The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-23


COUNTY. COLORADO. OF A Pc
TITlON FOR THE ORGANIZAs
TION OF THE HOLLY DRAIN
AGE DISTRICT.
TO ALL WHOM 1T MAY CON
GERM -
Notices is Hereby Given. that the
undersigned acting as committee
Tor the petitioners in the petition
hereinafter set forth for the organi-
zation OF drainage district to be
known as The Holly Drainage Dis
triet. comprising certain lands in
froWers county, In the State Of
Colorado, will present said petition
to the Board of County Commits
sioners of Prowers County. Colora-
do, at the office of said Board in
the county court house in the City
OF Lamar, Colorado. at tens o'clock
in the forenoon on Monday, the
third day OF April, A. D. 1922, for
fhe purpose of having said Board
consider and act upon said petition
IS provided by law; and at said time
0nd place all persons interested.
and particularly those desirous of
having any of the lands now includ-
ed within the boundaries of sail
pronosed district described In said.
: tition excluded from SAID drain
Gra distrct, or having other lands
f''rluded therein, are hereby nOti-
fed to be present Said pctition iq,
il words and figures as follows, to-:
wit:
State Of Colorado,
County of Prowers, ss.
IL THE NATTER OF THE .PETI-
TION FOR THE ORGANIZATION
OF THE PROPOSED TIL E.HOLLY
DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
To the Hon Board of County Com
missioners of Prowers County, Colo
rOdo:--
The undersigned petitioners res
pectfully represent:
FIRST: That the petitioners,
each and all of whom are the own
ers of agricultural lands susceptible
of drainage from the same general
system of works, propose the Or
ganizatiOn of "a drainage district
under the provisions of the sta
tutes of the State of Colorado rela-.
tive thereto and particularly of an
Act of the General Assembly of the
State of Colorado entitled. "An Act
to Provide for the Organiza5ioni and
Government of Drainage Districts"
approved June End 1911, and the
Acts amendatory thereof, for which
said proposed drainage district tie
name of The Hoily Drafnalse Dis
trietsds hereby proposed sand-select-
ed
SECOND: That all of the lands
lying within the boundaries of the
said proposed drainage district, a
general description 6f which is
hereinafter set FORTH, and each and
every tract thereof are not now cul-
tivable and useful. or fully SO, on,
account of the wet, swampy and
seeped condition thereof and can be
made more productive and useful
by the drainage thereof by the sus-
TEN of works proposed Ito be con-
structed, to-wit. an open ditch
through said district into the Ar
kansas River at such hcation as
may be hereafter determined. which
works will be of great benefit to
the said lands in the reclamation,
thereof and in preventing further
injury and damage thereto by. the
spread and increase of the; said wet,
swampy and seeped condition.
THIRD: That this petition is ac-
companied by a map drawn to q
scale of not less than two inches
to the mile, to-wit. one inch to each
Two Thousand 10000 feet, which
ssil map gives the names of the
owner or owners of; each tract of
land as the same OpDears OF recO d
proposed to be embraced in said
District
FOu RFH: That the 'signers OF
this petition constitute and are a
rajority of the whole number of
the. owners of lands embraced with
in the said proposed drainage dis
.trict whether residents or .non-resi.
f'ents OF said Prowersi County, Colo
rado, and the said signers are also
the owners in the aggregate of q
majority of the total number OF
acres of land sought to be includ
ed in said District.
FIFTH: That a general descrp
tion of the boundaries 'df said Dis