The Lamar register., 1920-03-10
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION FOR
ORGANIZATION OF DRAINAGE
DISTRICT.

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Rice and Florence f. Brisky. as a com
| mittee Of petitioning landowners. did
on the 9TH day OF March. 1920. at one
o'clock T.. NJ. appear before the Board
OF County Commissioners of Prowers
County. Colorado. at the Court House
in Lamar in said County, and then aId
ther. present to said Board petition
FOR the formation and organization, un-
der the terms and proyisions of AN act
| of Colorado entitled An Act to Pro-
vide for the Organization and Govefn-
ment Of Drainage Districts approved
June 2. 1911. and the Acts amendatory
ihereof. OF drainage district to he
% known as The Dry Creek Drainage
District. said district to comprise GER
tain lands situate in said Prowers Coun-
ty. and.
WHEREAS. prior to such presenta-
ton said committee had duly given aud
published notice thereof in all respects
as required by law. proof Of which
puDlication Is on file with said Board; /;
and,
WHEREAS. said petition was accom-
panied BY and there was filed there
with good and sufficient bond with
sureties approved by said Board i'm the
penal sum OF s3o0.O0 Chat being double
the amount OF the probable cost Of the
organization of said district, condi-
TONED for the payment of all costs in
CURED in said proceedings in case said
organization shall not be effected: and,
WHEltEAS. said petition was signed
oy majority Of the owners Of lands
proposed to be included In said district,
well by the owners in the aggre-
gate OF "A majority of the total number
therein. and contained general de-
scriptlon OF the boundaries OF said pro-
posed district. and a statement that the
lands within said proposed district are
not at present fully cultivable or use
ful. and that they can be made more
productive and useful by drainage; aud
said petition was accompanied by a
map drawn to a scale of not less than
two inches to the mile. giving the
names OF The owner or owners of each
tract Of land appearing OF record and
proposed to be embraced in said dis
trict. and said petition and map also
contained a general description OF tn.
proposed system OF drainage; and
WHEREAS. said petition contained a
prayer that said Board Of County Com
nissioners define and establish the
boundaries OF said proposed district.
designate the name thereof, and cnuss
the question OF organization OF snid
district to be submitted to a vote of
the owners of lands lying within the
boundaries thereof and proposed to b.
embraced therein; and
WHEREAS. no petitions either for
inclusion or exclusion of lands Were
filed or presented. and no objections
eilher oral or written were made, and
said Board OF County Commissioner
did thereupon. on said day. proceed 10
hear said petition and the proofs in
support thereof. and found that all 81
the lands proposed to be included in
said district are agricultural lands an.
are susceptible of drainage by one aud
the same general system OF works and
bN the system proposed and described
In said petition and map. and that am
OF said lands are in need of drait.
and. ''
WHEREAS. said Board did ther.un-
on make and enter an order designnt-
ing the name OF said district, defining
and establishing the boundaries there
in; in. i,n'nE AK ,i,, a date and place for hold
question Of organizing said district and
Tor the election of directors thereof
naming the judges of said election. and
naming three persons who are eligible
Tor directors of said district, ali as
hereinafter specified. and by said or
der directed that notice of said election
iorm as required by law;
NOW. THEREFORE,, NOTICE is
hEkEBh GIVEN that. in pursuance of
SAID orders of the Board of County
orado. made and entered on the 9Th day
OF March. 1890. and of the terms and
provisions Of an Act of the General
Assembly of the State of Colorado. en-
ganization and Government of Drain
age Districts" approved June .. 1911
ana the Acts amendatory thereof an
eiection viii he held on Saturday, March
ing whether OF not the said drainage
district shall be organized under the
terms ana provisions of said acts nnd
ior the further purpose of electirr
trict:
That the name of said proposed Dis
trlct Is the Dry Creek Drainage Dis
are as follows:
Commencing at the center OF Sec
Ton >. Township 2S s.. Range a w
Of the 9Th p. NJ. in Prowers County.
toiorado: tSnn running thence north be
to an intersection with the souti,
line OF the public highway which
runs parallel to and adjoining tho
ropeka IVA s.. OF he Atehlson.