Morrill County, Nebraska, hereby relinquish to the Sltate of Nebraska, all of my right, title and interest, and any claim or interest whatsoever, in and to the appropriation of water for irrigation purposes from the North Platte River heretofore made for said land, which appropriation is designated upon the record in the State Engineer's Office, as Docket Number 928. and hereby respectfully ask that said appropriation be cancelled and annulled as to said lands, for the reason that said appropriation has not been beneficially applied for more than three years last past, and for further reason that I do not desire to make application of said appropriation to said lands at any time in the future.

The object was to permit those who so desired to relinquish their interest in the appropriation of water heretofore made for their lands and to secure the cancellation of their application, without expense or unnecessary delay.

It was understood the proposition of the Belmont company was satisfactory to all interests and there would be no further objection to the organization of a district.

Bridgeport Irrigation District Those freeholders who signed the first petition on March 26, 1913, for the establishment of the Bridgeport irrigation district were: W. H. Davis, W. T. Younggreen, James Finn. W. B. Whiteman. J. L. Johnson, Mark Iddings, C. Palmer, Hiram Maize. Nels Lindquist, Oscar Lindquist, Olga Lindquist, Olaf Lundberg. Nels Lund, Joseph A. Johnson, Carl Johnson, John Bennes, L. C. Curtis, H. F. Curtis. John M. Daugherty, The National Land Company by F. II. Davis. Jr., Belmont Irrigation Canal & Water Power Company, by Charles A. Sweet, president; C. A. Sweet, Frank N.