Warren sheaf., 1909-06-10
PETITION FOR PUBLIC DITCH.

PETITION FOR PUBLIC DITCH.
TO the Honorable Andrew Grinde.
land, Judge Of the District Court, 14th
Judicial District.
The undersigned land owners, whose
lands Will be liable to be affected bv
or assessed for the expense of the con-
struction of the public drainage ditch
hereinafter described, would respect
1ully represent that the public health,
convenience and welfare and the recla-
nation Of wet and overflowed lands re-
quire the establishment and construc-
ton of public drainage ditch along
the following described route in the
Townhip 157, Range 80, 1877, Range 81,
157, range 36. in the County of Beltra-
Tbief m ana IN ire vt1Sy sHWns 9f vsGt Ho!is
Plain, Agder; East Valley aud Congress
sional Township 156, range AZ, in the
County Of Marshall and State of Mime
would be of public benefit and utility
and will promote the public health
and that the construction of the same
IS further necessary for the reason that
the public roads in the territoy affected
are wet and impossible great portion
of the year; and that the CONSTRUCTION
OF said drainage ditch will improve the
passable A general description of the
proposed starting point, route and
terminus # said drainage ditch is as
follows:
commencing at, the southwest cor
ner Of section A., in township 1856:
County Minnesota, and thence in a
westerly direction on and along the
section line on the south side of sec
tions Is, 16, II, and 1s, in said last
sseesstions IS, Il, Is. and Is. in township
southwest corner Of said last men
corner Of section 20, township iss
north of range SO; thence in north
westerly direction to the northwest
north OF range 50; thence in a
westerly direction on and along the
section line south of sections 13. IA. IS.
range 40 west. and sections is and "a
in township 1856, north of range Al
west. to the southwest corner OF, said
last mentioned section IA; thence in I.
south westerly direction to Thief River
as it's outlet, emptying into Thief River
at such point therein between the
north boundary line of section %, in
township 1856, north of range AZ west,
and the south boundary line Of Sec
tion "a. in township 1856, north of range
43 west, as shall be found by the engi-
neer appointed herein to be most de-
sirahle as an outlet and most practical
to drain the territory desired to be
drained.
and the following branch therefor:
Commencing at the north east corner
of the township of Benville in the
County of Beltrami and State of
Minnesota; thence in a westerly direc
tion on and along the section line on
the north side of said town of Bepyille
and of the township of Valley and Eek
voll in the County of Marshall and
State of Minnesota. to the north west
corner of said town of Eckvoll: thence
in south westerly direction to the
south west corner of section IA. in
tuwi.:,... 7-S, north of range IL west,
and emptying into the main ditch
hereinbeforc peti'inned for as it's out-
let.
The reti.io orers fur,hc" petition tlat
if better general results can be OBJ
tained by a different source or course
or a different termination or outlet of
any of said bitches than that herein
petitionedl for, that the engineer :d sr.,6 be
nate and report the same, and that the
same be adopted, and your petitioners
further request that such branch and
lateral bitches to those herein peti-
toned for be laid out and designated by
the engineer and be established by the
Court as will accomplish the greatest
good to the greatest area affected by
said drainage bitches.
And your petitioners pray that you
will proceed to establish such public
drainage ditch and branches and
cause the same to be constructed as
provided by Chapter .2so. General
Laws of Minnesota for 1905, and acts
amendatory thereto or supplementary
thereof. and that. in case of the estab-
lishment Of such ditch that in the
final order establishing the same you
provide for the payment of the ditch
liens and of the bonds for the said
ditch on the twenty, (20), year plan.
Dated May 22nd A. D. 1909.
SIGNED: