The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-08-15
NOTICE OF LETTING
OF DRAIN COTRACT

OF DRAIN COTRACT
Notice is Hereby Given, That /,
Chas. E. Ashley, County Drain Com
missioner of the County of Van Bur-
en-, State of Michigan, will, on the
9th day of August, A. ID. 1919, at
the residence of Guy Colburn in the
township of Waverly, in said County
of Van Buren, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon of that day, proceed to re-
ceive bids for the construction Of q
certain Drain known and designated
as Buckley Drain" located and es-
tablished in the Township Of Waiver
ly and Paw Paw in said County Of
Van Buren, and described as follows,
to-wit:
Said Buckley Drain" as deepened,
widened and extended commences at
a point in the Garter Greek Drain"
20 ch. N. from the S.. quarter-post
Of Sec. SO in Waverly township, Van
Buren, County, Mich, and bears E on
the south eighth line of Sec. 33,
1894 chs. on the line between the N.
two thirds of the S. w. 4 of the S.
E u of Sec. 33, owned by Martin B..
and Myrtle M. Terrill and the N. w.
4 of the S. E. Y of Sec. 33 owned
by Frank LePert. Drain bears thence
N. 60 deg. E. .06 Oh. to the E line of
LePert's land as described above.
Length of Drain on this land 20. chs.
Drain crosses e. line of this land on
to the N. E. Il of the S. E. u of
Sec. 33 owned by John H. Laundering
.03 oh. N. from their common S.
line and continues N. 60 deg. E so Oh
thence f. 1886 chs. to the E. line
of this land. Length of drain on this
land, 1896 chs.
Drain crosses E. line of this land
onto the w. u of the N. w. u of
the S. w. u of Sec. 81, owned by
John H. Lammering, .25 Oh. N. from
the eighth line and continues E. 10.
chs. to the E. line of this land. Drain
crosses E. line of this land onto the
E. q of the N. u of the S. w. u of
Sec. "a, owned by Guy F. and Bertha
G. Colburn .25 CHI. N from the eighth
line and continues f. 1875 chs,
thence S. Pr deg. E. .25 oh. to the S.
line of this land. Length of drain on
this land 20. chs.
Drain crosses S. line of this land
onto the N. u of the S. E. Il of the
S. w. Il of Sec. 81 owned by Guy F.
and Bertha G. Colburn, 1918 chs. w.
from their common E. line and bears
S. II deg. E. 10.16 chs to the S. line
of this land. Drain crosses the S.
line of this land onto the S. E. 4
of the S. E. u Of the S. w. u of
Sec. "a, owned by Elijah L. Green
and wife, Mary E. at it's N. w. cor
ner and continues S. IL deg. E. 1907
chs thence E. 2.60 chs. thence S. 21a
deg. E. 10 chs. to the S. line of this
land. Length of drain on this land
1890 chs.
Drain crosses S. line of this land
1923 chs. w. from its S. E. corner on
to the E. FIR. p of the N. w. FIR. 4
of Sec. 8 in Paw Paw township owned
by Frank Cutter 6.73 chs. w. from
it's n. f. corner and continues S.
IL deg. E. 617 chs. thence s. 841a
deg. E. 706 chs to the f line of this
land. Length of drain on this land
1928 chs. Drain crosses f line Of this
land onto the w. "a a. of the n. FIR.
y of the n. f. FIR. Il of Sec 8 owned
by Ernest Cutler, 7.76 chs. S. from
the N. line of Sec. 8 and continues
S. S41a deg. f. 11.24 chs thence S.
70 deg f "a chs. to the f line of this
land. Length of drain on this land,
1908 chs. Drain crosses f. line of
this land onto the N. FIR. p of the N.
E. FIR. Il of Sec. 8 Except the west
"a acres) owned by Llewellyn w. Ar
mold and wife, Fannie c., 923 chs.
S. from the N. line of Sec. and con-
tinues S. 70 deg. F.. 900 chs, thence
S SO deg f. 200 chs. and ends at this
point, $3.50 chs. f. and 11.40 chs. S.
from the N. quarterpost of Sec. 8, in
Paw Paw township. Length of drain
on L. w. Arnold's land, 1190 chs.
Total length of drain 10000 chains.
The line of drain described above
is to be the center line thereof, and
the excavation is to be made and the
excavations deposited equally on
each side of this line. A strip of