Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-03-10
March s..17.
PETITION FOR CONsOLIDATIoN.5

| March 3-17. u
PETITION FOR CONSOLIDATION.
State Of Minnesota,
County of Marshall.
| In District Court,
Fourteenth Judicial District
In the Matter Of the Constellation 81
udlcIai Ditches Numbered lO2 In
ma ~. and Beltrami Counties nnGl
LOB In Marshall COunty and 10 n
Marshall. Pennington and Beltr.mi
Counties, all I'm the State OF Mime
One of the Judges of the District
court aforesaid:
The County Board Of the County of
marshall, in the State of Minnesota
VA en- SAD County is and win be affect
ea. nt the consolidation and the con-
slfucllon OF the: drainage bitches here
mater described, and the undersigned
land owners whose property is affected
by the overflow hereinafter described
an na whose lands will be liable TO be
affected BY or assessed for the ex-
pense OF, the consolidation and con-
struction of the drainage bitches here
m matter described, respectfully show to
That there has been initiated and is
now pending in the court above named
a drainage proceeding known as Judi
clal Ditch No. 102 in Marshall and Bel
drainage ditch is proposed to be con-
structed to drain the lands in Town
ships l55, $50 and 157 north, Of Ranges
SO; 81. 3S. SO. 40. Al and Al west Of the
9TH Principal Meridian. situate in said
Counties of Marshall and Beltrami, in
a westerly direction into the Thief Ri
yer. for a more particular description
OF WHICH proceeding, the lands de-
branches proposed to be constructed
hereunder, reference is hereby made
to the petition and files in said proceed
ing, the allegations of which said petit
tions are hereby made a part of this
petition.
That there has been initiated and is
now pending in the court above named
cial Ditch No. 1Os in Marshall County
in said State by which a drainage ditch
is proposed to be constructed to drain
the lands in townships. 157 and 1873
north ntq ct ranges 80 and a west Of the
9TH Principal Meridian, situate in said
County OF Marshall, into the Thief Ri
Yer, for more particular description
of which proceeding. the lands de-
branches proposed to be constructed
hereunder, reference is hereby made
to the petition and files in said proceed
ing for the establishment Of said Judi.
claI Ditch No. lob, the allegations OF
which said petition are hereby made a
part Of this petition.
Ill
That there has been initiated and is
now pending in the court above named
a drainage Proceeding known as Judi
cla1 Ditch No 80, in Marshall, Penning-
ton and BeItrami Counties in said State
by which drainage ditch is proposed
to be constructed to drain and to
amplify the present drainage of the.
lands in Townships 155 and 1876 North,
of Ranges SO, 40, II, AZ and 43 West Of
the 9Th Principal Meridian and Town
West of the 5th Principal Meridian,
situate in said Counties of MARSHALL,
Pennington and BeItrami, said lands in
Guiding the drainage basin of Judicial
Ditch No. 20 Of said Marshall County
in westerly direction into the Thief
River for a more particular descrip-
ton Of which proceeding. the lands de-
branches proposed to be constructed
Hereunder, reference is hereby made
to the petition and files in said proceed
ing and order of the court on preIimin-
airy hearing therein, the allegations of
which said petition are hereby made
part of this petition.
W
That the proceedings for the estab-
Of said Judicial bitches num-
bered 1o2, JOB and 80 are for the estab-
lishment of open public bitches. and
that the waters from said bitches will
empty into a water course known as
Thief River, and that the construction
of said bitches. is@1ikely to cause by
yer, the overflow Of the waters there
of and the inundation Of great areas
of adjoining land.
That said Thief River IS small, mar
row, crooked and sluggish stream, in
capable of properly draining its water
shed or; of furnishing an adequate out
let either for the waters which natur-5
S<Nrr fr>- {a,pc-
posed to be added thereto by said
bitches.
That said River needs and requires
Improvement and control for the pur-
pose of furnishing an outlet for the
waters proposed to be added thereto by
said bitches and to prevent it from
overf1owing and inundating great areas
of land adjoining its banks.
That the Improvement and control of
said stream as an outlet for said
bitches and of the waters emptying into
it therefrom will be public benefit
and utility. and will improve the public
health, and protect the lands adjoining
said stream from overflow and inunda-
ton, and furnish an adequate outlet for
the waters from said proposed bitches.
Wherefore your petitioners pray that
the said proceedings for the establish
ment Of said Judicial bitches numbered
102, 1o3 and 30 be consolidated into one
system and the extension of the. same
SO as to furnish proper outlet for all
the waters Of the basin and drainage
area that naturally drain or are led by
bitches into said Thief River, and that
the cost of constructing said outlet be
borne by all the lands to be benefited
thereby, and that IN order to equItab1y
apportion the cost of the construction
of the said Improvement and the ex-
tension Of said outlet to all the lands
to be benefited thereby it is necessary
that said proceedings be merged and
consoIidated; and your petitioners fur
Their pray that the court make an order
Set vN1a fl,rAf fSnA rNivR
upon this petition and ordering all
proceedings now pending in said JUDI
icial Ditch proceedings numbered 102,
103 and so stayed until the hearing and
determination hereof.
Dated February 18th, 1920.
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