The Lamar register., 1920-04-21
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION FOR
ORGANIZATION OF DRAINAGE
DISTRICT.


Commissioners OF Prowers County. Col
orado. at the court house in Lamar IL
said County, and then and there pre-
sent to said Board petition for tht
formation and organization. under tbs
terms and provisions OF an act OF th'
General Assembly of the State OF Colo
rado entitled. An Act to Provide FOL
the Organization and Government oi
Drainage Districts" approved June
of a drainage district to be known as
The Deadman Drainage District sale
district to comprise certain r lands SIT
WHEREAS. prior to such presenta,
tion said committee had duly given and
as required by law. proof Of which pub
WHEREAS. said petition was accom-
panied by. and there was filed there
with. a good and sufficient bond with
sureties approved by this Board, IN
(s30O.00). Chat being double the amount
of the probable cost of the organiza-
ton of said district. which bond was
conditioned for the payment OF az costs
incurred in said proceedings in case
said organization shall not be effect
WHEREAS. said petition was signed
by a majority of the owners OF the
lands proposed to be included and en- n,
the owners in the aggregate Of ma
Jority of the total number Of acres OF
land sought to be included in said dis
irict. and contained genera descflp5I
tIon OF the boundaries of said proposed
district. and a statement that the lands
within the said proposed district are
not nt present fully cultivabls or usefuL
and that they can be made more pro-
ductive and useful by drainage; and
was also accompanied by n map. drawn
TO a scale of one inch to one thousand
feet. giving the names or the owner or
owners of each tract Of Of land appear
ing OF record and proposed to be en-
braced in said district and said petition
scription OF the proposed system of
drainage: and.
PRAYER that said Board Of County Com
missioners 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 a 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
WHEREAS. said Board OF County
Commissioners did thereupon proceed to
hear said petition for the formation OF
said district as well as the petitions
for exclusion. and continued such hear
ing from time TO time and from dag to
day thereafter until all Of the evidence
offered both on behalf Of the propon-
ents OF the district and OF the petition
ers for exclusion had been fully heard,
and at the conclusion Of said hearing.
on the 18th day of April. 1920. found
the petition for formation of said dis
trict would not be benefited by the
nroposed drainage Ira system: stem: and sdid did
last named date. exclude said lands
from said proposed district: and did at
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 and the same
general system OF works. and by the
system proposed and described in said
lands are in need Of drainage and viii
be greatly benefited thereby: and.
WE MHErsEAS, ,td -, ssia S"nrn order pid daiignstIne
the name OF said district. defining and
esta hlishinE the boundaries thereof and
fixing the date and place for holding an
eiection TO decide upon the question OF
organizing said district and for the
election OF direet9rs th.reot; hanins ,ial,,s
ing six persons who are eligible for di-
rectors OF said district, all AZ herein
after specified. and did by said order
direct that notice OF said election be
given and published IN manner anu
form as regIIuiired9, !, by By n law >,orrcr rs
HEREBY GIVEN that. in pursuanee Of
said orders OF the Board Of County Com
do. made and entered on the 18th day
Of Aprii. 1920. and Of the terms and
provisions of an Act of the General a, AZ
ed An Act TO Provide for the OrEani-
zation and Government Of Drainage
the Acts amendatory thereof. an cleo
tion will be held on Friday. May Z.
1920, 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 dlrec-
tors for said drainage district.
That the name OF said proposed dis
trict Is The Deadman Drainage Dis
trict." and that the boundaries there
Of are as follows
Beginning at poi.t on the south
boundary line OF Section 2b, Town
ship 20 South. Range i3 West OF
the Sixth Principal Meridian. IN
Prowers County, Colorado. said point
SEL OF the SwL OF said Section
rs: thence north thirteen hundred
twenty (132O) feet to the center OF
the Swn OF said Section IS: thence
west thirteen hundred twenty tl320l
said Section IS. said point being the
Southwest corner Of the NW4 OF
the SWl. OF said Section rs. thence
North thirteen hundred twenty
$500 feet TO the west quarter corn
Thirteen hundred twenty tlS2u) feet
to the Southwest corner Of the Sc =
of the MEL OF Section %: thence
North twenty-siN hundred forty
(264O) feet to the Northwest corner
of the NEL of the NEA OF Section
airy line OF Section %. three hundred
thirty (330) feet: thence north sew
enteen hundred sixty u160) feet
thence east nine hundred ninety
the east boundary line OF Section 90
thence north nine hundred thirty
nine (939D feet to an Intersection
with the north right OF way line OF
the Arkansas Valley Railroad
thence west along and following
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