The Lamar register., 1920-05-05
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION FOR
ORGANIZATION OF DRAINAGE
DISTRICT.

appear before the Board of County
Commissioners OF Prowers County. Col
said County. and then and there pre-
sent to said Board petition for the
terms and provisions of an act OF the
General Assembly of the State of Colo
rado entitled. - An Act to Provide for
the Organization and Government of
Drainage Districts" approved June :.
1911, and the Acts amendatory thereof.
Of drainage district to be known
The Deadman Drainage District" said
district to comprise certain lands sit
uated in said Prowers County; and.
WHEREAS. prior to such presentu-
tion said committee had duly given and
published notice thereof in all respects
lication is on file with said Board: and.
WHEREAS. said petition was accom-
with. good and sufficient bond with
sureties approved by this Board. in
the penal sum of three hundred dollars
S300-00). Chat being double the amount
OF the probable cost of the organiza-
tion of said district. which bond was
conditioned for the payment of all costs
said organization shall not be effect
ed: and.
by majority of the owners Of the
lands proposed to be included and EN-
brnccd in said district. as well as by
The owners IN the aggregate or ma
iority of the total number of acres OF
land sought to be included in said dis
trict and contained a 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-
ductlve 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-
braced in said district and said petition
.cription of the proposed system -of
drainage; and,
prayer that said Board of County Com
inissioners 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 vote of |
the owners of lands lying within the |
boundaries thereof and proposed to be |
embraced therein: and.
WHEREAS. certain petitions for ex-
clusion OF lands were then and there. as |
well as thereafter. FILED with said
Board; and.
Commissioners did thereupon proceed to |
hear said petition for the formation OF /
said district as wen as the petitions
for exclusion. and continued such hear
ing from time to time and from day to
day thereafter until all of the evidence
onts of the district and of the petition
crs for exclusion had been fully heard. |
and at the conclusion OF said hearing,
on the 10th day of April. 1920. found |
that certain tracts of land embraced in
the petition for formation of said dis
proposed drainage system. and did
therefore. by order made on said
from said proposed district: and did at
the same time find and determine by |
said order that all OF the other lands
proposed TO be included in said district |
are agricultural lands and are suscep-
tible Of drainage by one ana the same |
general system Of works. and by the
system proposed and described in said |
petition and map. and that all OF said
lands are In need of drainage and VIII /
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WHEREAS. said Board did thereupon |
make and enter an order designating |
establishing the boundaries thereof and |
fixing the date and place for holding an |
election to decide upon the question OF |
organizing said district and for the |
election OF directors thereof. naming |
the Judges OF said election and nam |
Ing six persons who are eligible for di- |
after specified. and did by said order |
direct that notice Of said election be
given and published in manner and
Vow. THEREFORE,. NOTICE Is
HEREBY GIVEN that. in pursuance OF
said orders of the Board OF County Com |
missioners OF Prowers County. Colora-
OF April. 1920. and OF the terms and
provisions OF an Act Of the General As
ssm6ly Of ne state psde9 a. SolofSS1 sor i5
zstion and Government OF Drainage
Districts" approved June 2. 1911. and
the Acts amendatory thereof. an cleo
ton win be held ON Friday. May. :,
1870 for the purpose OF determining
whether or not the said drainage dis
trict shall be organized under the terms
and provisions OF said Acts and for the
further purpose OF electing three direc-
tors for said drainage district.
That the name of said proposed dis
trict q. The Deadman Drainage Dis
trict." and that the boundaries there
OF are a. follows
Beginning at a point on the south
boundary line OF Section rs. Town
ship - South. Range I3 West OF
the Sixth Principal Meridian. in
prowers County. Colorado. said point
being the Southwest corner of the
SEA OF the SWA of said Section
IS. thence north thirteen hundred
twenty O32O) feet TO the center OF
the SwL OF said Section Is; thence
west thirteen hundred twenty n32Ol
feet. TO the west boundary line of
said Section IS. said point being the
Southwest corner OF the NWL Of
the SWi. OF said Section 2S: thence
North thirteen hundred twenty
(l320) feet to the west quarter corn
Thirteen hundred twenty u320) feet
to the Southwest corner of the Sc =
Of the NEA OF Section 29: thence
North twenty-siN hundred forty
(264O) feet to the Northwest corner
OF the NEI. of the NEh Of Section
AIRY line OF Section 20. three hundred
thirty (330) feet; thence north sew
enteen hundred sixty (l16OD feet;
thence east nine hundred ninety
$500 feet to an intersection with
the east boundary line of Section 20;
nine t939) feet to an intersection
with the north right of way line OF
thence west along and following