Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1917-08-24

Weakley County, Tennessee, at the
courthouse in Dresden, Tennessee,
presided over by Hon. G. T. Mayo,
Judge of said court, on the first
Monday in September, 1917, to-wit:
SEPTEMBER 3. 1917,
and make defense to the petition
and all amendments thereto filed in
this cause, and show cause, if any
you have, why this cause and all the
DEGREES and orders heretofore made
herein should not be revived against
you, and why you should not be
made a defendant herein; and you
are further hereby notified of the
petition of J. A. Freeman and others,
filed herein on the 18th day of June,
1915, in said court before the said
judge thereof; that said petition was
amended on Oct. 16, 1916, and that
on the 18th day of January, 1917,
said petition was further amended,
and on said date, by decree of said
court in this cause, the Mud Creek
Drainage District No. was located
and established by said court, pur-
suant to the drainage laws Of the
state of Tennessee; that by decree of
said court this cause was styled ].
A. Freeman ct ais, VS.. 0. r. Beard
ct ais; that said cause and petition
are still pending in said court; that
pursuant to decree of said court in
said cause so appointing him, W. C.
Kelly has prior to the decree estab-
fishing said district, filed his report,
returns and proceedings herein as
such engineer, which report, as
amended, has been by the court du-
ly approved and confirmed as pro-
vided by law; that purpose and pray
er of said petition, and the recon-
mendation of said engineer in his
said report, substantially, but not in
detail, is for the organization into
a drainage district territory stu
ated in the 14th, 18th, 18th, 9Th,
and 7th civil districts of Weakley
county, Tennessee, and subject to
and affected by the overflow from
and Of Mud creek and its tributaries
and containing $500 acres, more or
less; that the court appoint disin-
terested and competent engineer to
examine and survey accurately by
metes and bounds the territory de-
seribed in the petition and other ter
ritory adjacent thereto that may be
proper and necessary, survey and To-
cate such drains, bitches and i'm
provements as are best calculated to
carry out the purpose of the petition,
and make return and file his report
and proceedings with the clerk of
said, court setting forth the starting
points, routes, termini, etc.. of the
proposed bitches and improvements,
the fall obtainable across the dis
trict, the boundaries of the proposed
district, a description of the realty
and tracts therein, together with the
probable cost of such Improvements;
that upon the filing of said report
the court examine same and if it
meets the approval of the court that
the court approve same and fix
day by decree for the hearing Of
said petition, and cause summons to
be issued and nonresident publica-
ton to be made, respectively, and
agreeable to the drainage laws of
Tennessee, for all owners Except
petitioners lien holders, ETC., of and
upon the respective lands within said
territory, to appear before said court
on the day set by the court for the
hearing of said petition; that said
court appoint guardian ad item for
the minors and non-composes, ETC.,
and that all other things required by
such drainage laws Of said state be
ordered and done by decree of the
court, to the end that such territory
described in said petition as amend
ed be organized and established into
a drainage district, as provided by
said drainage laws; that drainage
bonds be issued and sold, if neces-
sary; that all necessary assessments
be made and levied; and petitioners
pray for general relief. And you
are notified that all these things
have been had and done prior to
the final decree locating and estab-
fishing said district, and all interes-
ted parties except yourself, at the
date of said decree were duly before
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