People ex rel. Selby v. Dyer

A petition to the commissioners of highways of the township of Lowe, in Moultrie county, signed by o wners of lands in said township upon which ditches had been constructed by the voluntary action of such owners, was filed with the town clerk of said township, asking for the formation of a drainage district to include all the lands to be benefited by maintaining" such ditches, in pursuance of the provisions of section 76 of the act to provide for drainage for agricultural and sanitary purposes, as amended by an act in force July 1, 1901. (Laws of 1901, p. 157.) The petition included only…