South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-15
LEGAL NOTICES.
NOTICE OF THE FILING OF A PETI-
TlON FOR THE IMPROVEMENT
OF A HIGHWAY IN ST. JOSEPH
COUNTY IN THE STATE


Notice is hereby given. that a petition
addressed TO the Board Of Commission
ers Of the County Of St Joseph In the
State Of Indiana, signed BY Jacob Is.
Stickel and other persons, more than
nifty In number, who represent them
selves each TO be a freebooter and voter
of said county end which petition pray 8
for the Improvement OF highway
wholly in said county was on the l2th
day Of November, \. ID. 1920. flied ia the
office of said county auditor
That saiu Auditor did then and there
by endorsement upon said petition deSlg-
nate the 9th day OF December, y D.
1.i1c, the same being a day In the regu-
lar session after the Ming OF said petit
tiOn as the day upon which the petition
CrS would present said petition 10 said
Board OF Commissioners.
That said petition for the improvement
Of a certain highway under the Act pass
ed at the list regular session Of the gen
eTal assembly OF the State OF Indiana
which Act Is entitled. An Act TO pro
vide for the establishment, opening,
Widening repair. construction and main
tenance OF highways, culverts ana
oIldges throughout the county aud uUon
county lines, providing FOR the location,
the manner Of their construction, super
vision and control: providing for the Is
splucp of county bonds for payment Tor
al such improvements. and providing
for the taking over Of township roads
ny the county and the making OF certain
roads. county highways and all other
matters properly connected herewith
and declared an emergency" Watch
Act was approved March 1lth, a. ID.
1919. and which said Act is common y
known as The County Unit Road Act (.
arc all Acts supplemental thereto and
amenuatory thereof.
That the matter 10 be considered at
such hearing is whether said petition Is
In due form and sufficient in substance
10 Justify the said Board of Commits
In fr4I tori
for said petition TO be spread OF record
and referring the matter I'm said petition
prayed for 10 the county surveyor or TO
the engineer in accordance with the pro
vision Of said Act.
That the beginning. course and ter
minatiOn Of said proposed highway and
the improvement are as follows:
beginning along the Beebe road I'm
provement on the Dragon Trail high
way In Penn Township az the intersec-
tiOn OF Dragon Trail with the north
and-sOuth highway or the section line
between Sections Twenty hye t20l an 4
Twenty six l2Jl Township Thirty seven
North, Range Three 90 East In Penn
Township. st. Joseph County, Indiana
then southwark on said Section line 10
the east-and west highway called New
Road in Madison Township, st. Jo-
srph County. Indiana
That said petitioners recommend that
tie highway bee made Fourteen tlfD feet
N width. and also recommend shat said
highway be paved or reSuFIiced Win
washed gravel, with sufficient berms and
bitches on each side thereof and with
such cuverts, bridges or other water
ways as the surveyor or engineer and
the Board Of Commissioners Of sal
county may deem sufficient.
Now therefore. all persons or corpora
tions whose land or property will be af-
fected by the work In said petition pray.
ed for and all other interested persons.
II any. are hereby notified that on the
9Th day OF December a. ID. 1920, at 10
o'clock I'm the forenoon or as soon there
after as the said petition can be heard
at the Commissioners rooms I'm the
Court House Of St Joseph County, Ind
the said petition viii then and there he
presented 10 said Board II Commission
ers and a hearing had thereon and any
Interested person, II any, may appear ~
said hearing and show cause II any. he
have. why the prayer OF said petitions
should not be granted
I'm witness thereof 7. Clarence Sedg-
wick. Auditor 81 ST Joseph County. do
hereby sign the above and afTlX my seal
thereto on this 18th day Ok November
T. y. 1920
CLARENCE SEDGwICE,
Auditor Of ST. Joseph County
ISAAC KANE PARKS,
Attorney For petitioners.
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