South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-06
LEGAL NOTICES


NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that on the 4th
day of March, 1916. the following petl-
ton, duly signed according TO law. was
filed In the office OF the Auditor OF st.
Joseph County. Indiana. tO-wit:
STATE OF INDIANA. ST. JOSEPH
COUNTY. SS.-PetitiOn for Improved
Highway.
Tc the Honorable Board Of Commission
ers Of st. Joseph County. State Of
Indiana:
The undersigned petitioners show 10
your Honorable Board, that this petition
Is signed by at least fifty free holders
and voters of Liberty Township, st. JO-
Seph County, Indiana That there is an
existing public highway in said town
ship, known and described as follows:
Beginning at the southeast corner %
section six 90 township thirty five 1851
y, Range two ~ east thence West on
the southern boundary Of said section
and on the southern boundary OF section
one u, two (2), three 60. four ca. five
(5l. and part of section six 90 In town
ship thirty five (3JD North. range one
Cd east. distance Of six miles more or
less, and connecting on the east with the
township line between Liberty township
and Union township and connecting on
the west with the free highway between
and connecting the town OF Walkerton
with the town Of North Liberty.
Your petitioners respectfully petition
that said highway he improved by grad
ing draining and paving the same for a
distance OF three miles. beginning at the
southeast corner Of section six 90. town
ship thirty five (35D. north, range two
90 east, thence west on the southern
boundary of said section. and west on
/ the southern boundary Of section one
! ID, and two ~. IN township thirty five
t30l north. range one % east a distance
| of three miles more or less, and connect
| ing on the east with the township line
between Liberty township an2 Union
township and connecting on the West
with free gravel road
Your petitioners respectfully petition
that said highway be improved by 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 (20l feet ten (1O)
feet OF which shall be OF washed gravel
or screened gravel construction That
said gravel be placed between planks ten
90 feet apart and that said planks be
ten tlO) inches high and the said washed
or screened gravel to be fourteen 14D
inches deep in the center and 70 be
placed thereon so as TO form n uniform
curve from the top edges Of said plank
20 the center Of the road-bed. or vour
petitioners respectfully request that the
sEbgrade Of the road herein TO be i'm
proved. be so constructed a IS 20 form the
crown with the uniform covering Of ten
l1Ol Inches Of the paving material
that the construction Of the improved
highway herein petitioned for shall be
constructed according to plans and
specifications. accepted and approved by
experts Of Improved Highway construc-
tons.
! Your petitions respectfully petition
that all necessary drains anG side drains.
| bridges and culverts and sewer tile there
| In be so constructed as to make said
gravel road a complete gravel road.
Said petitioners further show. that said
| Liberty Township has no Incorporated
I town within IL which is Of less than
| thirty thousand Inhabitants: and that
I there is no town or city within said
| Liberty township. that has as great a
/ population as thirty thousand inhabit-
! ants.
Said petitioners further show. that the
said road Will be Of public utility and
| that IL wdll be Of public utility TO drain,
grade and pave the same. as herein set
/ out, In the width and manner herein set
I ont. and that the cost thereof viii De
! less than the benefits hereto. and that
/ said road viii not pass into or through
any incorporated city or tOwr
! Said petitioners also show. that said
. road Is three miles or less i'm length and
connects the east boundary line Of Lib
I erty township with an improved free
gravel road. and upon and over which
\ said highway runs a United States Mai
/ Delivery Route.
/ Said petitioners further request TINT
4 the bonds TO be issued and sold for said
improvements be issued I'm series and
' payable in ten years
And your petitioners pray for the 10.
f, cation and Improvement Of said highway
without the intervention OF an election
all IN accordance with the statutes Of fht
Estate Of Indiana, made and provided fol