The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-04-09

them, that hereafter, to-wit, on May
1912, at the hour of ten o'clock A.
NJ, or as soon thereafter as counsel
can be heard, or at such time there
after to which this hearing may be
adjourned, at the Court Room of
the United States District Court in
the Federal Building in the City of
Yakima, Washington, and within
the above-named Division and Dis
trict, the above-named plaintiff and
petitioner, the United States Of Am
erica, will present to the then pre-
siding Judge of the above-entitlei
Court the petition of the United
States of America, which has been
filed in said cause in the office OF
the Clerk of the Court, and that
thereafter said petition will be brot
on for hearing at such time and
place as shall by the Court be direct
ed, or at such time or place as the
said hearing may be by the Court at
that time, or times adjourned.
The object of the petition filed
herein is to condemn and appropri-
ate all of the property hereinafter
described to the use and purpose Of
the United States and to acquire in
the name of and for the United
States title and ownership of the
property hereinafter described, Tor
the construction, operation and
maintenance of electric power trans
mission lines by the Bonneville
Power Administration.
And the said petitioner by the
allegations of its petition herein
filed and through this proceeding
prays the Court that it do find and
decree that the contemplated use
for which the land hereinafter des-
cribed is sought to be appropriated
is public use and that the public
interest requires the acquisition Of
said land, and that the condemna-
ton and appropriation of the prop
erty herein described is necessary
for said public use, and the petition
er herein has petitioned the Court
that a jury he empaneled to fix and
determine just and proper award
and compensation for the property
herein described, or in case a jury
be waived, then that the compen-
sation to be made as aforesaid be
ascertained and determined by the
court or a judge thereof; and that
the court determine to whom such
compensation should be paid.
The petitioner further prays here
in that compensation having been
awarded for the taking of the prop
erty herein described, the said prop
erty be decreed to be the property
of the United States of America.
This notice has been given and
proceeding instituted by and with
the authority of the Attorney Cen
eral of the United States, and by
and with the authority of the Unit
ed States Attorney for the Eastern
District of Washington.
The property and real estate to be
condemned and appropriated here
in consists of the following, to-wit:
A perpetual easement and right of
way for the following purposes,
namely: the perpetual right to en-
ter and to erect, maintain, repair,
rebuild, operate and patrol one or
more electric power transmission
lines, and appurtenant signal lines,
including the right to erect poles and
other transmission lines, structures,
wires, cables, and the appurtenances
necessary thereto; and the further
right to clear said right of way and
keep the same clear of brush, timber,
inflammable structures and fire
hazards, if any; subject, however, to
the rights of the public in and to
all public roads; and subject also
to pipes and conduits, minerals and
mineral rights including oil and gas,
irrigation and drainage lines, ditch
es and canals thereon, and public
utility easements, lines and rights
of way; in, over and upon the fol-
lowing described lands, to-wit:
Tract M-H-3
That portion of the Sh of the
NJ of Section Is, Township Is
North, Range Is East, Willamette
Meridian, Benton County, Wash
ington; which lies within a strip
of land 100 feet in width, the
boundaries of said strip lying SO
feet distant on either side of and
parallel to the survey line of the
Midway : Hanford Transmission
Line as now located and staked
on the ground over, across and
upon the above property, and par
ticularly described as follows:
Beginning at survey station 90
pllsn rs, point on the west line
of Section 18, Township 13 North,
Range 25 East, Willamette Mer-
idian, said point being N. o. so
40'' E. along said west line dis
tance of 1164.37 feet from the one
quarter section corner on the
west line of said Section 10;
thence S. 80o So SO" E. dis
tance of 5371.19 feet to survey
station $50 plus 1924, point on
the east line of said Section 10,
said point being N. IL "a 90" E.
along said east line distance of
247.76 feet from the one quarter
section corner on the east line of
said Section Is.
The above described, strip of
land has a length of 537l 10 feet
and contains 1913 acres, more or
less.
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