The Holly chieftain., 1922-08-03
ELECTION NOTICE
state of Colorado,

ctdke Vi AolOIduO,
County of Prowers, SIS.
BEFORE THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
THE COUNTY OF PROWERS,
IN THE STATE OF COLORADO.
In the Matter of the Organization
of the Holly Drainage District.
NOTICE.IS HEREBY GIVEN that
at regular adjourned meeting of
the Board of County Commissioners
OF Prowers County, Colorado. held
in the Court House,in Lamar, in
said County and State, at ten o.
clock A. Al. on the third day of
April, A. d. 1922, petition was
presented to the said Board by J.
S. McMurtry, w. j. Pratt and w. Ii
Shively. constituting the committee
of three petitioners selected by the
petitionfor that purpose praying
that said Board cause the question
of the organization of the rOposed
The Holly Drainage District to be
submitted to vote of the owners
of the lands lying within the boun-
daries thereof to determine, fix and
designate the boundaries thereof as
required by law and to do each and
every thing necessary and needful
prescribed by law looking to the
organization of the said proposed
drainage district, all under the pro,
visions OF an act OF the General
Assembly of the State of Colorado
entitled An Act to Provide for the
Organization and Government OF
Drainage Districts" approved June
End, A. d. 1911. and all Acts amenda-
tory thereof or supplemental there
to, There was also filed by said
committee with said Board at said
time and place proof of the due
publication of the notice of the pre-
sentation OF the same, together with
bnd duly executed according to
law conditioned for the payment OF
the preliminary expenses incident
to the organization of said District
in the event that the organization
of the same was not finally effected,
which bond was ordered filed and
approved.
That said Board thereupon con
sidered said petition and examined
the same and certain application
for the inclusion OF certain lands
and being fully advised on all mat
ters pertaining to said petition.
granted said petition for the in
clusion of said other lands: and
thereafter took the position under
advisement and adjoutled the hear
ing there of from time to time to
this twenty-first day OF july, A. ID
1922 and on said day the Board
found that the petition together
with notice signed by n committee
of the petitioners selected by the
petition for that purpose had been
duly given and published, as re
uuired by law, and that said petl-
ton has been signed by the requlsi
ite number of petitioners as re-
,auired by said Act" and that SAID
petition was accompanied by goOd
ard sufficient bond, as provided by
law. which said bond was approved
,by said Board, and that said peti-
;tiorfers had complied in all respeets
with the requirements of said Act
preliminary to and at the presenta-
fion OF the said petition and the
hearings thereon.
The Board therefore and thereup
on ordered that the prayer OF said
petition be allowed, that the said
nroposed District beNdesignated and
named as "TH7 HOLLY DRAJe y
AGE DISTRICT and that the
boundaries of the said proposed
District shall be determined. defin
ed and established as follows, to-
wit.
Beginning at point on the east
and west center line OF Section
Seventeen (l7, Township Twenty
three 1887 South, Range Forty-one,
l4D West of the Sixth Principal
Meridian, said point being 660 feet
east of the center of said Section:
thence South and parallel to the
north and south half-scction line OF
said Section Seventeen Q7l and GG0
feet distant therefrom distance of
264O feet to the south boundary
line of said Section Seventeen 20
to a point ego feet east of the south
quarter corner of said Section Sew
.enteen 40; thence West along the
south boundary line OF said Section
Seventeen 90 and Section Eighteen
tlSl, Township 1'wenty.thee. l23i
South, Range Forty-one al West
and the south boundary line of Sec
tion Thirteen il3), Township Twen-
ty-three (23l South, Range Forty
two (i2) West to the southwest cor
ner of said Section Thirteen tl3):
thence North along the West boun-
dairy line of said Section Thirteen
tl3, to the northwest corner of the
Southwest Quarter of the South
west Quarter tSWhSWh) of said
Section Thirteen ll3l. thence West
along the north boundary line OF
the South Half of the Houth Hall
tSHSHs) of Section Fourteen (14).
Township Twenty-three t23) South
Range Forty-two (42, West to the
southwest corner of the Northwest
Quarter of the Southwest Quarter
tNWhSWA) of said Section Four
teen Q4); thence North along the
west boundary line OF said Section
EnI1rtpef, 11) n distance Of eco