New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-05-17
(Seal)
PETITION FOR PUBLIC
DITCH.

To the Board of County Commissioners of the
county of Brown, state of Minnesota:
The undersigned land owners, whose lands
will be liable to be affected by, or assessed for,
the expense of the construction of a county
ditch hereinafter described, would respectfully
represent that the public health convenience
and welfare and the reclamation of wet and
overlooked lands require the establishment
and construction of county ditch along the
following described route in the town of Mil
ford in said county of Brown and that the CON
struction of the same would be of public benefit
and utility.
A general description of the proposed start
ing point route and terminus of said ditch is
as follows:
Commencing 80 rods west of the southeast
corner of the northeast quarter of the south
north, range 81 west; in Brown county, Mime
sofa; thence east 80 rods; thence eastery and
southeasterly across the southeast quarter of
easterly across the west half of the southwest
quarter of section No. u to point 40 rods
north and 30 rods east of the southwest corner
OF section No. p; thence southeasterly across
the southeast quarter of southwest quarter of
section No. u to point on the south line of
said section, Jos rods east of the southwest
corner thereof, thence sOuthwesterly across the
north half Of the northwest quarter of section
No. "a to point on the west line of said section
- rods south of the northwest corner thereof;
thence westerly across the northeast quarter
and the east half of the northwest quarter Of
section No. 80 to the southeast corner of the
northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of
section No. 80; thence southwesterly across the
west half of the northwest quarter Of section
No. 80 to point 40 rods north of the east quar-
ter ter post Of Section No. 81; thence west across
the then northeast IT quarter Of section No. q to
ton; thence westerly and southwesterly across
the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter
of section No. 81 to point 80 rods west Of the
center of said section; thence west on the south
side of the public road "a rods, there to termi-
nate in natural ravine in the southwest quar-
ter Of section No: 80, of township ITO north of
range 81 west, in Brown county: Minnesota.
BRANCH NO.
Commencing near the center of the south
east quarter Of the northwest quarter of Sec
ton No. %, township ITO north, range 81 west,
westerly to point IS rods west Of the center Of
section No. 70; thence in sOutherly and south
easterly direction across the southwest quarter
the south post Of said section thence
southeasterly across the southwest quarter of
the southeast quarter Of section No. 2s, and the
No. 81 to the center of said quarter section;
thence south across the south half of the north
east quarter of section No. 80, township ITO
main ditch.
BRANCH "A' of BRANCH MOL.
Commencing rods north of the center of
section No 49, township ITO north range 81
west west in lo Brown county, Minnesota; thence
southwesterly direction across the southeast
quarter of section No.29, to point 7Orods south
of the center of said section; thence south
westerly and southerly through the east half of
the southwest quarter of section No, 20, and
terminating in branch No. 1 in the southeast
quarter of the southwest quarter of section
No. 20, township 10 north. range 81 west
And your petitioners pray that you will pro-
coed to establish such a county ditch and cause
the same to be constructed as provided by
chapter two hundred thirty (23O), of the General
Laws of Minnesota for 1905, and acts amenda-
tory thereof and supplementary thereto.
Dated New Ulm, April 20, 1911.
r. c. LAMBRECHT
PAUL FALK
LORENZ ALTENBURG
CHRIST SEIFERT
G. E, LAMBRECHT
1920