The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-21
IRRIGATION DISTRICT ELEC.
TION NOTICE.

there will be an election held at the
school house in school district No. 8 in
Sedgwick county, Colorado, which said
school house is located in the proposed
Irrigation District hereinafter men
toned and described. The polls for
said election will be open from the
hour of o'clock in the forenoon to the
hour OF 6 o'clock in the afternoon Of
said day, for the purpose of voting on
the question OF whether said proposed
irrigation district shall be organized or
not, and to elect three directors for
said proposed irrigation district. being
one director for each of the three di-
visions of said proposed irrigation dis
trict as divided by order of the board
of county commissioners of .Sedgwick
county, Colorado, according to the law
in such cases provided. The term of
Office of each of such directors so elect
ed shall be until the first Tuesday af-
ter the first Monday in December 1901
and until tyeir SUCCESSORS shall be
elected and qualified
The said proposed irrigation district
shall be known as "The Southern Irri-
CATION District"
The boundries of said proposed irri-
CATION district is as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at a point on the right
bank of the South Platte river at a
point where the meander corner on the
west boundry Of the old Fort Sedgwick
Military Reservation bears $ ~ degrees
30 minutes $50 feet. Thence north
easterly along the said right bank of
the South Platte river to the point of
diversion Of the South Reservation
ditch Thence easterly along the south
edge of said South Reservation ditch
to the north and south a section line
of section g. township IL, range 40.
Thence south to the east and west one
sixteenth line which divides the north
and south halves of The southeast one
fourth section 8, township IL, range 45.
Thence east along said east and west
one-siXteenth line to the section line
between sections and 8, same town.
ship and range. Thence north along
said section line between sections Sand
8 to the south edge of the South Res
ervation ditch. Thence east along
the south edge of said South Res
ervation to its intersection with the
section line between section 8 and 16,
township IL, range 45. Thence east
along said section line to corner Sec
tions 8. 10, 15 and l6 township II,
tion line between sections 8 and 10 to
the south edge of the Carlson ditch
as now constructed. Thence east along
the south edge of said Carlson ditch to
the range between ranges A and As.
Thence south along said range line be-
tween ranges A and As to the south
edge of the Southern Irrigation Dis
trct as surveyed. Thence westerly
along said south edge of The Southern
Irrigation District ditch to the point
of beginning.
Said district is divided into three
divisions, known as lst, 2Ld and 3rd
All qualified electors residing within
said proposed irrigation district who
own real estate in said proposed irri
CATION district and have paid prop
erty tax in the year last preceding
such election are entitled to vote at
said election. Those electors within
said proposed irrigation district desir-
ing to vote for the organization of said
district shall cast a ballot containing
the words ''Irrigation District Yes"
and those desiring to vote against such
organization shall cast ballot con-
tanning the words 'Irrigation District
No."
Said ballots shall also contain the
names OF persons to be voted for to fill
the offices of directors of said irriga-
tion district, one director for each di-
vision of said district, and the ballot
shall designate the name of the person
for director the voter desires to vote
for for each division of said district.
Dated this llth day Of March A. D.
1902.
The Board of County Commission
orr Of the Cnuntu Of SpduMick