Warren sheaf., 1914-03-04
Feb. % Moh 11)
County of Marshall.
State of Minnesota,

(Feb. 25 Mch 11)
County Of Marshall.
State of Minnesota,
District Court, Fourteenth Judicial
District
In the Matter of the Petition Of An.
drew p. Nelson, ct. al. for an Order
to Show Cause Why the State
Drainage Commission Should Not
Complete State Ditch Number
| Eighty-three (8sl According to Or
| iginal Plans of Engineer, or Have
Certain Assessments Cancelled.
| Upon reading the petition OF An
drew P. Nelson, ct. al it is hereby or
dered that the State Drainage Com
lm1sslon of the State Of Minnesota
show cause, if any there be, before
the undersigned at the court house in
the City of Warren, Minnesota, on
the 26th day of March 1914 at ten
o'clock in the forenoon thereof or
soon thereafter as counsel can be
heard, why they should not complete
said ditch number eighty-three (S3),
Marshall County, Minnesota, accord
ing to the original plans of the engi-
neer made in said matter, or why the
assessment described in the petition
OF petitioners should not be cancelled.
Let this order he served upon the
State Drainage Commission at st.
Paul, Minnesota, by leaving with said
commission a true and correct copy
OF this order and petition, and upon
the County of Marshall, Minnesota, hy
leaving with the auditor of said colln-
ty true and correct copy of this order
and petition, and upon all land own
ers whose lands were assessed for
benefits in said ditch number eighty
three (S3), Marshall County, MINI,
proceedings as their names appear on
, the duplicate tax receipts in the Of
nee OF the treasurer of Marshall
County, Minnesota, by mailing a copy
OF this order and petition to all said
| land owners whose addresses are
known to the Clerk of the District
Court of Marshall County, Minnesota,
or which can be ascertained by in
qulry at the office of the treasurer,
Marshall County, Minnesota, and by
a. publication of the copy of this or
der and petition for three (3) success
sive weeks in the Warren Sheaf a
newspaper published at Warren, Min
nesota, and by posting copy Of said
order and petition in three public
places in each township through
which said ditch number eightylthree
(S3l Marshall County, Minnesota,
passes. IA
Andrew Grindeland,
District Judge.
District Court SeaD
A. c. Swandby, s..sas
Clerk Of the District Court,
Marshall Co., MINI
A. A. Andrews,
Attorney for Petitioners,
Bemidji, Minnesota. i.
| State of Minnesota, } se
| County of Marshall
District Court, Fourteenth judicial
District
In the Matter of the Petition of An
drew P. Nelson, et al for an Order
to Show Cause Why the State
Drainage Commission should not
Complete State Ditch Number
Eighty three (S3) According to Or
! iginal Plans Of Engineer, or Have
| Tovsto IN Ace rkc
Your petitioners respectfully peti-
tion the Court and allege the follow
ing statements of fact:
| I.
That your petitioners are land own
ers whose lands were assessed for
the benefits in the proceedings known
as State Ditch Number Eighty-three
| (S3), Marshall County, Minnesota.
! II.
That on the 18th day of April, 1910,
a petition was filed in the Office of
the Clerk of Court of Marshall (oun-
ty, Minnesota, praying for the estab-
lishment of State Ditch in Marshall
County, Minnesota, and that said pro.
| ceedlngs were numbered and desig.
mated as State Ditch Number Eighty.
three (S3).
| That after due nearing upon said
petition an Engineer was appointed
to make a survey of the proposed
route of said ditch and in the Report
of said Engineer made, the Engineer S
plans and specifications proposed the
dredging out of Thief River from the
mouth Of Thief Lake, distance OF
some mile or mile and a half and fur.
ther provided that bulk head or
dam should be placed at this distance
from the mouth of the lake, the pur.
pose being to lower the waters within
Thief Lake some two feet.
| Thereupon the Viewers appointed
by the Court in said proceedings pro
ceeded to assess benefits for lands
lying within the Township of Thief
Lake to the amount Of Three Thou.
Il