South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-19
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE

NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th
day Of January. 1917. the following petit
ton, duly signed according TO law. was
hled In the office Of the Auditor Of st.
JesePh County. Indiana. to-wit: ...
STATE OF INDIANA. ST JOSEPH
COUNTY, Ss.-PetitiOn for Improved
Highway.
To the Honorable Board Of Commission
ers Of 81. Joseph County. State Of
The undersigned petitioners show 20
your Hc=Orable Board. that this petition
~ signed By az least Fifty fJOi freehold %
ers and voters uf Liberty Township. 81
Joseph County. Indiana. That there Is
an existing public highway In said
township, known and described as FOL
lows:
line Of the Town or North Liberty.
thence South on the Eastern boundary
or Section p. 20 the Southwest corner Of
Section Thirty three (}3i thence East
along the Southern Boundary 81 Section
thirty three t33J. 10 the Southwest cor
uer Of Section thirty-fGur t34J all To
Township thirty-siX (56i North. range
one CD east; thence South along the
Eastern boundary Of Section four ca, In
Township thirty-fve $50 North. range
one o. East 70 the Southeast corner Of
said Section four "a. thence East along
the Southern boundary or Sections three
lSl, two %. aud one 90 OH in Township
Thirty five f35l North. Range one %
East: thence East along the Southern
Boundary line OF Section six 60 Town
ship Thirty FIVE 49, North, Range two
YOUR PETIFIoNERs RESPECT
FULLY PETITION THAT SAID HIGH
WAY BE IMPROVED BY GRADING,
FOR A DISTANCE OF THREE MILES
SOUTHERN BOUNDARY LINE OF
THE TOWN OF North LiBER 3.I,
BOUNDARY OF SECTION THIRTY
TWO (32l TO THE SOUTHWEST COR
NER or SECTION THIRTY THREE
sOGTHERN BOUNDARY OF SECTION
THIRTY THREE t33l. To THE SOUTH
WEST CORNER OF SEXTON HIRIA-
E0uR(S9, II TOW HSH I,!,, T 6YF ~
EAST: THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE
EASTERN BOUNDARY OF SECTION
FOUR ca. IN TOWNSHIP THIRTY
FIVE (35). NORTH RANGE ONE Cd
EAST. TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER
OF SAID SECTION -FOUR a., A DIS
LANCE OF THREE go MILES OR
LESS AND CONNECTING AT THE
ONE END l. r. AT THE POINT OF
LINE OF THE INCORPORATED TOWN
OF NORTH LIBERTY AND CONNECT
ING AT THE TERMINUS WITH A
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
% the width OF twenty COZ feet ten
(i0l feet OF which shall be Of washed
gravel or screened gravel construction
That said gravel be placed between
planks ten tl0l feet apart. and that said
plauks be ten TO- inches high and the
said washed or screened gravel TO be
fourteen GA inches deep In the center.
a uniform curve from the top edges Of
said plank 20 the center or the rOadbed +;
and that the construction OF the i'm
proved highway herein petitioned for.
shall be constructed according TO plans
and specifications. accepted and ap-
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 be 30 constructed as 10 make
SAID gravel road a complete gravel road
Said petitioners further show. that
said Liberty Township has one tncOrpO-
rated town within 10 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 rs thirty thousand inhabitants.
Said petitioners further show that the
said road will he az public utility and
that 10 Will be Of public utility 90 drain,
grade and pave the same ~ herein set
out. and that the cost thereof viii be
less than the benefits thereto and that
said road viii not pass into OF through
a1y Incorporated city cor town.
Said petitioners also show. that said
road - three 60 miles or less in length
aud connects the southern Boundary
line ~ the town Of North Liberty with a
free gravel road. and upon and over
which suid highway runs United states
Mail Delivery Route
Said petitioners further request that
the bonds % be issued and sold FOR said
improvements be Issued i'm series and
payable In ten C10l years.
And your petitioners pray for the To-
ration and Improvement Of said highway
without the Intervention 81 an election.
all I'm accordance with the statutes of
the State OF Indiana. made and provided
for the construction OF Free Improved
Highways Of three 60 miles or less in
length.
For al 81 which they pray
Albert q. MsnguS and Its others
T. Arthur +. Wolf AuCitOr Of st.
Joseph County. State of Indiana. here
designate Monday. the 18th day of Feb
ruary. 1917. being the 9Th dJv Of the
regular February session 81 said court
As the day aud 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.
Auditor. II. Joseph County.
1926