Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-07-02
OF the County Commissioners Ses-
sion, June, 1914
Monday, June 1, 1914
Board met. all present.


Board met. all present.
Petition
State OF Kansas. Dickinson county, IS:
Before the board OF county commits
sioners. within and for said county
and state.
In the matter OF the vacation Of part
OF Kirby's Addition to the city OF
Abilene, Kansas.
Come now. the Sisters of st. Joseph,
corporation duly organized and ex-
listing under the laws OF the state of
Kansas. and respectfully. represent
that II is the owner OF blocks num-
bered one ~. two CD. three (O. four
3a), FIVE ~, six ls), seven 81. eight
twelve (12l, thirteen (1s, fourteen (1D,
fifteen (15), sixteen (16), seventeen
40, eighteen (1O, nineteen Q9),
the city of Abilene. in Dickinson coun-
ty. state of Kansas, being a part of
the northwest quarter OF section num-
Der nine (9l. In township thirteen 1S
Principal Meridian. plated and re-
corded In the office of the register of
deeds of Dickinson county Kansas, as
and not being within the limits of any
incorporated city, said blocks num-
bered from one. to twenty. inclusive,
being all of said Kirby's addition to
And said the Sisters of st. Joseph
desire and pray that all OF said kir-
| lying north of the center of Cleve-
! land avenue and all the streets and
alleys there, may be vacated and the
land so vacated be listed for further
taxation the same as though 1t never
had been plated as townsite or
THE SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH.
BY Hurd & Hurd, It's Attorneys.
Order
State of Kansas, Dickinson county, IS:
Before the board of county commits
sioners within and for said county
and state.
In the matter. Of vacation Of a part
of Kirby's Addition to the city of
Abilene, Kansas.
And now to-wit this first day of
June, A. ID. 1914, at the regular June
! session of the board of county COM
! of Dickinson and state of Kansas, the
petition of the Sisters Of st. Joseph, a
corporation, praying for the vacation
OF a part of Kirby's addition to the
city of Abilene, Kansas, coming on for
hearing and the commissioners having
heard said petition and the testimony
in support thereof and being fully adj
vised in the premises and fully under
standing the true nature or said petit
tlon and the proprlety of granting the
same, are satisfied and find from
gal notice has been given by .publica-
| tion as required by the statutes OF
the state of Kansas, that said petit,
tion would be presented to said board
of county commissioners for hear
ing thereon at this time and place,
which said notice and the proof OF the
publication thereof is hereby approved
and ordered to be filed with the coun-
And said commissioners being fur
: Their satisfied that no private rights
1nw rnd ~ a
vacation Of all that part Of, Kirby's
addition to the city of Abilene in
Dickinson county, Kansas, described
in said petition and that the pnDIe
thereby, and that in justice to the
petitioner the PRAYER of said petition
ought to be granted
And said board Of county commits s.
: sioners further being. satisfied that
said Kirby's addition Il not and never
of any incorporated city Sx so,a hoard
of county commissioners ordered that
all the lots, blocks, streets. alleys and
avenues included within br blocks num- fnnr
! S},, nine %, ten (1o5. eleven liij.
twelve d2), thirteen (1S), fourteen
teen (17j, eighteen (1s), nineteen Gs),
twenty (2O). in Kirbys addition to the
city of Abilene, and lying north Of
the center OF Cleveland avenue n salu
be and the same are hereby vacated
and 1t Is further ordered that the
lands so vacated shall be listed for
had never been plated as part Of
any town or city, and to be described
and entered on the tax rolls and rec
Srds by the fq ReSInning at point
: seven hundred fifty (750) feet north
Of the southeast corner of the north
west quarter of section numper nine
|, C9), township thirteen G3) south, range
two (2) East of the Sixth Principal
Meridian running thence north on the
half section line thirteen hundred
! aiiei with the south line of said quar-:
ter section 26933 feet to west line OF
said quarter section, thence south along
the west line Of t sad Feet tn
the center of Cleveland avenue, thence
east along the center of Cleveland av-
enue and parallel with the, south line
of said quarter section to the place OF
And it is by said board of county
commissioners furthered ordered that
clerk at length upon the records OF
the proceedings of this board OF coun-
tv commissioners and that the county
clerk shall certify a copy OF TINS oraef
in the deed records Of Dickinson coun-
UT is further ordered that the costs
and expenses of this proceeding be
paio Dy ing pC &. W. PETERSON.
b. d. FRY,
s. H. MCCULLOUGH,
County Commissioners of Dickinson
County
BOARD audited and allowed bills
i AGAINST the county and adjourned to
meet tuesday, June Q, 1914, at a. m.
Tuesday, june 2, 1014
Board met as per adjournment all
nraaant