New Ulm review., 1913-08-20
District Court
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dicial ditch along the route proposed
therein, was. on the 2Sth day of July.
A. ~, 1913, duly filed in my Office and
f6p'ss fb thereof +, have been duly fled with
and the county Of Brown, in the state
OF Minnesota, said Watonwan county
ana said Brown county being the only
counties in which lands affected thereby
NOW. THEREFORE,, NOTICE IS
said petition and that tt the % same viii
be heard and considered by and before
the judge OF the above named court at
the court house in the city of St. James.
Malonwan county Minnesota. on the
22nd day of September, A. D.. 1918. at
one o'clock in the afternoon of said day.
A true and correct copy Of said petition
is as follows, to-wit:
STATE OF MINNESOTA, !
County Of Watonwan, (ss
District Court
Sixth Judicial District.
To the Honorable A. r. Pfau, Judge
of the District Court above named
The undersigned petitioners respect
fully represent and state:
First: That they are land owners
whose lands will be liable to be affected
hereinafter described and referred to,
and will be liable for assessments for
the expense Of the construction of the
same.
Second. That it is necessary that a
ditch and drain be constructed substan-
tally along the route hereinafter de-
scribed for the reasons following. to-
of section 3, township 107, range 80. in
Watonwan county, Minnesota, and in
the south half, and the northeast quar-
ter of section 2. in said township and
water, and the lands Immediately sur
rounding and bordering on said ponds
and sloughs are wet and low lands and
OF a marshy character, and that during
are dry and grown up to noxious weeds
and coarse grasses; and during the
warm season of the year the water in
said ponds and sl6ughs above referred
and of nature calculated to promote
disease and sickness in the neighbor-
hood. "a
That by the construction Of said ditch
or drain the said sloughs and ponds
would be converted into valuable agri-
cultural lands: that the public. health
convenience and welfare will be pro-
noted by the establishment and con-
construction Of a ditch, drain and water
course along the route hereinafter de-
scribed.
Third That the construction of said
ditch, drain and watercourse is neces-
sary for the purpose of draining the
lands hereinafter described; and that
it's construction will be of public benefit
and will promote the public health. in
this, to-wit: it will drain and improve
the highway running north and south
town of Nelson. Watonwan county, and
the highway between sections 30 and 80
in the town of Albin, Brown county, ana
the highway running east and west on
the county line between Watonwan ana
Brown counties: it will drain the wet,
low and marshy lands over and thru
which it passes, and surrounding same.
disposing of stagnant and poliutlng
waters that exist in said sloughs ana
ponds.
Fourth. That, description Of said
proposed ditch and drain is as follows:
between the south half of the southeast
quarter of section 3. and the south hall
of the southwest quarter OF section :,
about 400 feet north of the southwest
corner of said section 2. in sad toWn-
ship 1O7. range 80, as it's starting point;
thence running along the following route.
to-wit in a northeasterly direction thru
the west half of the southwest quarter
of said section 2, thence over unto the
east half Of the southwest quarter OF
said section 2. thence continuing IN a
northeasterly direction into the south
half of the northwest quarter OF salo
section 2. thence northeasterly into the
northeast quarter of said section 2. and
thence crossing the highway and county
line between the counties of WatonWan
and Brown at point about 4oo leet
west of the southeast corner or Sectlon
81. in township los. range. 80. Brown
county, Minnesota. thence in a north
easterly direction unto the sGutheast Ios
quarter of said section 35 township los.
range 80, thence crossing the hieh"aH
between said sections 81 and 30 ana
unto the southwest quarter OF the SCUM
west quarter of said section g. township
los. range 80. after the crossing OF sald
county line said proposed dltGh TO iolf
low the course of Branch we've I,vs. ~
and Brown counties. to a point in the
southwest quarter of the southwest
quarter of said section 36. where salo
I;ranch Twelve will and does afford an
and being at or near Station 81 of said
Branch Twelve. and terminating at or
near said Station "a of said Branch
Twelve of said Judicial Ditch No. FIVE.
as it's outlet.
Fifth. That the legal descriptions OF
the tracts of land through which sad
proposed ditch. drain and watercourSe
will run, and Of all tracts of land 10 pc
drained thereby, as near as can no" De
to-wit: .
The southeast quarter. and the south
half of the northeast quarter OF Sectlon
3. the southwest quarter OF section Z.
the south half of the northwest quarter
of section 9. the west half of the south.
east quarter of section 2, the northeast
quarter of section 2, all in township lo''
range 80. in Watonwan county. Mlnnesota;
the southeast quarter of section 80, ana 1
the southwest quarter of section So an
in township los, range 32. in Brown
Minnesota.
Wherefore your petitioners pray. that
said ditch, drain and watercourse be es-
tablished, opened and constructed SUP
stantially as herein described. according
to law.
Dated this 18th day of July. 1913
Andrew H. Solberg
John H. Blackstad
Dated this 18th day of August. 1913.
K. S. Thompson
Clerk of the District Court, WatonWan
County, Minnesota.
J. L. Lobben. Attorney for Petitioners.
St. James. MINI.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, I