The Lamar register., 1920-04-28
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION FOR
ORGANIZATION OF DRAINAGE
DISTRICT.

day Of April. 1920. at ten o'clock a. NJ.
appear before the Board of County
Commissioners OF Prowers County, COL
orado. at the court house in Lamar. in
said County, and then and there pre-
formation and organization. under the
terms and provisions of an act OF the
RADIO entitled. " An Act to Provide for
The Organization and Government of
Drainage Districts" approved June =
1871. and the Acts amendatory thereof
Of a drainage district to be known as
The Deadman Drainage District" said
district to comprise certain lands sit
unted in said Prowers County; and.
WHEREAS. prior to such presenta;
ton said committee had duly given and
published notice thereof in all respects
rs reduired by law. proof Of which pub
licSt9R T. on file J With said w9srd and
panied by and there was filed there
with, a good and sufficient bond with
the penal sum of three hundred dollars
tS3O0.0O), Chat being double the amount
tion of said district. which bond was
conditioned for the payment of all costs
said organization shall not be effect
WHEREAS, said petition was signed
by a majority of the owners of the
lands proposed to be included and em-
braced in said district. as wen as by
i0rity Of the total number OF acres Of
land sought to be Included in said dis
frict. and contained general descrip-
tion Of the Boundaries OF said proposed
district. and a statement that the lands
within the said proposed district are
not at present fully cultiVable or useful,
and that they can be made more pro-
ductive and useful BY drainage; and
was also accompanied by a map, drawn
to a scale of one inch to one thousand |
feet. giving the names OF the owner or |
owners Of each tract OF of land appear |
Ing Of record and proposed TO be em- |
bracCd in said district and said petition |
and map also contained general de-
scription OF the proposed system of
WHEREAs. said petition contained n |
prayer that said Board Of County Com
missioners define and establish the
boundaries OF said proposed district and |
designate the name thereof. and cause
the question OF organization of said
district to be submitted to a vote OF 1
the owners OF lands lying within the
boundaries thereof and proposed TO be
embraced therein; and,
WHEREAS. certain petitions for ex-
Cluaion OF lands were then and there. AS
well ms thereafter filed with said
Board: and.
Commissioners did theroupon proceed to
hear said petition for the formation Of
said district ms well as the petitions
ing from time to time and from day to
dav thereafter until all OF the evidence
ents or the district and Of the petition
ers for exclusion had been fully heard.
and at the conclusion Of said hearing,
on the 18th day OF April. 1920. found
Inc petifion FOR formation OF said dis
triet tiS would not be benefItted by the
proposed drainage system, and did
therefore. by order made on said
last named date. exclude said lands
from said proposed district: and did at
the same time find and determine by |
proposed 20 be included in said district
are agricultural lands and are suscep-
tlble OF drainage 6y one and me saine
general system OF works, and by the
system proposed and described in shld
petition and map. and that al OF saidi .,liii
ha greatly benefited thereby; and.
WHEREAS. said Board did thereupon
the name Of said district. defining and
establishing the boundaries Thereon ana
rixinr, the date and place for holding an
election to decide upon the question Of
organizing said district anu Tor me
election OF directors thsLeot' h't,.lms na,n
ing six persons who are eligible for dl-
rectors OF said district; all as herein
direct That notice OF said election be
given and published In manner ana
Now. THEREF0RE. NOTICE isl
HEREBY GIVEN that. in pursuance Of
said orders OF the Board OF county IoIn-
missionsrs OF Prowers County, Solora-
DO made and entered on the 10Th day
Of April. 1890. and OF the terms anu
sefnbiy Of the State OF Colorado entitl-
ed An Act to Provide for the Organi-
Di.triets'" approved June 2. 1911. and
the Acts amendatory thereof, an elee-
lion Will be held on Friday. May Z.
ttseihcr or not the said drainage dis
frict shall be organized under the terms
and provisions Of said Acts and FOR the
further purpose Of electlns three diiec-
tors for said drainage district
That the name of said proposed as
trict is The Deadman Drainage Dis
trict.r and that the boundaries there
BEGINNING at "A point on the south
boundary line OF Section Is. Town-
-hip 22 South, Range 45 West OF
the sixth Principal Meridian. m
Prowers County. Colorado. ssid poiht
being the Southwest corner OF the
gTsiI Of the SwL of said Section
!S. thence north thirteen hundred
twenty Ci32O) feet TO the center OF
the SNNl. OF said Section 26s thence
west thirteen hundred twenty (lS1Ul
feet, TO the west boundary line OF
sald Section 2S. said point being the
line SW D. OF said Section Is; thenee
North thirteen hundred twenty
CIs2OD feet to the west quarter corn
1r Of said Section 2ss thence west
Thlrtoou hundred twenty tlSzoD reef
10 the Southwest corner OF the 81 a
Of the NEA OF Section 20; thence
North twenty-siN hundred forty
tg6tOl feet to the Northwest corner
of the NEi. OF the NEA Of Section
30. thence east on the north bouhdI
ary line OF Section %. three hundred
thirty tS3OD feet: thence north sew
enteen hundred sixty tl16VD Ieet.
thonce east nine hundred ninety
t9gO) feet to an intersection Win ad
me east boundary line Of section zO'
fbeuce north nine hundred thuty-
nine fg3g) feet to an intersection
WIN fhc north right of way line OF
the Arkansas Valley, Railroad:
thence west along and following