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<br />IN TJlJl: nfs'rlll()T f;Ot.'n-r !I1TTI.~a IN AP{o FOR Dm:KT COUKTY,
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<br />Arkan""~ Htver Conl<l'lrvnncy n,...trlct.
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<br />FINDING AND DEcnEIlI ON nEARINO
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<br />On this 28th day of July, 195:!, this cause com InK on for hearing "hon the petition o/: Albert F. Cofte,., Js.,. W, Showl.)tur
<br />nn"- othel'"8, tor the orgl'l.nl1.ntlon at a conservancy district under the cons~rvancy act of the State at Colorado, tbe cIJurt, art.er a
<br />full hearing, now here finds:
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<br />1. That Bo.ld petition hall heen IIlgned a.nd prell8nted In full contormlty "'vlth the conllen'ancy law of Colorudo.
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<br />Z. That the allegntlons of laid petition are true.
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<br />3. That n() protesting" petition hIlS been flied.
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<br />(. That thlll court hilS jurllldldlon ot the parties to, and the lIubJect mll,tter Qf. thla I,,'oceedlng.
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<br />5. Thnt the purpost'''' for Which said district 18 established are:
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<br />The. protee-tlon of pr!\'liI.te pt'operty and public wot'ks In the City Gf Las Anlmall ami farm land., public ro...d., Irrht&llon
<br /><:,l\.nalfl, aml Irrigation dlverllonll workl cutllde the City of Las Animas, fl-om flO'ldlng, Inundallon and erollon, prlmat'll,. b,. :me'lnl
<br />of fltrnljithtenlng, wMf'nlng anI! deepening of the water courlle or channel of tbe Arltansa, River trom a potnt north ot the city at
<br />Ll\.~ Anlmnn for.. dlfltll.I1('e of I\pproxlmately f1lx mllea In a weaterlY cout's,!! and by the <lonstructlon of embankment.. 1e.,.I.., Jettl.,
<br />nnd revetments ot' other ","orlts fat' the PUrl1OI!fl of enntalnlng the flow of JJald stream for receiving the erosive torce l)t .a.ld Itrellm
<br />Ilnd for the further purpofle of malntl\.lnlng an~ repatrlng all such works ltnd to do all other things necellsat',. for thfl fulfllhnent Of
<br />Ihe purposell outlined In R"eneral termll "bove.
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<br />,1. Thl\t I; publl(! neceslllly exllltll tor tbe conlltructlon of the propolled ,,"ork.
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<br />7. That the territory to be Included In the propolled dlstrtct and the bGundarl~'1l of sdd (Ihltrlct are UI foUowll:
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<br />B('~lnnlnll: at the flolnt where the not'th and south lIectlon line betwIlel1 Sectlonll 10 ILnd 11 of Town"hlp IS South. Range
<br />53 West or the Sixth P M. InterMcts the North right of way line of the 1,1111 Anlmn-s Consolidated Irrigation Cana), thence ll(,rth to
<br />a point where the "ectlon lI11.e between Section 2 and I, Townllhlp U SOuth, Ra.nge 63 'Wellt of the 11th P. M, Int.resects the north
<br />line of Indian Claim "A," th(U!ce eallterly along Ihe north boundary llnEj of Indian CllI.lm "A" tl.nd Indian Claim N<). 18, not'th to
<br />the Northwe!lt corner ot Sectlon 3, Township U South, Range U Wellt of the 6th 1", M., thence .a.t one mUe to the Clorner oeommOn
<br />to Se-ctlonll 3 nnd :!, Townllhlp U South, Range 62 WllI5t at the 4th p, M., thence tluterly tollowln,. the meand.rs ot the Dorth bllnk
<br />or the At'ltan!ln!l RIver to tll'!l north nnd lIouth halt "fiction line In Section 2, Tt)wnehlp IS South, Range U, Weat of tII. ftb p, ){..
<br />thenee 1I0uth along lInld line to where It Intenllcts the north boundl\.ry line of Section 14, Town.hlp II South. RaD". U, 'W'e.t of
<br />the $lh P. M.. thence we!!t one.hll.lt mile along the north boundary line 'Of 'lrl.ld Section 14 to the Section earner Clommon to fJ.floU<ln.
<br />10, 1 t, 14 and Iii, TowRflhlp U South, Rllng. U, Wellt of the 4th p, M.. t~en"t' lIout'h tht'..-fourth. of a mlIfI, th.nOl ."..It.;n....foarlh
<br />mile, thence lIouth one.fourtl\ mile (excludlnR' the SF.l,4SE'4 of Section l~, Townflhlp U South. Ran... II, Weat or th, .Uti P. Ii,) to
<br />the lIouth line M "Aid ScctlOtl 18, thenee wellt Alon&, the louth boundar,. line of 8eetlol1l11 111 anll II, Town.hlp II 8otltb,;Jtaa..e U,
<br />Wellt Of thl' GIll P. M., lI. /Illltl\nce I'lf Approxlmatel,. one and three_fourth. mile. to ""ere the .arn. or an n.t.n.lon th.reOt Int(lfI.et.
<br />the Ln." ^nlml'fI Confloll.lnteo'( lrrhtntlon ClI.nAI, Ihen('e alnne- the mel\.nd.r. of tht' "IR'hl of 'Waf thereof \lntlllt InteneGf.ll tII. north
<br />nnd flouth ""<"Ilon IInc httwt'en Sl'lctlonll 10 !lond tl, Townflhlp U South, n,anlfe &:I, 'lV'eat of tbe tth p, M.. tb. .ame b.11I.1' 0.. p",{n{
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<br />8. That the 11111<1 terrllnry la"t ahove de8.Crlhed eh(luld be cOOlltltute!\ ""fill. created I~ cOll",.rv&noy dl.trlct un(ler the eonUM'an<:)'
<br />I:l.W of ('....Iorallo under the CQrporate nrlme Of the Arkanllnll River COnllOl"onncy District.
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<br />Wherefore, It Il'I b)' Ihfl court, a.djudged and decrfled::
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<br />Thllt the terrItory nl! ll.bove dellcrlbe(l be and the .ame heroby III conlltltuted uld creAted a conllln-&ncy dl8trlot un,ler the
<br />('on"en"Ul("y Inw of CO\('rlldo unller the corporate name ot Arkanllall nl'rer Con!lel"vRncy Dllltrlct, with Itll oUlc. ot' prlnclllfll p.tace
<br />of tHI!llnUII nt L."II Anlmafl, In Bent County, Colorado. And the fOllowing perllonll are hereby appointed dlrectorl ot 1I'ld conurvlLncy
<br />district: O. G. McBride, for ll. term of two yel\.re: Glen Hurd, for a term I;)f thre~1 y.!at'lI; E. A, Thaxton, f(lr a term of fl.,.e ,..au; wbo
<br />nre hereby lllrected to quall(,. and proceed according to law.
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<br />9. For c01lsltlerntlon of other m"ttere herein, thlll Cl\.Ulle III retRlned 0\1. the doeltet of thie court.
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<br />By the COllrt,
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<br />fal Alfred A. At'ra.j
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<br />STATE O}O~ COI..onADO
<br />COUNTY OF BBNT
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<br />I, ,,'mtam A. Rush, Clerk of the District Court In and for the ~ounlY of Bent ll.nd Sta.te of Colorado, do h_r,by urUfy tI
<br />ll"':'\-~ ar.1 f':'!'"""ll"olr.1" I:'='t'y <;Of Fln1lrllf an1 Decree on Heltrln~ to be a. fUll, complete, exact copy of the FIl1dlng and Decree ~n Hell.
<br />Inll: tn th~ <:H~ ~ntl'.I~'J. l~ TJlF; :\fATTF:R l')F THF. Al~KA:->S""S RIVf.:h Co')SSEHVA:-;'CY DISTRICT, Docket No. (U, entered JII
<br />H: 1952, all the "!lame aJ)J)~a.n and umalns In th~ o')fftt';f'll fll~" <)f thh ~:?'Jrt.
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<br />!lat'!'.! thll! 29th .]ar I)f July, 1952.
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<br />Wm, A. BUllh,
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<br />JJy: fill Dan W. Bur..u,
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