The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-10-26
DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO.

THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DIS
TRlCT OF THE STATE OF
IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF BENEWAH.
In the Matter of the Petition of
p. Il. Sweeney and others for
the formation Of a DRAINAGE
DISTRICT.
TO THE CLERK OF THE DIS
TRlCT COURT OF THE EIGHTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE
STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR
THE COUNTY OF BENEWAH:
We, the undersigned petition
ers, hereby respectfully repre-
sent:
That your petitioners hereby
pray for the organization and
formation of q drainage district
in the county Of Benewah, State
of Idaho, out Of a portion Of the
said county of Benewah, with the
boundaries hereinafter designat-
ed and described.
IL.
The objects and purposes for
the organization and formation
of said District are: The recla-
nation of the lands therein en-
braced and contained for acreage
or other purposes; to- increase the
public revenues Of the said dis
trict and county of Benewah; TO
cause the said drainage TO be Of
special benefit to the majority Of
the land holders therein; TO drain
the lands embraced and contained
in said proposed drainage dis
trict so that the same may be
tillable and rendered fit and suit
able for cultivation and more pro-
ductiVe; to increase the values Of
the acreage contained therein and
embraced in said drainage dis
trict and to render the lands en-
braced and contained in the said
proposed drainage district it,
self conducive to public health,
welfare and convenience of the
people residing and owning
lands contained and embraced in
the said proposed drainage dis
trict; for the purpose Of carrying
into effect the above and fOregO-
ing benefits to the public, public
health, public revenue and the
increase Of the acreage and the
value thereof and the value of
all Of the lands embraced and
contained in the said proposed
drainage district. 1t is the in
tention of the petitioners herein
to widen, dredge, straighten and
improve in any manner which
may be deemed necessary any
place on any of the lakes or rivers
embraced or contained within the
said proposed drainage district:
to lower or construct dams or
locks on any of the lakes or
rivers within the said proposed
drainage district; to widen or
dredge or improve in any man
ner the outlet of Lake Occur d.
Alene, in KoOtenai County, Ida
no, insofar as it is deemed neces-
sary and expedient to carry into
effect the purposes above set
forth in this petition and the
work to be done is more fully set
forth and shown i'm this petition
hereafter; your petitioners al
lege that the formation and or
ganlZatlOn of the said proposed
drainage district will be con-
ducive to public health, welfare
and convenience of the residents
and land holders therein, and in
the said County of BeneWah; and
Will increase the public revenue
OF the said County and will be of
special benefit to the majority in
acreage of the lands included i'm
the boundaries of said proposed
drainage district; that your pc
tltlOnerS own more than one
ifth of the acreage included and
embraced within the said pro-
posed drainage district.
III.
The number of acres of land
which will be benefited by the said
proposed drainage district and
the proposed drainage system
hereinafter mentioned and de-
scrlbed and to be included with
IN the proposed drainage district
Is about $4,000 acres.
".
That the lands included within
the boundaries of the said pro-
posed drainage district are of
such location, character and de-
scrlptiOn that it is necessary TO
drain the flood waters from the |
said lands during the spring |
freshets of each year, and for |
this. purpose it is necessary to !
dredge, widen and improve the
outlet of Occur d'Alene Lake i'm
order that the flood waters NAV be
permitted to flow unobstructed.
thus making the said lands more
cultivatable and habitable as /
more fully set forth in paragraph |
II. herein.
V.
That so far as is known to your |
petitioners all of the freeholders /
residing upon the legal subdi- |
visions of the said lands, and the
names and addresses of an of |
the owners and mortgages with
IN the said proposed drainage dis
trlct are as follows: Lands To-
Gated on Occur d'Alene and Chat
colet Lakes and on the St. Maries
and st. Joe Rivers, and all other
thereto in
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