The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1951-06-07
NOTICE OF HEARING ON
PETITION

rrIE COURT OF
LEE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL,
DISTRICT OF THE State
OF. MONTANA, IN AND FOR
THE COUNTY OF BIG HORN
In THE MATTER OF UPPER
LITTLE HORN IRRIGATION
DISTRICT
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN
mat the Commissioners of I'm,
per Little Horn Irrigation dis
trlct have filed with the Clerk
OF the aboVe-entitled Court a
petition setting forth
ID That said Irrigation Dist
rlct was created by an Order
OF the above-entitled Court.
and that the Commissioners are
the duly elected, qualified and
acting Commissioners of said
District;
90 That there was present.
ed to the said Commissioner a
petition, signed by more than
sixty percentum (60%) in num-
Der and acreage of the hold
erS of title or evidence of title
TO lands included within said
District, praying that said Com
miSsioners, acting for and on
behalf of said Irrigation Dist
riot, enter into a contract with
The United States of America
pursuant to the Act of Congress-
OF June 4, 1920 al Stat. ISL
15D and Acts amendatory
thereof or supplemental there
to, and especially the Act of
June %. 1916 eco Stat. 1889, a
copy of which proposed con-
tract is attached to the said
petition and provides, among
other things, for the repayment
to the United States of the
proportionate share of the re-
imburSable cost of construction
OF the Willow Greek Storage
Works, chargeable to the non
Indian lands within the said
District, and for the deliveryto
lands within the Upper Little
Horn Irrigation District, by the
Secretary of the Interior, or his
duly authorized representative,
of the proper share of the water
stored by the said Willow Creek
Storage Works, and for the
payment to the United States
of the proportionate share of
the cost of the annual operat-
ton and maintenance Of the
said storage works, all in ac-
cordance with the terms and
conditions Of Sections 4 to 8,
both inclusive, of the said Act
of June %, 1916, and a certified
copy of the petition to the
Commissioners was attached to
the petition filed in this Court;
60 Attached to the petition
filed in this Court is a certified
copy of the Resolution passed
by the Board of Commissioners,
authorizing the entering into of
the contract mentioned, and
"a A prayer for an Order
confirming the contract execut-
ed by said Board OF Commits
sioners between Upper Little
f1OTn DlSIllCU dllo
The United States of America,
and validating all proceedings
leading up to and including the
execution of said contract, and
That Saturday the 18th day
of June, 1851, at 1900 O'Clock in
the forenoon of said day, at
the Courtroom of this Court in
the Courthouse at Hardin, Big
Horn County, Montana, have
been fixed by an order of this
Court as the time and place
when and where said petition
will be heard, and any person
interested in or whose rights
may be affected by said pro-
ceeding may, on or before said
day, demur to or answer said
petition and may appear at said
hearing and contest the grant
ing of the prayer of said petit
ton and. the entrysof any order
of confirmation pursuant there
Dated at Hardin, Montana,
this 31st day of May, 1851.
r. P ROSS,
Clerk of the District Court
g. HIBBS
PIG Securities Building
Billings, Montana