missioner of Van Buren, county, Michigan, in said
county, for the appointment of three special com
mssoners 10 determine the necessity for a drain
through certain lands in said county, and for the
taking of private property for the use and benefit
OF the public for the purpose thereof, and the just
compensation TO be made therefor.
Whereas on the first day OF April, A. ID. one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight. AN APP
plcation in writing made to this court by the
drain commissioner of the county of Van Buren,
for the appointment ofthree special commissioners
to determine the necessity for drain through ,er-
tain lands In said county and described in said APP
pcatiOn, and for the taking of private property for
the use and benefit of the public for the purpose
thereof, and the just compensation TO be made
therefor.
And whereas, this court did on the lst day of
April, A. ID. one thousand eight hundred and ninety
eight, upon due examination of such application
and of all the proceedings Heretofore taken in the
premises hnd the to be in accordance with
the statute in such cases made and provided, and
did thereupon, by order entered therein, appoint
the Sd day of May, A. ID. one thousand eight hun
dred and ninetyegh, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon
of that day. the time. and The office of the Judge
of probate in the village of Paw Paw. iii said county
as the place, when and where a hearing upon such
application would be had, and did then and there
ersed by such proposed drain, who would be
liable to for benefits in the construction
thereof, and who had not released right of way,
all damages on account thereof to appear at the
time and place designated, TO be heard with respect
to such application. If they desire, and show
cause, IL any there should be, why said application
should not be granted
Aud whereas. there is on file with this court
description and survey of such proposed drain,
from which description and survey it appears that
the commencement, general course and terminus OF
such draln are as follows:
Commencing Is ch and GO | south and oh and Is
II deg As IN W, thence n "a deg IS m, W II CHI and
IL from the center of the southwest quarter sec
ton township of Columbia. Thence from said
place of beginning which is the east margin of Mud
lake: First, 81 deg IL IN, ~ CHI and IL /. thence
"a deg IS IN, e 8 oh and % to east line of sw
u section 2, crossing Oh to g a section 2
10 ch and 60 south of center of said "A section
2, thence n deg As m, Oh and l. thence 62
deg 80 IN, ch 26l to east line crossing on to Ia a
"a sec III of said township, CHI and 81 west OF
n a post, thence 81 deg 80 m e CHI and 80 |,
thence Al deg is IN, ~ to east line crossing on
to the w y lie "a of said sec IL, 4 Oh aud 4 of "a
"a post. Thence Al deg Is 10 Oh and so l.
thence 81 deg Is m e Z CHI and 70 /, thence deg
ID m, e ~ to line crossing on TO the a ne a
sec H. CHI and "a west of the center of n IA sec
IL, thence s 8 deg Is M CHI and 81 /, thence Is
deg 30m W ch and 35 |, thence 9 As deg 50 M "
CHI and 80 thence 80 deg oh aud A to south line
crossing on TO that point " u "A sec H. north of
R.R CHI and "a e of center of sec H. thence 3 80
deg W oh and 81 J. thence SIS deg s m, W oh and
62 to " line crossing on to the 4 a IL, 4
CHI and ~ south of center of thence SIS deg
m, III Oh and "a Ito Michigan Central X. X. right
OF way, thence 90 deg Is m, 10 J. thence IL deg
10 IN, W ~ !, thence SO deg Is IN, n | to south
boundary of M @. right of way, thence on to \ a
"A sec IL; S 50 deg Is m, " CHI and Is !, thence
deg, Is CHI and ~ |, thence IS deg q ch and
lO j, thence % deg IS IN. s CHI and 81 to south
line crossing on to the "a sec IL, said t.,wn-
ship, Oh and So W, d post IL, thence Is
deg S5m, oh aud "a l. thence so m, e 9 Oh 81 |,
thence south 10 deg As m, Is CHI and IL to lower
end of Bessey drain, terminating % oh and 50 / =
and oh and 81 w Of said n IA post sec IA.
whereas. 4 at he foil ufp
described tracts of lands owned by nonresidents of
the township of Columbia, In said county aforesaid
the execution of a release of right of way and dam
ages for which has been neglected or refused will
be crossed by said proposed drain and will be sub
Ject 10 an assessment for it's construction, to-wt
The southwest quarter IA of the southwest
quarter of section number two ~ town one On
the southwest quarter of section number two town
one south, range fifteen west.
Now, therefore, all such unknown non-r resi-
dent PERSONS owners OF the above described land,
and each of them, hereby cited TO be and
appear before this court at the time and place last
above set FORTH to be heard with respect TO such ap
plication, IL they desire, and show cause IL any
there be, why the said application for the appoint
ment of three special commissioners aforesaid
should not be granted.
Aad IL is further ordered that the said drain COM
missioner give notice of the tendency of said ap-
plicaon, far IL affects said lands and the per-
sons interested therein, by causing copy of this
citation to be published I'm the True Northerner,
weekly newspaper published and circulating I'm the
said county of Van Buren,, IN which said county all
of said lands located for at least weeks pre-
vious to said day of hearing.
JAMES III. JOHNSON
46t2o4Tl Judge of Probate.