The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-01-22

on the furnishing of satisfactory proof
BY Mr.. Hewitt that all other bills had
been satisfied.
The Grit Printing Company and the
Sedgvick Sun filed bids for the pub
lishing Of the proceedings Of the
Board, and other legal notices for the
year 1920. the Grit Printing Company
bidding the sum Of Sl25.O0, payable
quarterly, and the Sedgwick Sun the
sum of $500, payable quarterly, as
heretofore. The Board, after due con
sideration of the above proposals, ac-
cepted the same.
Upon the petition Of T. A. Smith,
for the exclusion of land, the follow
ing resolution was duly passed and
adopted:
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS T. A. Smith has filed
with the Secretary of this Board mis-
petition in writing, praying for the
exclusion from The Julesburg 1rriga-
.ion District the following described
land, to-wit:
The Northwest Quarter tNWA) of
Section Thirty-five (S5), in Township
Twelve U2) North, of Range Forty
five (45) West of the 9th Principal
Meridian, with the exception of For
ty (40) acres, lying along the south
line of said Northwest Quarter, de
scribed as follows:
Beginning at point AIS feet east
Of the west section line between sec
tions 81 and 35, at the Intersection Of
the half section line running east and
west in said section 35, running thaHce
east on said helf section line 4 dis
tance of l984.5 feet; thence north
parallel with said section line dis
tance of 1856 feet; thence west @
Il line parallel with said half sectio~
line distance Of 19s4.5 feet to a point
AIS feet east of the west section line
of said Section 35; thence south on a
line parallel with said west section
line of said Section 35. and AIS feet
distant therefrom, a distance of S25.G
feet to the point of beginning. cor
tanning 1000 acres; and
WHEREAS, by resolution OF the
Board of Directors adopted Decenr-
ber 2. 1919, the 9th day of January 4
D. 1920, at the hour of ten o'clock in
the forenoon of said day at the office
of the Board Of Directors of The
Julesburg Irrigation District, in Jules
burg, Colorado, was set as the time
ard place for the hearing Of said pc
tition: and
WHEREAS, it appears from the
Publishers Affidavit that due and
legal notice of the hearing of said
petition has been given. as provided
by law: and
WHEREAS, on this 9Th day Of
January A. d. 1920, the said matter
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Board; and
WHEREAS, no person appearing
and filing objections in writing tn
the granting of said petition. there
fore, the said Board upon hearing
said petition and the inspection Of said
land by the members Of the Board
heretofore made. the Board finds that
tn said T. A. Smith is the preseu.
owner of the above described land,
and that the said land is included
within the boundaries of The Jules
burg Irrigation District, and have
been so included since the date of the
organization thereof; that said I, 4.
Smith or his grantors did not par
ticipate in the organization Of said
district by the signing Of the petition
for such organization. or in any otHn
manner. that all of said land sought
to be exempted is of character un-
suitable and unfit for agriculture II
| irrigation; that said lands so sought
to be exempted from the District hay
never been cultivated or irrigated
from the irrigation system of said
District: that all taxes, both general
and irrigation taxes have been paid
BE 1T THEREFORE RESOLVED,
that all of said Northwest Quarter of
Section 80, in Township l2 North
Range As West of the 9th Principal
Meridian, in Sedgwick County, Colo
RADIO, with the exception Of that por-
ton of said Quarter section herein
before described by metes and bounds
be, and the same is hereby excluded
from The Julesburg Irrigation Dis
trict, and relieved from further tax
alton for irrigation purposes and that
said land so exempted be relieved
from the tax for the year 1919, which
is now due
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED that
the Secretary cause notice Of this ac-
ton of the Board of Directors to be
communicated to the County Assessor
and the County Treasurer. respective
ly, of Sedgwick County, Colorado
Upon motion duly made and sec
onded, the above resolution was du'
adopted.
The matter Of the petition of Agnes
and Mary Spencer for the exclusion OF
land from The Julesburg Irrigation
District was thereupon brought to the
| attention of the Board, and the fol
lowing resolution was presented:
pEC0J JTTJON
WHEREAS. Agnes Spencer and
Mary Spencer have filed with the
Secretary of this Board their pcti-
ton in writing, pryaing for the eN
| clusion from the Julesburg Irrigation
District the following described land
/ to-Wlt:
! The East Half of the Northeast
! Quarter tEl2NEh) cf Section Eich
! teen |ls). in Township Eleven 1D
( North, of Range Forty-six (46) West
of the 9Th Principal Meridian. in the
( County of Sedgwick. State of Colo