The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-16

NOTICE OF PRESENTATION TO
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM

MISSIONERS OF PROW EhS
COUNTY. COLORADO. OF A Pc
TITIoN FOR THE ORGANTZA-
T1oN OF THE HOLLY DRAIN
AGE DISTRICT.
TO ALLrwHOM TT MAY; CON.
GERM
Notices is Hereby Given that the
undersigned acting as u committee
for the petitioners in the petition
hereinafter set forth for the organi,
zation OF a drainage district to be
known as The Holly Drainage Dis
trict," comprising certain lands In
Prowers 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 ten O'clock
in the forenoon on Monday, the
third day OF April. A. ID. 1922, for
the purpose of having said Board
consider and act upon said petition
as provided by law; and at said time
and place all persons interested.
and particularly those desirOus OF
having any of the lands now includ-
ed within the boundaries OF said
proposed district described in said
petition excluded. from said drain
age district, or having other lands
included therein, are hereby noti-
fed to be present Said petition is
in words and figures as follows, to-
wit:
State of Colorado,
County of Prowers, IS.
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETI-
TION FOR THE ORGANIZATION
OF THE PROPOSED THE 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 drainage district
under the provisions of the sta
tutes of the State OF Colorado rela
tive thereto and particularly OF ar
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 2nd 1911, and thf
Acts amendatory thereof, for which
said proposed drainage district the
name of THE Holly Drainage Dis
trict' is hereby proposed and select
cd.
SECOND:. That all of the lands
lying within the boundaries of the
said proposed drainage district, q
general description of which is
hereinafter set forth. and each anC
every tract thereof are not now cul
tivable and useful. or fully so. or
account of the wet, swampy and
seeped condition thereof and can be
made more productive and useful
by the drainage thereof by the sus
tenn of works proposed to be con
structed, to-wit: an open ditch
through said district into the Ar
kansas River at such location 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.
eompanied by map drawn to a
scale of not less than two inches
to the mile, to-wit, one inch to each
Two Thousand 10000 feet, which
said map gives the names of the
owner or owners of each tract of
land as the same oppears of record
proposed to be embraced in said
District.
FOURTH: That the signers OF
this petition constitute and are a
majority of the whole number OF
the owners Of lands embraced with
In the said proposed drainage dis
trict whether residents or non-resi.
dents OF said PrOwers County, Colo
rado. and the said signers are also
the owners in the aggregate of a
majority of the total number OF
acres of land sought to be includ-
ed In said District.
FIFTH: That a general descrip.
ti0n of the boundaries nf sai1 his.