South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-17
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that on the Sth
day Of March. 1916. the following petit
ton, duly signed according 10 Jaw. was
filed In the office Of the Auditor OF 81
Joseph County Indiana, to-wit;
STATE OF INDIANA. ST. JOSEPH
COUNTY. SS.-PETITION FOR IN
PROVED HIGHWAY
To the Honorable Board of Commission
ers OF 81. Joseph County, State Of
Indiana
The undersigned petitioners SHOW 10
your Honorable Board. that this petit
ton is signed by al least ifty free
holders and voters of Liberty Township.
st. Joseph County. Indiana. That there
is an existing public highway i'm said
township, known and described as fol
lows:
Beginning at the southern boundary
line Of the town Of North Liberty. thence
south on the eastern boundary of sec
ton 81. TO the southwest corner Of sec
uiOn 33, thence east along the southern
boundary of section 3d. To the south
west corner OF section -. in township 30.
north range / east; thence south along
the eastern boundary OF section 4. In
township 80. north range i east. 10 the
southeast corner Of said section. dis
lance of three miles or less and connect
ing at one end. l. -. at the point or be
ginning with the boundary line of the
incorporated town Of North Liberty and
connecting at the terminus with a free
gravel road
Your petitioners respectfully petition
that said highway be improved 10y grad
ing. draining and paving the same for
distance OF three miles or less beginning
at the southern boundary line OF the
town of North Liberty. thence south on
the eastern boundary or section - 10
the southwest corner of section 30, thence
east along the southern boundary OF
section 33. to the southwest corner or
section "a. in township 30 north range
IA gH 10 IN
boundary of section 4. IN township -.
north range l east 10 the south corner
Of said section. a distance OF three miles
on less and connecting at the one eud.
l. g. at the point of beginning with the
boundary line of the Incorporated town
Of North Liberty and connecting at the
terminus with q free gravel road.
Your petitioners respectfully petition
that said highway be improved 10y grad
ing. draining and paving the same with
screened gravel or with washed gravel
as follows. tO-Wit-
That the grade thereof be constructed
10 the width of twenty t20i feet. ten CO.
feet Of which shall be Of washed gravel
or screened gravel construction. That
said gravel be placed between planks ten
(1O) feet apart and that said planks be
ten (10l inches high and the said washed
or screened gravel 10 be fourteen ll4l
inches deep i'm the center. and 10 De
placed thereon so as TO form uniform
curve from the top edges of said plank
TO the center Of the rOad-bed. or -FOUR
petitioners respectfully request that the
sub grade Of the road herein 90 be i'm
proved. be constructed rs 60 FORM
the crown with the uniform covering or
ten l10l inches Of the paving material
Your petitioners respectfully petition
that the construction Of the improved
highway herein petitiOned for. shall be
constructed according 10 plans and
specifications. accepted and approved by
experts Of Improved Highway constitute
ton.
Your petitioners respectfully petition
that all necessary drains and side drains,
bridges and culverts and sewer tile
therein be so constructed a. TO make said
gravel road a complete gravel road.
Said petitioners further show. that
Liberty township has one incorporated
town within 30 which is OF less than
thirty thousand inhabitants: and that
there is no town or city within said
Liberty township that has as great a
population as thirty thousand tnhabit-
ants.
Said petitioners further show that the
said road viii be Of public utility ana
that il viii be Of public utility 20 drain.
grade and pave the same, as herein set
out, in the width and manner herein set
out. and that the cost thereof viii be- less
than the benefits thereto, and that said
road will not pass into or through any
incorporated city OF town.
Said petitioners also show. that said
connects the southern boundary line OF
The town Of North Liberty with a free
gravel road. and upon and over which
said highway runs "a United States Mail
Delivery Route.
Said petitioners further request that
the bonds 90 be- issued and sold for said
improvements be issued i'm series and
payable in ten years
And your petitioners pray for the To-
cation and Improvement Of said highway
without the Intervention Of am election.
all in accordance with the statutes Of the
State OF Indiana, made and provided FOR
the construction OF Free Improved High
ways OF three miles or less i'm length.
For all Of which they pray
Daniel l.. Steele. Henry Baughman.
Glenn DeCondres. Jerry Peters. ". T.
Berry John Baughmau a.. Il, Helm.
Chas J.. Helm. +. . Helm, II. j. Inks.
Chas. A. HOuser. Orville T.. H0user Fred
NJ smith. Frank GuShwa. Eliza a.. Gush-
wa, Melvin Baughman, ". VI. Kaiser. g..
w Buss Delbert Buss. Orville Morris.
David Kilian. Henry lively. David J..
Whitmer, j.. A. Whitmer. samuel
Grenert /. II Williams. Jesse Hold
erman John w HoldermaH a. a.
Alangus. Lewis Birk. j. j.. kuepp
!. J.. Price q. J.. Bowser. j T.. Wooster
Emil Greuing i ~ Lee. II. II. Wooster.
e.. r. Nitcber. j. J. Wcaver Wm r.
! Hoffman. John A Gardner David vs..