South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-26
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day Of January. 1917 the following
petition. duly signed according 10 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.
To the Honorable Board Of Commission
ers OF st. Joseph County, State Of
Indiana:
The undersigned petitioners show to
your Honorable Board. that this petition
Is signed by at least fifty FREEHOLD
VOTERS OF Liberty Township. St Jo-
seph ounty, Indiana That there Is an
existing public highway in said Town
ship, known and described as follows:
beginning at the southeast corner Of
Section six (6l township thirty five (35l
y, range two % east. at and upon the
east boundary line Of Liberty Township.
thence west on and along the southern
boundary Of said Section six o. and
thence west on the southern boundaries
Of sections one o.. two 90, and three
81 in township thirty five 49, north.
range ne t1) east, thence north along
the west side of section three 10 10 the
northwest corner Of said Section three 81
In township thirty five 1851 north. range
one o. east, thence west along the
southern boundary liIe Of section thirty
three l33l in township thirty-six 1851
north, range one o. east thence north
along the west boundary line of said
Section thirty-three (33) TO the southern
boundary line of the incorporated town
Of North Liberty.
YOUR PETITIONERS RESPECT
FULLY PETITION THAT SAID HIGH
WAY bE IMPROVED BY GRADING,
DRAINING AND PAVING THE SANE
FOR \ DISTANCE OF THREE MILES,
BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF SECTION SIX 90. TOWN
SHIP THIRTY-FIVE (35) NORTH,
RANGE TWO % EAST. THENCE
WEST ON TIE SOUTHERN ROUND
WEST ON THE SOUTHERN BOUND
ARIES OF SECTIONS ONE ~. AND
TWO ~. IN TOWNSHIP THIRTY
FIVE (35) NORTH, RANGE ONE o.
EAST. \ DISTANCE OF THREE MILES
OR LES; Z AND CONNECTING On THE
EAST WITH THE TOWNSHIP LINE
BETWEEN LIBERTY TOWNSHIP AND
UNION TOWNSHIP AND CONNECTING
ON THE WEST WITH AN IMPROVED
FREE GRAVEL ROAD.
Your petitioners respectfully petition
that said highway he improved by grad
ing, draining and paving the same with
screened gravel or with washed gravel as
follows, to-wit:
structed to the width of twenty (20l
feet, ten 40 feet Of which shall be Of
washed gravel or screened gravel con-
structiOn. That said gravel shall be
placed between planks ten 1Ol feet
apart, and that said planks be ten (lO)
inches high and the said washed or
screened gravel to be fourteen Q4)
inches deep in the center, and to be
placed thereon so as to form uniform
curve from the top edges Of said plank
10 the center of the rOadbed; and that
the Improved highway herein petitiOned
for, shall be constructed according TO
plans and specifications accepted and ap
proved by experts Of Improved Highway
Constructions.
Your petitioners respectfully petition
that all necessary drains and side drains.
bridges and culverts and sewer tile there
In shall be SO constructed so as to make
said gravel ROAD complete gravel road.
Said petitioners further show. that said
Liberty township has one incorporated
town within IL which is OF less than
thirty thousand (30,OO0l inhabitants; and
that there is no town or city within said
Liberty Township. that has as great
population as thirty thousand inhabit-
ants. Said petitioners further show
that the said road Will be of public
utility to drain, grade and pave the same
as herein set out in the width and
manner herein set out, and that the cost
thereof VIII he less than the benefits
thereto; and that said road will not pass
into or through any incorporated city or
town.
Said petitioners also show. that said
road is three (3l miles or less in length.
and connects the EAST BOUNDARY
LINE of Liberty Township with an
upon and over which said highway runs
a United states Mail Delivery Route.
Said petitioners further request that
the bonds TO be issued and sold for said
improvements shall be issued in series.
and payable in ten (10) years.
AND your petitioners pray for the
location and improvement of said high
way without the Intervention OF an cleo
ton. al in accordance with the Statutes
Of the State OF Indiana. made and pro-
vided y the construction of Free Inn
proved Highways Of three go miles or
less H. .ength.
For all of which they pray.
WGiam III. Summers and la others
I. Arthur r. Wolf, Auditor Of st
Joseph County. State OF Indiana. here
designate Monday. the 10Th day Of Feb
ruary, 1917, being the 7th day OF the
regular February session Of said court.
as the day and date on which the fore
going petition will be presented to the
said Board of Commissioners Of said St
Joseph County, for a hearing as pro-
vided By law.
ARTHUR F. WOLF,