Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-09-10
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
Hearing On Engineers Report.

In the matter of a petition seeking
to establish Drainage District
along the Middle Fork of the
Obion River above the Illinois
Central Railroad in Weakley
County.
Pending in the County Court of
Weakley County, Tennessee.
7. M. Ryan ct ais, petitioners ex-
parte, to create and establish a
drainage or drainage and levee dis
trict along the valley Of the Middle
Fork of the Obion. River above the
Illinois Central Railroad, known as
district No. 6 Of Weakley County,
Tennessee.
In obedience to an order of the
County Court of Weakley County,
Tennessee made on the 6tn day of
September, 1920, publication notice
is hereby given that on the 9th day
of February, 1920, T. M. Ryan ct al
filed in the aforesaid court their pc
tition, seeking to create and estab-
lish drainage or drainage and levee
district of the lands described in
said petition, embracing that por-
ton of the valley of the Middle
Fork of Obion River, beginning at
a point in the extreme overflow line
on the north side of said valley and
in the line between Henry and
Weakley counties, Tennessee, and
extending thence in a southwesterly
direction, generally, following the
highwater or overflow line on the
north side Of said valley, crossing
the Nashville, Chattanooga and st.
Louis Railroad and Railroad right
of way, to the east line of the right
of way of the Illinois Central Rail
road Company, thence in a south
erly direction following the east
line of the right of way of the said
Illinois Central Railroad Company
to a point on the south side Of the
valley of said Middle Fork of the
Obion River in the highwater or
overflow line, thence in an easterly
direction, generally, following the
highwater or overflow line of the
valley of the said Middle Fork of
Obion River on the south side of
said valley, crossing the Nashville,
Chattanooga and st. Louis Railroad
and Railroad right of way, to
point in the line between Henry
and Weakley counties, Tennessee,
thence in a northly direction across
said valley with said county line to
the point of beginning.
And that, in pursuance of the
prayer of said petition, on the 18th
day of February 1920, upon motion
and application of the petitioners,
the court appointed F. T. Toby, a
competant, capable and disinterest-
ed Civil Engineer, directing him
to survey and locate sudA ditch
or bitches, drain or drains,
levee or levees, improvement or i'm
provements as he might find praiti-
cable to carry out the purposes of
the petitioners in this cause and
which would be of public benefit or
utility or conducive to the public
health, and to make his return of his
survey, together with plans, maps,
profiles, estimates of cost and full
and complete description Of said dis
trict and the individual tracts en-
braced therein to the clerk of the
County Court of Wealzley County,
Tennessee at a subsequent term Of
said court. And the said F. T.
Toby, engineer as aforesaid, having
filed his return vita maps, plans,
profiles, estimates of cost and de-
scription of said proposed district,
and the individual, tracts therein, as
and directed by the court,
On the End day of June 1920, with
me as clerk of said court, all of
which are now on file in my office
at Dresden, Tennessee, subject to
the examination and inspection of
those interested or in any way con-
cerned.
Now, therefore, all persons, firms,
Or corporations interested or con7
,erned as owners, lien holders, mort
cages, incumbrancers or occupants,
list of whose names may be found
On file in my office at Dresden,
Tennessee, and all other parties
Who may be interested in any way
n any of the lands embraced in
aid proposed drainage district here
and in said Engineers
Report describe, except petition
ers, in the name of the State of
Tennessee, are hereby notified that
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