The Lamar register., 1921-04-27
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION FOR
ORGANIZATION OF DRAINAGE
DISTRICT.

Office of the Board of County Com
missioners of Bent County. Colorado.
In the Matter of the Organization OF
''rhe River View Drainage District"
WHEHEAS J. IL. Downing, r. l..
Sargent. and W. +. Cross. us COM
mIttee of petitioning land owners. did
on the 9th day of April. 1921. at II
o'clock y. NJ. appear before the Board
{ OF County Commissioners of Bent Coun-
" Colorado, at the Court House in
Las Aniinas. in said county. and then
ton for the formation and organization
under the terms and provisions of an
Act OF the General Assembly of the
state of Colorado. entitled. An Act to
Provide for the Organization and Gov
ernlncnt of Drainage Districts" APPROX
ed June ., 1871. and the Acts amenda-
be known as The River View Drain
age District" said District TO comprise
certain lands situated in said Bent
county. Colorado. and also in Prowers
County. Colorado. the majority of the
acreage of said lands being situated in
saia Bent County: and.
WHEREAS. prior to such presenta-
ton 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 this Board. in the
penal sum of $500 90 (that being double
The amount of the probable cost Of the
organization Of said DIstricD. which
bond was conditioned FOR the payment
OF all costs Incurred In said proceed
ings in case said organization shall not
WHEREAS. said petition was signed
by majority OF the owners of the
lands proposed to be included and EN-
braced in said district. as well as by
the owners in the aggregate of n ma
jority OF the total number of acres of
land sought to be included in said
igIF
cription of the boundaries of said pro-
posed 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
productive and useful by drainage; and
was also accompanied by a map drawn
to a scale OF three inches to a mile
giving the names OF the owner OF own
ers of each tract OF land appearing OF
record and proposed to be embraced In
said district; and said petition and map
also contained n general description of
the proposed system of drainage; and.
WHEREAS. said petition contained
prayer that said Board OF County
Commissioners 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
oonndarles thereof and proposed to be
embraced therein: and,
WHEREAS, no petitions for either
Inclusion or exclusion of lands were
rlltn. ana no oDJectlOnS either oral OF
written were made; and.
WHEREAS. said Board of County
Commissioners did thereupon. on said
day. proceed TO hear said petition and
the proofs in support thereof and found
that all of the lands proposed to be
included in said district are agricul-
tural lands and are susceptible OF drain
age by one and the same general sys-
tenn of works. and by the system pro-
posed and described in said petition
and map. and that all of said lands
are I'm need OF drainage. and will be
greatly benefited thereby. and.
WHEREAS. said Board did thereup-
ing the name of said district. defin-
ing and establishing the boundaries
thereof. fixing date and place for
holding an election TO decide upon the
question Of organizing said district
and for the election of directors there
OF. naming the Judges of said election.
eligible for directors OF said district.
all as hereinafter specified and by said
order directed that notice of said cleo
tion be given and published In manner
and form as required by law;
NOW. THEREFORE,. NOTICE is
HEREBY GIVEN that in purs9anSe Of
missioners OF Bent County. Colorado.
made and entered the 9Th day
of April. 1921. and OF the terms and
provisions Of an Act of the General As
sembly OF the State OF Colorado en-
titled. AN Act TO Provide for the or
ganizatIon and Government Of Drain
and the Acts amcndatory thereof. an
election viii he held on Monday. Ma
9th, 1921. for the purpose OF determin
ing whether not said Drainage dis
trict shall be organized. and for the
further purpose of electing three di-
rectors for said Drainage District:
That the name of said proposed dis
trict is. THE River View Drainage
District" and that the boundaries
thereof are as follows:
Starting at a point which Is the
|. NV corner OF the NEh NWH OF
Section IL. TWP. 22 s.. II. is West.
Bent County; thence East along
the North line of SECTION IL, Twp.
% S. r. as. Bent County. to the
NE corner OF the said Section:
thence the boundary runs South
along the East boundary Of Sec.
\ IL. TWP. 22 s. Ring. as W. Bent
County. to a point which is the NE
corner OF the SEA SEA of Sec. II.
Twp. 22 s. Ring. IS w. Bent Coun-
ty: thence East along the north
line OF the SHSwL Of Sec L..
TWP. % $. r. IS w. Bent County
to "A point which is the NE corner
Of the SEX LSwL Sec. -. TWP. 22
s. RING. IS w. Bent County; thence
South along the North and South
hRlf-section line. to the South
quarter corner Of said Section;
thence East along the South
II. As w. to the Sc corner Of Sec.
L.. Twp. % s.. RING. 4s w, Bent
County: thence South along the
East boundary of Sec. 13. TwD. 22
s. RING. as W. Bent County (Which
is the Bent and Prowers County
llne) to the East quarter corner Of
said Section: thence East along the