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


Notice is hereby given that on the 18th
day Of January, 1917. the following petit
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.
To the Honorable Board of Commission
ers Of st. Joseph County. State Of
The undersigned petitioners show to
your Honorable Board, that this petition
Is signed by at least Fifty (JOl freehold
ers and voters OF Liberty Township. St
Joseph County, Indiana. That there is
an existing public highway in said
Township, known and described as fol-
lows.
Beginning az the Southern Boundary
line OF the Town of North Liberty
of Section -, 70 the Southwest corner of
Section Thirty-three t33) thence East
along ehe Southern Boundary OF Section
thirty-three (33). TO the Southwest cor
ner of Section thirty -four (34) all in
Township thirty-siX (36l North, range
one % eact; thence South along the
Eastern boundary Of Section four ca. In
Township thirtyfive (35) North, range
one % East. 10 the Southeast corner OF
said Section four "a, thence East along
the Southern boundary or Sections three
(3), two (2). and one % all in Township
Thirty-fve (3jl North. Range one o.
East. thence East along Iue OOuIueIu
Boundary line of Section six 90 Town
ship Thirty five (35) North. Range two
81 East to the East boundary line OF
Liberty Township.
FULLY PETITION THAT SAID HIGH
WAY BE IMPROVED BY GRADING,
DRAINING AND PAVING THE SAME
FOR A DISTANCE OF THREE MILES
OR LESS BEGINNING AT THE
THE TOWN OF NORTH LIBERTY.
THENCE SOUTH ON THE EASTERN
BOUNDARY OF SECTION THIRTY
TWO (S2l TO THE SOUTHWEST COR
NER OF SECTION THIRTY THREE
SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF SECTION
THIRTY-THREE (33l, To THE SOUTH
WEST CORNER OF SECTION THIRTY
s sfH 49, E0R T4wE RaHGE T dHE a.
EAST; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE
EASTERN BOUNDARY OF SECTION
-FOUR "a, IN TOWNSHIP THIRTY
FIVE (35l, NORTH RANGE ONE ~
OF SAID SECTION FOUR "a. \ DIS
lance OF THREE % MILES OR
LESS AND CONNECTING AT THE
ONE END !. F.. AT THE POINT OF
LINE OF THE INCORPORATED TOWN
OF NORTH LIBERTY AND CONNECT
ING AT THE TERMINUS WITH A
FREE GRAVEL ROAD.
that said highway be improved by grad
ing. draining. aud paving, the same with
screened gravel or with washed gravel
As follows tO-wit:
That the grade thereof he constructed
10 the width Of twenty (20l feet ten
(10) feet OF which shall he Of washed
gravel or screened gravel construction.
That said gravel be placed between
planks be ten 10 inches high and the
said washed or screened gravel 20 be
fourteen IA inches deep in the center
and 20 be placed thereon so as 20 form
a uniform curve from the top edges Of
said plank 20 the center OF the rOadbed :,
and that the construction OF the i'm
proved highway herein petitioned for,
shall be- constructed according 10 plans
and specifications, accepted and APP
proved by experts Of Improved Highway
Construction.
Your petitioners respectfully petition
that all necessary drains and side drains.
bridges and culverts and sewer tile
therein he So constructed rs TO make
said gravel road a complete gravel road.
Said petitioners further show, that
said Liberty Township has one incorpO-
rated own within II which Is OF less than
thirty thousand inhabitants. and that
there is no town or city within said Lib
erty Township that has as great popu-
latiOn as thirty thousand Inhabitants
Said petitioners further show that the
said road VIII be Of public utility and
that Il viii he Of public utility 20 drain.
grade and pave the same, rs 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 viii not pass into or through
any incorporated city or town.
Said petitioners also show, that said
road = three ia miles or less in length
and connects the Southern Boundary
line Of the town Of North Liberty with
free gravel road. and upon and over
which said highway runs a United states
Mail Delivery Route
said petitioners further request that
the bonds 10 be issued and sold for said
improvements be issued in series and
payable in ten 40 years.
And your petitioners pray for the To-
cation and Improvement or said highway
without the intervention Of al election