The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-21

SNNll, NIdJ EICdJ NOlullc vi water l
accommodating through natural water |
courses in the eastern portion of |
township twenty four (24), in range |
two (2), west of the sixth principal |
meridian, is deposited along the pub. |
lie highway north of section twenty |
five (25) In township twenty four
t2p, north In range two (2), west of
the sixth principal meridian where 1t
seriously interferes with travel over
said highway and at times renders
said highway impossible. while water
standing in bitches along the sides
of said highway becomes stagnant,
and "a menace to the health of persons
living In that vicinity, and people
travelling said highway; that in ad-
dition to accommodating on said high
way and in said bitches. water de-
rived from said water courses as
aforesaid, flows down through the
north half of said section twenty five
(25), into and through the south half
of said section and into sections thirty
600 and thirty one (SD aforesaid,
a portion thereof remaining standing
in sloughs in the south half of said
section twenty FIVE 25) and in said
sections thirty 600 and thirty one
(31), where it is constant menace to
the health of persons living in the
vicinity and renders untillable and
greatly detracts from the value of
said land; that drain or ditch could
be so constructed that 1t would af-
ford and outlet for said water and
drain said highways and said land so
that there would be no stagnant water
thereon and travel upon said highway
would not be interfered with by reason
of said overflowing and accumulation
of water as aforesaid; that 1t is neces-
sary for such ditch or drain to be
constructed for the reason that there
is now no natural outlet for said
water, and the construction of such
ditch or drain will be conductive to
the public health, convenience, and
welfare
Your petitioner therefore prays your
Honorable Board that there may be
located and constructed in accord
ance with the provisions of chapter
Is of Cobbey's Annotated Statutes of
Nebraska of the year 1909, ditch or
drain commencing at the northwest
corner of the northeast quarter Of
section twenty five (25), in township
twenty four (2D, north in range two
(2), west of the sixth principal merid-
ian, running thence south one half
mile, thence east one hundred rods
Q00), thence south sixty (60) rods,
| thence east thirty rods (30), thence
south fifty five rods (55), thence in a
southeasterly direction to point
| twenty rods east of the north west
corner of the northeast quarter of
the northwest quarter of section thirty
one (3D, in township twenty four
(24), north in range one %, west of
the sixth principal meridian, thence
in southeasterly direction about
forty rods (40), to a natural water
course commencing on the northwest
quarter of said section thirty one (3D,
and emptying into the Elkhorn river
in the south part of said section,
which said ditch or drain will drain
all of said land and said highway into
| Une ElKnOTn river.
| Wherefore your Honorable Board Is
respectfully requested to take such
proceedings as may be necessary and
proper for the establishment of such
ditch or drain, and the proper appor-
| tionment of all costs and expenses
thereof between your petitioner and
the county of Madison, state of Ne
braska, and any and all other persons
and companies and corporations who
will be benefited by such ditch or
drain.
Your petitioner herewith presents a
bond, conditioned for the payment of
all costs that may occur in case said
board of county commissioners find
against said improvement.
John F. Dederman.
State Of Nebraska ..
Madison County SIS.
John F. Dederman, being first duly
sworn on oath deposes and says, that
he is the petitioner above named,
that he has read the foregoing petition
and knows the contents thereof, and
that the statements and allegations
: | arc II uC 40 hO NCi
lily believes.
John F. Dederman.
Subscribed in my presence and
sworn to before me this 18th day OF
April, A. d. 1911.
w. H. Field, Clerk of the
(SeaD District Court of Madison
county, Nebraska
BOND.
Before the board Of County Com
U missioners of Madison County, Ne
U braska,
Know all men by these presents:
That whereas, John F. Dederman ha!
. filed his petition before the board o
U ounty commissioners of Madison coun
U ty Nebraska, asking the said board t
b locate and construct a ditch or drail
from a certain point at the northwes
U corner of the northeast quarter o
u section twenty five (25) in township
twenty four (24), north in range tw
(2). west of the sixth principal merid
ian running thence south one hal
T. mile. thence east one hundred rods
l. thence south sixty rods, thence cas-
thirty rods, thence south fifty fiv
q rods, thence in southeasterly direC