Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-05-18
PUBLIC NOTICE
In the Common Pleas Court
of Tuscnrawas County, Ohio.


Muskingum Watershed
Conservancy District
/ Public notice is hereby given:--
/; That on the 5th day of May,
The Conservancy Act of Ohio, there
| was filed in the office of the clerk of
] the Court Of Common Pleas of Tds-
carawas County, Ohio the petition of
/ Robert N. Wilkin and others for the
establishment of a Conservancy Dis
trict to be known as MUSK INGUM
i WATERSHED CONSERVANCY DIS
TRICT.
The purpose for which said district
I is to be organized are as follows
Preventing floods. and conserving
Hood waters for beneficial uses;
Regulating stream channels by
changing, widening, and deepening
the same;
ssi Retaining and filling wet4 and
! Providing for irrigation where it
may be needed;
Regulating the flow of streams;
Dlverting, or in whole or in part
eliminating, water courses;
Ana incident to such purposes and
to enable their accomplishing to
straighten, widen, deepen, change di-
vert or change course or terminus of.
any natural or artificial water course:
70 build reservoirs, canals, 1eyees.
walls, embankments, bridges or dams.
to maintain, operate and repair any of
the construction herein named; and to
do all other things necessary for the
! fuihilment of the purposes of the pro-
posed district such as forestation. the
| building OF check dams and other con-
troll works to prevent soil erosion and
the consequent clogging, of stream
| channels.
| 2. That the lands sought to be in
cluded in said District comprise lands
| IN summit, stark, Wayne, Ashland,
Richland, Knox, Holmes, Coshocton,
Tuscarawas, Carroll, Harrison, Guern-
sey, Noble. Muskingum, Licking, Nor
WAShjnpfOn COIitIaGa
described substantially as follows:-
Al the lands in WAYNE. HOLMES.
! CoSHOCTON, TUSCARAWAS. GUERN-
SEY, NOBLE, and MUSKINGUM
| SUMMIT COUNTY
! All lands in Norton, Franklin, and
entry Township. excepting lands with
in the corporate limits Of the Munici-
/ pal Corporation of Akron
STARK COUNTY
Plain Nimishllen, Tuscarawas, Perry.
Creek. Bethlehem, Pike and Sandy
AsHLAND COUNTY
All lands in Jackson Milton. Mont
| gomery, Perry, Mifflin, Vermillfon..
Mohican Green. Lake, and Hanover
RICHLAND COUNTY
All lands in Weller, Miffin,. Wash
lngton, Monroe. Perry, Jefferson and
| w WOftnlngt0n Tow WnShlpS.
All lands in Troy Township, except
! ing lands in Sections 4, 5. s. :. 28 and
33, Township 20 Nosh. Range -
KNOX COUNTY
All lands in Knox County, excepting
those in Hilliar Township.
CARROLL COUNTY
All lands in Brown Rose, HARRISON
Monroe, Union, Orange and Perry
/ Townships.
In Augusta Township all lands in
Sections 5, 6.oaa. 8; II, IS. -. 20, 20,
Range West
IN Washington Township all lands
Township IA North. Range West.
All lands in Center Township, ex-
cepting the lands in Sections 13 IA, 10
and 20, Township IA North, Range
! West.
HARRISON COUNTY
All lands in Monroe, North, Rumey.
! Franklin, Stock. Archer, Washington,
nottingham, Freeport, and Moorefield
! Townships.
All lands in Bennington Burlington,
Washington, Eden Fallsbury, Liberty,
Mexican, Newton, Mary Ann, Perry, st.
Albans Granville, Newark, Madison,
! Franklin. HopewelI, and Bowling
! Green Townships.
MORGAN COUNTY
All lands in Bloom, Bristol Man
chester, Morgan, Malta, Meigsville,
Center, Penn and Windsor Townships.
/ In York Township all lands in Sec
tons .22 %, 26. 27, "a, IS and 36,.
/ Deerfeld Township all lands in Sec
tions 1, 2 3. 10, II, u, 1s. IA, Is. p,
-, "a, 26, q, 81 and IS, Township 8
20 and %, Township II North, Range.
II West in Union Township all lands
in Sections l, 2. 3. 10, H. 12, 13, "A, IS,
"a, rs and 36, Township s North,
~, No. NSNxky Ii in
all lands in Sections !, 2, 3, 4. 5, 6. 10,
/ II, y, 16; II, 1s %, "a. 30, 80. S5 and
! SO, Township s North. Range II West.
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Aurelius. salem, Palmer, Watertown
Musl<ingum, Fearing, Warren and Ma
rietta Townships,
In Wesley Township all lands in
Sections 10. 20, II, 25, 26, 27, 81, s2
West, and Sections % and "a, Town
ship North, Range II West
In Barlow Township all lands in
Sections 3, 6, 1, u, II, IS, %. "a 20,
! and 80, Township 3 North, Range 10
West.
AND INCLUDING with all the dis
! trict herein auove described. all the
lands within the corporate limits of
incorporated cities. towns, and viii
ritOry; also including the bed, banks
and islands, and all riparian rights
therein, Of the Muskingum Raver and
it's tributaries.
8. That public hearing on said
petition will be had in said court on
the 29th day of May, 1888, at the hour
Of 10 o'clock A. NJ, by the Court Of
Common Pleas of Tuscarawas County,
at the Court HOUSE in the City of New
Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County,
Ohio.
All persons and public corporations
owning or interested IN real estate
within the territory herein above
described, will be giveh the oppor-
tunity TO be heard al the time and
place above specified
a. c. BLACKBURN,
Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
New Philadelphia. Ohio,
May. g. 1888 Inns