Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-11-12
NONRESIDENT Notice.

7. ]. Taylor, ct al, VS.. w. L. Jones, ct al.
In the County Court OF Weakley
County. Tennessee, before the Hon.
G. 7. Mayo, County Judge for Weak.
ley County, Tennessee.
To r. 7. Norman, Dave Mathis and
wife, Mrs. Dave Mathis, Lucille Girls
som and Clyde Pickard:
In this cause, it duly appearing by
affidavit duly filed that you and each
of you are non-residents ofthe state OF
Tennessee, you and each OF you are
hereby notified OF the petition OF J. A.
Shell, ct al, filed on May 81, 1914, in
the county court OF Weakley county,
Tennessee, before the Hon. G. T.
Mayo, county Judge for Weakley
county, Tennessee, and which petition
was also filed on same date in the
county court OF Obion county, Tennes-
see, before the Hon. George r. Kenny,
county judge for Obion county, Tennes-
see, and that said petition was amended
in both courts on the 18th day of
August, 1915; and you are further noti-
fed OF the tendency OF said petition Of
j, A. Shell, ct al, so filed and so
amended as afore-stated in both of
said courts, and that same was filed
for the purpose Of establishing a BIZ
county drainage district. or il necessary
or desired bi-county drainage and
levee district, for the reclamation OF
lands in Obion county, and Weakley
county, Tennessee, subject to aud
n HootoCf hu kbo Ox1orAo,,, f.o,.o "a II
the North Fork of Obion river and its
tributaries, and pursuant to Chapter
1856, Senate Bill No. 229, of the 1909
Acts of the Legislature of Tennessee,
and amendments thereto, and that said
petition as amended is still pending in
said courts; that on account of the
great number of petitioners and de-
PENDANTS in this cause and matter, the
court has decreed that it would I'M
necessarily cucumber the record to
name all OF said parties in each in
stance and that the style of this cause
shall be T. j. Taylor, ct al, VS.. w. l..
Jones, ct al, and that, by order and
decree of the court each and all OF the
defendants named herein were re-
quired to be made such by nonresident
publication agreeable to said Act OF
1909 as amended; and you are further
notified that w. G. Kelly, the engineer
heretofore appointed in this matter
and cause, has duly filed his returns,
proceedings and report as such engi-
neer in duplicate, filing one with @.
s. Talley, clerk OF the county court OF
ObiOn county, Tennessee, and one
with w. ]. Jeter, clerk of the county
court OF Weakley county, Tennessee,
and that the report OF said engineer
and said petition as amended both
recommend for organization into BIZ
county drainage district a territory
situated in Obion county and Weakley
county, Tennessee, and subject to and
affected by the overflow from and of
the North Fork OF Obion river and its
tributaries, and containing 33, 794
acres, more or less; that the prayer OF
said petition, substantially but not
detail, is that the court appoint a dis
interested and competent engineer,
ETC., to examine and survey accurately
by metes and bounds the territory
described in the petition and any other
territory adjacent thereto that may be
proper and necessary, and to survey
and locate such drains, bitches and
improvements as are best calculated to
carry out the purposes of the petition,
etc., and that said engineer be ordered
to make return of and file his report
and proceedings with respectively the
the clerk OF the county court OF 0bion
county and the clerk OF the county
court OF Weakley county, Tennessee,
setting forth the starting points, routes,
termini, etc., OF the proposed bitches
and improvements, ETC., together with
a plat and profile showing bitches,
etc., elevation, etc., the fall obtainable
across the district, etc., and the
boundaries OF the proposed district, a
description of the realty and tracts
therein, together with the probable
costs of the proposed improvements,
etc., and also such other facts and
recommendation as he may deem best
and material, etc., that upon the filing
of said report, ETC., said courts re-
spectively examine same, etc., and it
same respectively meets their approval
that they respectively ause summons to
Issue, and non. resident publication to
be made respectively, and agreeable to
said 1909 Drainage Act, sand amend
ments thereto, for all owners Except
petitioners,) lineholders, encumb-
RANGES, ETC., ofand upon the respective