The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-05-12

Oh county commissioners, That que
and regular noticesof said hearing
has been given in accordance with
the provisions of said order. fixing
the time and place Of hearing the
said petition, to-wit: by publishing
a notice of said hearing Of said
petition in the Kennewick Courier
Reporter for period of three con-
secutive weeks, commencing on the
18th of April, 1927 and ending on
the 21st day Of April, 1927, both
dates inclusive, as shown by the
affidavit of publication of said no
tice on file with the auditor in this
cause and matter, and also by the
affidavit of II. A. Lindgren, that
on the 9th day of April, 1927, he
posted three true and correct CO.
mics of the original notice of hear
ing on the petition, for the estab-
lishment of said herd district. said
notices containing a full copy Of
the petition and which notices We're
posted in three public places with
in the territory petitioned to be
established as such herd district,
to-wit: .
One at the public bulletin board
located at the office of the River
view Farms Corporation on Bla-
lock Island.
One at the eastern boundary of
said proposed herd district, near
the river on a red house within
said territory and in view of all
persons coming to and from Pater-
SON, Washington.
One at the ferry landing on said
Blalock Islands and within said
proposed territory. -.
That each and all of said notices
were posted in conspicuous man.
ner and securely fastened, So as
to be protected from the wind and
weather and available and conspic-
ious to the travelling public.
The said affidavit of Fl. A. Lind
gren being on file with the County
Auditor in this cause and case, and
The Board of County Commits
sionerS having heard the sworn
testimony and other evidence in
troduced for and on behalf of the
petitioner and having considered
the protest of r. w. Smails and
L. M. Rice Estate, protesting a.
gainst the granting of the said pc
tition for the formation of the said
herd district, and,
The Board of County Commits
sioners being fully advised in the
premises and finding the said pc
; tition regular in all respects and
that the notice of the hearing of
the same was published and given
as required by law and the order
of the Board of County Commits
sioners of Benton County, Wash
ington. setting the time and place
of hearing Of the said petition,
and the Board of County Commits
sioners had full and complete jur-
isdiction of this matter and cause.
now finds. that the protest above
mentioned should not be granted,
and that the said protest be and
the same is hereby disallowed.
1t is further ordered and de-
creed. that the petition for the for
nation of the said herd district
should be and the same is hereby
in all matters granted and allowed
and that the said herd district
should be and is hereby established
to be known as herd district No.
"a of Benton County, Washington.
and within said boundaries. the
running at large of livestock of
any particular classes or sex of
livestock. within the territory here
matter described be and the same
is hereby prohibited.
That the exterior boundaries OF
the said herd district be and the
same are hereby described as fol-
lows, to-wit:
Beginning at the most Easterly
point of the lands hereinafter full
" described and commonly known
as Blalock Islands, thence in q
general Westerly direction along
the Northern boundary line of said
Blalock Islands to the extreme
Westerly point of said boundary
line. thence in a general Easterly
direction along the Southerly
boundary line of said Blalock Is
lands to the point of beginning,
said exterior boundary lines to be
established at low water mark in
the Columbia River and where the
said line crosses slough or inlet
line shall go in a direct direction
across said Island that the said
from low water mark on one point
of land to low water mark on the
next point of land. so as to enclose
all those certain islands in the Co.
lumbia River together with the
sloughs therein or across the same,
situate in Township and North.
Range % E.W.M. and Township
North, Range &c E.W.M.. according
to the United States Government
survey and more particularly de-
scribed as follows, to-wit:
Township A North, Range % e.
WIN.
Ser. 2. Lots 1, 2, 8.
Sec. 8. Lots /, 2. 3. A. 8. 6, 2, 8,
9 and 10.
Sec. A. Lots 1, 2. 8, a. 5. 6, z,
8. 9. 10, IL, IL and Is and NJ Of
Sec. s. Lots 2. 8, A, s, 6. and z
and NEA Of SWA.
Sec. 6, Lot 1.
Township 5 North, Range 25 E.
VIM:
Sec. 13. Lots s, 6 and z.