The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-10-21

WHEREAS, a written petition was filed
with the County Auditor of Bookings Coun-
ty, South Dakota on the 1st day Of Septem-
Der, 1914, praying for the establishment and
construction of a ditch or drain along the
following described route, to-wit:
Commencing for its initial point in the
vicinity where the Sioux River crosses the
Section line between Sections One and
Twelve in Township 10, Range 81, Brook
ings County, South Dakota, running thence
in a southerly direction through Bookings.
Nolga and Medary Townships. following in
its general course the Sioux River to a point
in the vicinity of what is generally known
and called the County Line Bridge across
the said Sioux River on the County Line be-
tween Brookings and Moody Counties in
said State, at or near the Southwest corner
OF Section SO, Medary Township"
And in connection herewith and as a
part thereof, a lateral ditch or drain to com
mence for its initial point at a place on the
creek at about the center of the Southwest
Quarter Of Section S, Bookings Township,
running thence to the most accessible ana
practicable point on either the Sioux River
or the main ditch herein proposed. Such
lateral ditch to begin at a more northerly
point, If deemed necessary and practicable
Which petition was signed by one or more
owners of the lands likely to be affected by
the drainage proposed in said petition, which
petition in all respects complied with the
provisions OF Chapter 1874 of the Session
Laws of the State Of South Dakota or the
year Of 1907 as amended by Chapter l02 or
the Session Laws Of said State for the year
1909 and which petition was accompanied
by the bond as therein required, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commits
sioners of said County of Bookings have
caused a survey OF the drainage proposed by
said petition to be made by a competent sur
veyor under the general supervision OF the
State Engineer and such surveyor has re-
ported in writing to said Board of County
Commissioners thereon, which report mas
been filed with such petition, and
WHEREAS, said Board of County Com
missioners have determined the exact line
and width of such proposed drainage often,
and fled the same with said petition, which
Bond, Report OF Surveyor, Deter
OF the line and width of said pro-
posed drainage ditch, and the files and pro-
of said Board of County Commits
sioners thereon filed in the Office of the
County Auditor in the Court House in the
City of Brookings, Brookings County, South
are hereby referred TO for further
particulars and by such reference maze a
part hereof, and
WHEREAS, the said Board of County
Commissioners have fixed Wednesday. the
10th day of November, 1915, at 10 o'clock IN
the forenoon of said day, at the office and
room Of said Board of County Commissioners
in the Court House in the City of Brookings,
County of Brookings and State OF South Da-
kota as the time and place of hearing said
NOW THEREFORE,. all persons affected
by the drainage proposed in said petition are
hereby summoned to appear at said hearing
upon Salu petition II the Iihe ahu p,"'N
above mentioned to show cause, If any they
have, why the said drainage should not be
established, and constructed, and all persons
lceming themselves damaged by the pro-
posed drainage or claiming compensation
Tor the land proposed to be taken for the
proposed drainage are also summoned TO pre-
sent their claims therefor at said hearing.
That the route of said proposed drainage
s as follows:
Commencing for it's initial point on the
Sioux River in the Southwest Quarter of the
Quarter of Section One, Township |