Payette enterprise., 1922-03-23
PETITION

PETITION
In the District Court of the Seventh
Judicial District of the State of
Idaho In and for the County of
Payette.
In the matter Of the organization of
-. Drainage District No. 2, of the
County of Payette, State of Idaho.
The undersigned petitioners re-
spectfully represent unto this court
as follows:
That they are each of lawful age
than one-fifth of the acreage in the
drainage district hereinafter pro-
posed and described.
II
That they propose to form or to
have formed a Drainage District un-
der and in accordance with the pro-
visions of Title XXXIV, Chapter 179
of the Idaho Compiled Statutes, out
of a portion of Payette County, Ida
no, and that said district shall be
known and designated as Drainage
District No. of the County of Pay
ette, State of Idaho.
That the lands situated and lying
within the boundaries of and COM
prising said proposed district are sit
uated in:
Township S North, Range
West, Boise Meridian, particu-
larly parts of
and "a south of Payette RIVER,
all of Section 29, and parts of
Sections 80, 81, and 80; also
Lot and NE1z NEA SEA Of
Section "a, in Township
North, Range West, Boise
Meridian.
That the greater portion of said
lands are low, wet and flat, and con-
tain an excess of alkali and are Who'll
ly unfit for cultivation, or are water
logged and begged to such an extent
that their crop production is greatly
hindered; that the said lands require
q combined system Of drainage ana
your petitioners desire that a special
drainage district be organized em-
bracing the lands hereinbefore des-
cribed for the purpose of construct
ing and maintaining open bitches,
open laterals and open or covered
laterals or drains or dikes, or all or
any of them within said proposed
Drainage District.
V
That the special object of the or
ganizations of such Drainage Dis
trict is to thoroughly and permanent
ly drain the lands within its bound
aries which are wet and water-logged
and those in danger of becoming so,
and to render the lands therein more
productive and habitable, and that
the conditions in said proposed dis
trict be made conducive to the pub
lie health, welfare and convenience,
and to increase the public revenue.
VI
That your petitioners designate
the boundaries of said proposed dis
trict as follows:
Beginning at the NV corner of Lot
7, Sec. "a T. n. r. 5 W. B. NJ;
thence South to the SW cor. of said
Lot Z; thence diagonally across the
NEA, SEA of said Sec. "a to the
Sc cor. of said NEA, SEA of Sec.
Sec. 80 T. n. R. W; thence East
to the NE cor of Lot l, Sec. 80;
thence diagonally across the NE 4
NWA and the SW4 NEA of Sec.
80 to the Sc cor. of the SW 4 NE 4 /;
thence diagonally across the E1a,
SEA of Sec. 80 to the cor. common
to secs. 29, 80, 81, & 80; thence East
to the Il cor. common to Secs. % &
30; thence diagonally across the
MEX of Sec. 80 to the 4 cor. com
mon to Secs, 80 & 80; thence di-
agonally across the NWE SWL of
Sec. 33 to the center of the SWL
of Sec. 80; thence East to the center
OF the SEA of Sec. SO; thence South
to the township line common to TIPS.
Z & s North; thence East along the
TIP. line to ths Sc cor. of the SWL .
SWA of Sec. 55; thence North along
the center line of the SWA of Sec.
35 to an intersection with the south
bank of the main channel of the Pay
cite river; thence in a northwestern
ly direction along the south bank of
the Payette river and the south bank
of the southernmost arms of the Pay
ette river to the point of beginning.
VII
That it is proposed to have includ-
ed in the proposed Drainage District
approximately 1850 acres.
VIII
That the proposed system of drain
age is by open bitches, channels or
underground tile drain, or a combi-
nation of open bitches, channels, or
tile drain, and the out
let of the proposed Drainage System
is in the Payette River; that Drain
"a" hereinafter more particularly
described in said proposed drainage
system, empties into Payette river at
an outlet near the Northwest corner
of Lot 4, Section 19, Township s,
North, Range 4 West. B. NJ: and
that Drain "B" hereinafter more
particularly described, in said pro-
posed drainage system, empties into
Payette River near the center of the
North line Of the NEA of Section
2S, Township s North, Range 4
West, B. NJ.
That said proposed drainage sys-
.em contains two main drains or /
iitches hereinafter designated as
A,-<1, A !