Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-04-09

thence west A chains, thence sOutf
so feet. thence west 36 chains 70
point near the east line of section Il
in said township and range.
No. TO- Commencing on the mal1
ditch at a point 80 rods west OF the
quarter line running north and soutf
through section 6, township 81, range
40, thence north to point so rods
south of the north line of section 81
township 80, range 49.
No. IL. Commencing ON the main
ditch 25 feet west of point whers
the north and south eighth line OF the
southeast quarter of section 5, in town
ship 81. range 40, intersects said main
ditch, thence north 1000 feet.
No. IL Commencing on the main
ditch at point rs feet west of the line
between sections and 6, In township
81, range 49. thence north parallel with
said lines 29OO feet.
No. 13. Commencing at point Oh
the main ditch % feet west of the
section line between Z and 5, township
81, range 40, thence south parallel
with said line to the highway between
sections and Is in said township and
range.
The width of the right of way of said
Lewiston ditch has been established as
follows: A strip of land two rods
wide on the south side and three rods
wide on the north side of the line of
said main ditch from the Big Sioux
river to the Norwegian lake, and from
the Norwegian lake and through the
same to the terminus of said ditch
and said fork thereof strip of land
25 feet wide on either side of the line
of said ditch. The width of the right
of way of lateral bitches Nos. /, III, 2,
3, A, 5, 6, z, s, 8, 10, II, IL and Is, and
all branches to said laterals, Is one rod
on either side of the lines of said lat
eral bitches except those laterals which
are constructed upon and along public
highway and for such laterals the width
is eight feet on either side of the line OF
such lateras.
That the width of said main ditch
at the beginning at the Big Sioux
river is IL feet on the bottom and
the depth IA feet, and that from the
Big Sioux river to the north and south
quarter line running through section
81, township 80, range so, said ditch
is of a uniform width of IL feet on
the bottom, and that from such quarter
to the end of said ditch and the fork
thereof the width is s feet on the
bottom and the slope of the sides of
said ditch throughout it's entire length
is an angle of As degrees or one 10
one, and that said ditch has a fall Or
grade as set out in surveyors profile
attached to his report.
That the width on the bottom of lat
eral bitches Nos. /, ~, 2, 3, 6, Z, s,
9, 10, II, IL and 13, and of all branch
es to laterals is four feet, and of later
al bitches Nos. 4 and the width OH
the bottom is six feet, and that the
slope of the sides of all lateral bitches
and branches thereof is one to one or
IS degrees; and that all said lateral
bitches and branches thereto have a
fall or grade as set out in surveyors
profile attached to his report.
The owners of the lands above de-
scribed, and all persons owning lands
affected or benefited by said Lewison
ditch, are hereby notified and sum-
moned to show cause at the commits
sioners' room at the court house, in the
city of Elk Point, South Dakota, on
Monday, April q, 1908, at O'Clock p
m, why the proportion of benefits of said
Lewison ditch shall not be fixed finally
and equalized as stated therein, at which
time and place said board of county
commissioners will be in session for
of such other matters in relation to
said ditch as may properly come be-
fore it.
Dated this 9Th day of April, 1908.
JOHN BRIGGS,
Chairman Board of County Commits
sioners.
Attest: