The Grit-advocate., 1904-06-03
Petition for the Formation Of an Irrigation District.
Julesbnrg. Sedgwick County, Colorado
May . A. ID. 1904.

Julesburg, Sedgwick County, Colorado
May ,, A. d. 1904.
State of Colorado, .r
County of Sedgwlck,
In the matter of the
petition for the organization of the
Julesburg Irrigation District.
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners Of the County of Sedg-
wick, State of Colorado:
We, the undersigned, petitioners,
respectfully show and represent:
That the said petitioners are resi-
dent freeholders and qualified electors
and have during the year last past sew
orally paid and caused to be paid prop.
er taxes upon lands and real-estate
within the boundaries OF the proposed
irrigation district hereinafter describ-
ed, and are majority OF such qualified
electors, freeh0lders and taxpayers who
have paid taxes as aforesaid within the
boundaries Of said district proposed as
aforesaid. That said petitioners are
deSirous OF forming an irrigation dis
trict to make provision for the pur-
chase and construction of bitches, res
ervOirs and waterwOrks, and better
provide for the irrigation of the said
lands lying and being within the boun-
daries of said proposed district That
in pursuance of said intention and un-
der the provisions of the act of the
general assembly OF the State OF Col
orado, entitled:
IAN act to provide for the organiza
tion and government OF irrigation dis
tricts and to provide for the cOnstruc-
tion of canals and reservoirs and the
acquiring of canals already con-
structed or partly constructed: for the
acquiring OF the rights Of way to con-
struct irrigation bitches, canals, rescr-
voirs, and TO acquire other property;
and for the dividing Of certain portions
Of the territory of the State of Color
ado into irrigation districts; and for
said irrigation districts to vote bonds
for the purpose of constructing irriga
tiou canals or reservoirs: for the pur-
pose of buying or purchasing by said
irrigation districts Of irrigation canals
or reservoirs already constructed or
partially constructed, and other prop
erty, paying for the same; providing
for a system o! revenue to be raised by
taxation upon the property in
said irrigation districts and by tolls to
pay the interest and principal OF said
bonds, and to pay current expenses
and for property acquired and the
manner in which the same shall be
done, the holding of elections In said
districts for the purpose of electing Of
ticers and raising revenues; also pro-
viding for the increase, enlargement,
dismemberment and disorganization
of said districts" Approved April II,
1901. And any and all acts amcnda-
tory thereof
Your petitioners propose to organize
into an irrigation district all the FOL
lowing territory or district, lying
wholly within the county of Sedgwick,
as follows, towlt:
Beginning at a point on the north
bank Of the South Platte river where
the state line between Colora1o ana
Nebraska intersccts said north bank OF
the river; thence west along tte said
state line to Intersection with PETERSEN
Canal: thence following the line OF SAID
Petersen canal in southweSteriy d.
rection through sections 30, township
y north, range A west, ana sections
25. 2B and q, in township II north,
range 45 west, to the main line of the
II. p. r., r. in said section ~ Thence
along the south line of the right OF
way of said railroad in northwesterly
direction to the state line. Thence
west along the state line to its inter
section with the Settlers ditch social
ed: thence following the line OF the
said Settlers ditch in southwesterly
direction to the west boundary OF the
Sedpwick Military Reservation.
Thence south on the said west bound
arv to the east and west quarter sec
ti0n line of section 30, township II
north. range 46 west; thence west on
tho said quarter section line through
sections IS, "a, 80, 81, and 81, township
- north. range 46 west, to range line
hetwcen ranges 46 and Al. Thence
sonth on the said range line to town
shin line between townships IL and II;
thence west on said township line TO
northwest corner OF section =, township
II north, range ~ west: thence south
on west line Of said section :, extend
ing miles to southeast corner OF sec
t,0n 10, township IL north, range ~
west; thence west mile TO ttle quar-
ter corner between sections ~ anu ID
IN township II norJh, range ~ ~est'
thence uorth to center OF sild sec'iol,
10; thence west through sectiohs III anu
O 70 quarter section corner between sec
t;ons 6 .. township II north, range4I
,pest. thence south mile to southeast
Garner of said section s: thence west to
the high water line Of that certain
rnservoir survey and site, known as
the Julesburg reservoir, formerly call
ed the Jumbo reservoir site; thence IN
a southwesterly direction along the
said high water line of the said reser-
yoir and contour thereof to the county
line between the counties of Logan aud
SedCwick, the same being the range
line between ranges Al and 4s west.
Thence along the said codnty aud range
line to the north bank OF the South
Platte river: thence following the
channel of the said river IN nortn-
easterlv direction and along the norIn
bank thereof to the state i'he between
Colorado and Nebraska, the same pe-
INK the place and point OF beginning