South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-24
NOTICE OF FILING OF \ PETI-
TION FOR THE IMPROVE
MENT OF \ HIGHWAY IN
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY,
STATE OF IN

! DIANA.
Notice is hereby given, that a pc
| tition addressed to the Board OF
! Commissioners of a County OF ST.
/ Joseph in the State OF Indiana, sign
ed by Albert Perry and other per
IONS more than fifty IN number who
/ represent themselves each to be a
| freeholder and voter of said county
and which petition prays for the I'm
provement of a highway wholly in
! said county, was on the 22nd day of
/ March, A. ID. 1919. flied in the office
of the Auditor OF said county.
That said Auditor did then and
there by endorsement upon said pc
titiOn designate the 14th day of April,
| A. ID. 1919, the same being a day IN
| the regular session of the said Board
| OF Commissioners, and which said
/ day is not more than thirty days aft
er the filing of said petition, as the
! day upon which the petitioners
would present said petition 10 said
| Board of Commissioners.
said petition is for the improve
ment OF a certain highway under the
/ Act passed at the list REGULAR ses-
sion of the General ASSEMBLY Of the
State of Indiana, which Act is en-
titled An Act TO provide for the
establishment, opening, widening. re-
pair, construction and maintenance
of highways, culvertS and bridges
throughout the county and upon
county lines, providing for the To-
cation, the manner of their construc
tiOn supervision and control; proVid-
ing for the issuance OF county bonds
for payment for all such improve
ments, ana providing for the taking
over of township roads by the coun-
nd he Z ir.-g # nrra n a
county highways and all other mat
tiers properly connected Herewith
and declaring an emergency Which
Act was approved March 18th, A. ID.
1919, and which said Act is common
ly known as the County Unit Road
Act"
That the matter TO be considered
at such hearing Is whether said pc
tition is III due torn and sufficient
in substance 10 Justify the said Board
Commissioners in making and enter
ing an order for the said petition
TO be spread of record and referring
the matter in said petition prayed
for to the county surveyor or to an
engineer in accordance with the pro-
visions of said Act.
That the beginning, course and
termination of SAID highway pro
posed to be graded, drained and
paved, are as follows:
Beginning at a point of the Bre-
men Highway where it crosses the
south section line of section %,
township 20 north, range three east,
ia said county; thence running west
on the south section lines of sec
lions 81, 2S, 80 and so. of said town
ship and ranse; and thence contlnu-
ing west along said highway on the
south section lines of sections %,
&c, 81, IS, % and so, of township
Sc north, range two east; and thence
continuing west along said highway
on the south section lines of sec
tions %. &c. - and 2S of township
Sc north, range one east, to the point
where the eastern boundary line OF
the town OF North Liberty crosses
the said south section line of said
last described section IS, where 1t
terminates.
That the beginning, course and
termination of the portion of said
highway proposed to be opened, laid
out and established. is as follows:
Commencing at a point OF the pubic
road at the southwest corner or sec
ton u, township SO north, range
three east, and thence running west
on the south section lines of sec
lions > anu VI F7e~ANa ~" --N'A--
and range, to the Turkey Creek
Highway where it crosses the south
section line of said section %; said
new road TO be of the entire width
of forty feet, with 20 feet in width
on each side of said section lines.
Now, therefore, all persons or cor
porations whose lands or property
will be affected by the work In said
petition prayed for, and all other
persons interested, if any, are mere
by notified that or the fourteenth
day of April, 1919, at 10 O'Clock IN
the forenoon, or as soon thereafter
as said petition can be heard, at the
Commissioners Room at the Court
House of St. Joseph County, Indiana,
the said petition will then and there
be presented TO said Board OF COM
missioners and a hearing had there
on. and that any Interested party
NAV appear at said hearing and
show cause, if any he have. why
the prayer of said petition should not
be granted.
In witness whereof !. Arthur f..
Wolf. Auditor of st. Joseph County.
do hereby sign the above notice ana
afix my seal thereto, this 22nd day
of March, A. d 1919.
ARTHUR +. WOLF,
Auditor Of St. Joseph County
CHARLES WEIDLER & MILLER
GUY,
Attorneys for Petitioners
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