The Lamar register., 1920-03-17
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION FOR
ORGANIZATION OF DRAINAGE
DISTRICT.

WHEREAS. E ]. Hardness, NJ. c.
miis.s anu af ne,iiio ~; hIsy, ndo as co d1d
on the 9TH day of March. 1920. at one
o'clock L. NJ, appear before the Board
Of County Commissioners OF Prowers
County. Colorado. at the Court House
in Lamar in said County. and then and
there present TO said Board a petition
der the terms and provisions OF an act
OF the General Assembly of the State
vide for the Organization and Govern
ment Of Drainage Districts" approved
June z; 1871. and the Acts amendatory
thereof. OF a drainage district to be
known as The Dry Creek Drainage
District" said district to comprise GER
tain lands situate in said Prowers coun-
WHEREAS. prior to such presenta-
tion said committee had duly given and
published notice thereof in all respects
as required by law. proof of which
publication is on file with said Board:
and
WHEREAS. said petition was accom-
panied By and there was filed there
with good and sufficient bond with
sureties approved by said Board in the
penal sum OF $4,000 Chat being double
the amount OF the probable cost OF the
toned for the payment of all costs in
CURED in said proceedings In case said
WHlEHs said no. petipion nj was aisn.d ana
by majority OF the owners OF lands
proposed to be included In said district.
as well as by the owners in the aggre-
gate OF IA majority OF the total number
OF acres of land sought to be included
therein. and Contained a general de-
scriptlon OF the boundaries OF said pro-
posed district. and a statement that the
lands within said proposed district are
not at present lully cultiNable or use
ful. and that they can be made NOR.
productive and useful by drainage: and
said petition was accompanied BY a
map drawn TO "A scale Of not less than
two inches to the mile. giving the
names OF the owner or owners OF each
tract of land appearing Of record ana
PROPOSED embraced
trict. and said petition and map also
contained general description OF the
proposed system of drainage. and,
WHEREAS. said petition contained a
prayer that said Board of COUNTY, Com
boundaries Of said proposed district.
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. no petitions either FOR
inclusion or exclusion OF lands were
| FILED or presented. and no Objection.
said Board OF County Commissioners
did thereupon. on said day. proceed To
| support thereof. and found that all oi
the lands proposed to be included IN
said district are agricultural lands nn,.
are susceptible of drainage by one and
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 drain
| and VIII be greatly benefited thereby:
and.
WHEREAS. said Board did thereup-
on make and enter an order designat-
ing the name of said district, defining
| and establishing the boundaries there
| Of. fixing date and place for hold
ing an election to decide upon the
question OF organizing said district and
Tor the election of directors thereof.
naming the Judges OF said election. and
naming three persons who are eligible
| for directors of said district. all as
hereinafter. specified, and by said or
der directed that notice of said election
/ be given and published in manner and
| form as required by law;
| HEREBY GIVEN that. in pursuance OF
said orders OF the Board of County
Commissioners of Prowers County, Col
orado. made and entered on the 5th day
provisions of an Act of the General
/ Assembly of the State of Colorado, en-
| titled AN Act to Provide for the Or
\ ganization and Government of Drain
age Districts. approved June 2, 1911
and the Acts amendatory thereof. an
| election viii be held on Saturday, March
sfth. 1870 for the purpose of determin-
ing whether or not the said draInnEe
district shall be organized under The
terms and provisions of said acts, and
| for the further purpose of electine
three directors for said drainage dis
| trict:
That the name of said proposed Dis
| trict is the Dry Creek Drainage Dis
trict.' and that the boundaries thereof
are as follows:
Commencing at the center of Sec
ton 5. Township 23 s.. Range a. w.
OF the 9Th p NJ. in Prowers County
colorado. running thence north be-
tween Lots and 3 of said Section
line OF the public highway which
runs parallel to and adjoining the
Iight-of-way of the Atehison.