Semi-weekly herald., 1909-07-29
PETITION FOR FORMATION OF AN
IRRIGATION DISTRICT.
To the Honorable the Board of Coun.
ty Commissioners of La Plata
County rnloradn.

To the Honorable, the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners of La Plata
County. Colorado:
We, the undersigned, constituting a
majority of the resident freeholders
owning lands in the proposed irriga-
ton district hereinafter described, de.
siding to provide for the irrigation OF
the same, hereby petition your Honor
ableb Board for the organization of an
irrigation district of the area and with
the boundaries hereinafter described.
and do respectfully show and repre-
sent to your Honorable Board:
l. That 1t is the purpose of your
petitioners to organize an irrigation
district from the land hereinafter de.
scribed, under the provisions of an act
of the General Assembly of the State
of Colorado, entitled, AN Act in Re.
lation to Irrigation Districts. Approved
May 3. 1905," and all Acts amenda.
tory thereof
2. That he County of La Plata, in
the State of Colorado, embraces all
acreage of said proposed district.
3. That a general description of the
boundaries of said proposed irrigation
district is as follows, to-wlt:
Commencing at the southwest cor
h'i VI Ah'1 .NsNs VI lHt ~ w. "a VI
section 10. township 33 north, range 0
west of the New Mexico Principal
Meridian: thence east to the south
east corner of the said NV. a of the
NV. Il of section 10; thence south to
the southwest corner of the NE. 4
of the NV. 4 of section 80; thence
east to the southeast corner of the
said NE. u of the NV u of section
80; thence east along the north sec
tlon line of said section 80 TO the
northeast corner OF said section 80;
thence north to the e. u corner of
section 10; thence west to The south
east corner of S.W. 4 of the Sc. a
ol said section 10; thence north to the
northeast corner of the NV. a of
the NE. "a of said section 19; thence
east to the northeast corner of said
section 10; thence north to the enst
quarter corner of section Z; thence
east to the center of section 8; thence
north to the north quarter corner of
said section 8: thence east to the
northeast corner of said section 8:
thence north to the west quarter cor
ner of section 4; thence east to the
center of said section A. thence north
to the north quarter corner of said
section A; all in township 33 north,
range 9 west.
Thence east to the southeast cor
ner OF section 35, township "a north
Ute, range 8 west; thence north on
section lines to the northeast corner
OF section II Ute, same township and
range; thence east to the southeast
corner of section 6 Ute, same town.
ship and range; thence north to the
northeast corner of said section Ute;
thence. west on section lines to the
center of the north section line of sec.
tion Ute. same township and range:
thence south to the southeast corner
OF the NE. 4 of the n. w. u of sec
tion II Ute. same township and range;
thence west to the southwest corner
OF the NE. a of the NE. "a of sec
ton 10 Ute. same township and range;
thence north to the north section line
OF section 3 Ute. same township and
range; thence west TO the northwest
corner OF said section Ute; thence
north to the northeast corner of the
Sc. Il of the NV. a of section IL,
township "a north, range 8 west;
thence west to the northwest corner OF
the Sc. Il OF the NE, u Of section
10, same township and rshge; thence
south TO the southwest corner of the '
3, E, Y Of the S.E. Y Of said sec.
tion ~. which 10 q point on the north