The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1951-05-31
LEGAL

NOTICE OF r ON


IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT OF THE STATE
OF MONTANA, IN AND FOR
THE COUNTY OF BIG HORN
IN THE MATTER OF LOWER
LITTLE HORN AND LODGE
GRASS IRRIGATION DIS
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
That the Commissioners of
Lower Little Horn and Lodge
Grass Irrigation District have
filed with the Clerk of the
above entitled Court a Petition,
setting forth
CD That said Irrigation Dis
trict 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:
(2) That there was presented
to the said Commissioners a
Petition, signed by more than
sixty percentum (60%) in num-
Der and acreage of the holders
of title Or evidence of title to
lands included within said
District, praying that said
Commissioners, acting for and
on behalf of said Irrigation
District. enter into a contract
with The United States of
America pursuant to the Act of
Congress of June 4, 1920 al
Stat. 751-75D and Acts amend
atory thereof or supplemental
thereto, and especially the Act
of June %, 1916 $50 Stat. 1881,
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 Creek Storage
Works, chargeable to the non
Indian lands within the said
District, and for the delivery
to lands within the Lower Little
Horn and Lodge Grass Irriga-
ton District by the Secre'7
of the Interior, or his duly
authorized representative, of
the proper share of the water
stored by the said Willow Greek
Storage Works, and. for the
payment to the United States
of the proportionate share of
the cost of the annual opera
ton and maintenance of the
said storage works, all in &C
cordance with the terms and
conditions of Sections 4 to 8,
both inclusive. of the said Act
of June %, 1916, and a certi-
fled copy of the Petition to the
Commissioners was attached to
the Petition filed in this Court;
90 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 Lower Little
Horn and Lodge Grass Irriga-
ton District and The United
States of America, and validat-
ing all proceedings leading UP
to and including the execution
OF said contract, and
That Saturday the 18th day
OF June, 1851 at HOO 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
granting of the prayer of said
Petition and the entry of any
order of confirmation pursuant
thereto.
DATED at Hardin, Montana,
this 31st day of May, A. D.
(SEALD r. P. ROSS
Clerk of the District Court
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