Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-03-03

March 3-17.
PETITION FOR CONsOLIDATION.


March 3-17.
PETITION FOR CONsOLIDATION.
State OF Minnesota.
County OF Marshall. s.
n District Court
FOurteenth judicial District
judicial Dltches Numbered- Ia Is
Marnhall and BeItraml Counties ma
IOS IN Marshall County, and so n
NiNrshall. PenninEton and SBeltrumi
go.anties, all In the. State OF Mime
Io 81. the Ho4orable Andrew Grindeland,s
One Of the Judges OF the District
Court aforesaid: 3sss3s
4. The County Board OF the County Of
MARSHALL, in the State Of Minnesota,
W w e1 SAG 4h County is and will be affect
7struction Of the drainage bitches ERE
lnafters described, and the undersigned
land Ian owners whose property IS affected
and whose lands will be liable to be
affected by, or assessed for the ex =
pense Of. the consolidation and con-
struction Of the drainage bitches here
l m described, respectfully show to
That there has been initiated and is
now pending In the court above named
9 9, q Drainage proceeding known as judi
trami Counties in said State by which
a drainage ditch is proposed to be con-
structed to drain the land lin Town
g. ss'ps 1ss and and ao4th tRanF fS
9Th Principal Meridian, situate in said
Counties of Marshall and Beltrami, in
a westerly direction into the Thief Ri
ver,5 for more particular description
of which proceeding, the lands de-
scribed therein, and the ditch and
branches proposed to be- constructed
thereunder, reference is hereby made
ing, the allegations Of which said petit
tons are hereby made a part OF this
petition. $s !. & i$$s-sS 49,
That there has been Initiated and is
q drainage proceeding known as Judi
scial Ditch No. 1O3 in Marshall County
IN said State bysswhich a drainage ditch
lis proposed to be constructed to5@drain.
the lands in townships 157 and ts158
north Of ranges 40 and Al west Of the
9Th Principal Meridian. situate in said
County OF Marshall, into the Thief Ri
YER for more particular description
scribed therein, and the ditch and
branches proposed to be constructed
thereunder, reference is hereby made
to the petition and files in said proceed
ing for the establishment Of said Judi
cial Ditch No LOB. the allegations Of
which said petition are hereby made a
part Of this petition, S5zaa
Eytz% Il IL q So - @
That there has been Initiated and is
now pending in the court above named
Z drainage proceeding known as sJudi-
cial Ditch No.. 80, in Marshall, Penning-
ton and BeltramiS Counties in said State
to be constructed to drain and to
amplify the present drainage Of the
lands in Townships 155 and 156 North,
9f Rsanggs 30 10 41a2 and 4s West Ig
ship 155 North, of Ranges Sc. 81 and 38
West Of the 9Th Principal Meridian,
situate in said Counties Of MARSHALL,
Pennington and Be1trami, said lands in-,
Guiding the drainage basin of judicial
bitches Nos: ~, 10 and Is and County
Ditch No. 20 Of said Marshall County.
in a westerly direction into the Thief
River, foEia more gartlcular descrip-
scribed therein, and the ditch and
branches proposed to be- constructed
reference is hereby made
to the petition and files in said proceed
ary hearing therein, the allegations of
which said petition are hereby made "a
part ofsthis petition.
~. rs
That the proceedings for the estab-s
zlishment of said Judicial bitches NUM-:
bered 1922 1O3 and 3Oaare for the estab-s
lishment Of open public bitches, s and,
that the waters from said bitches will
empty into q water course known as
Thief .Riyer,and that the construction
reason Of the waters added to said: Ri.
Ever, the overflow Of the waters there
Sof and the inundation Of great areas
of adjoining land.
That said Thief River is small, mar
row, crooked and sluggish stream. in
capable Of property draining5its water
shed or of furnishing an adequate out
let either for the waters which natur-.
ally flow into it or for the waters pro-
posed to be added thereto by said
bitches. rs n s 80. s.
That said River needs and requires
pose of furnishing an outlet for the
waters, proposed to be added thereto by
said bitches and to preVent5.its from
overflowing and inundating great areas
Of land adjoining its banks.
s. That the improvement and control OF
said stream. as an outlet for said
bitches and Of the waters emptylng into
it therefrom will be a public benefit
health, and protect the lands adjoining
said stream from overtio W and inunda-
ton, and furnish an adequate outie Tor.
the waters from said proposed bitches
Sss Wherefore Y our etitionerss pray that
the said proceedings forAthe establish
ment Of said Jud icial bitches numbered
s1O2,#1O3 and 80 be consolidated into one
system and the extension of the same
so as to furnish proper outlet for all
the waters of the basin and drainage
area that naturally drain or are led by
bitches into said Thief River and that
the cost of constructing said outlet pc;
borne by all the lands to; be benefited
thereby, and that in order to eqult bly,
apportion the cost Of the construc ton
of the said Improvement and the ex-.
tension of said outlet TO all the lands
that said proceedings be merged and
consolidated; and your petitioners FUR