A. Whenever a majority of the resident freeholders owning more than one-half of the lands, or the evidence of title to the lands, in any district in the state desire to provide for the irrigation of the lands, they may propose the organization of an irrigation district under the provisions of Chapter 73, Article 9 […]
The office of the board of directors shall be located in the county where the organization was effected. Fifteen days before any election held under this act, subsequent to the organization of the district, the secretary who shall be appointed by the board of directors shall cause notice, specifying the polling places of each precinct, […]
One of the judges shall be chairman of the election board and may: first – administer all oaths required in the progress of any election; second – appoint judges and clerks, if during the progress of the election any judge or clerk ceases to act. Any member of the board of election, or any clerk […]
No list, tally paper or certificate returned from any election shall be set aside or rejected for want of form, if it can be satisfactorily understood. The board of directors must meet at its usual place of meeting on the first Monday after election and canvass the returns. If at the time of meeting the […]
The secretary of the board of directors must, as soon as the result of any election held under the provisions of this act is declared, enter in the records of such board and file with the county clerk of the county in which the office of said district is located, a statement of such result, […]
The directors, having duly qualified, shall organize as a board, elect a president from their number and appoint a secretary. The board shall have power and it shall be their duty to adopt a seal, manage and conduct the affairs and business of the district, make and execute all necessary contracts, employ such agents, attorneys, […]
The board of directors shall hold a regular quarterly meeting in their office on the first Tuesday in January, April, July and October of each year and such special meetings as may be required for the proper transaction of business. All special meetings shall be called by the president of the board, or any two […]
The said board is hereby authorized and empowered to take conveyances or contracts for all property or rights acquired by it under the provisions of this act in the name of such irrigation district to and for the purposes herein expressed, and to institute and maintain any and all actions, proceedings and suits at law […]
For the purpose of acquiring by purchase or construction, or by any lawful means, necessary reservoirs, water rights, canals, ditches and works, including necessary drainage works, and acquiring the necessary property and rights therefor, and for the purpose of repairing, extending, improving and constructing necessary betterments thereof and thereon, and for the payment or retirement […]
The board may sell bonds from time to time in such amounts as may be necessary and most advantageous to raise the money for the construction or purchase of canals, reservoir sites, reservoirs, water rights and works, including necessary drainage works, and to repair, extend, improve and to construct betterments for such works or systems […]
Any and all bonds issued under the provisions of this act, and the interest coupons attached thereto, shall be paid by revenue derived from an annual ad valorem assessment and levy upon all of the real property within the district, which real property shall be and remain liable to be assessed for the payment of […]
Nothing in this act shall be construed to in any manner affect the rights of water users under community ditches in towns or villages in this state as to their voting power in determining whether any such ditch shall be included in an irrigation district, and each of said water users shall have the same […]
In the event of any default in the payment of the interest upon or principal of any bonds issued, and if the said district or its proper officers shall fail or neglect to enforce payment of any unpaid assessment, the holder of any one of said bonds may, for himself and for the benefit of […]
Upon the execution, issuance and delivery of such bonds, the president and secretary of the board of directors of any such irrigation district shall, forthwith, compile a statement in detail showing the amount of such issue, the rate of interest, the respective dates of maturity and interest payment dates; and if registered, the name or […]
It shall be the duty of the board of directors of the district, on or before September first of each year, to determine the amount of money required to meet the maintenance, operating and current expenses of the district for the ensuing fiscal year, and such additional sums as may be necessary to meet any […]
That the board of directors of any such irrigation district shall, on or before September first of each succeeding year after the passage of this act, cause to be prepared an accurate description of all of the lands within their respective districts, as then legally constituted, and which lands are liable under the provisions of […]
It shall be the duty of the county assessor of any county embracing the whole or a part of any irrigation district, to assess and enter upon his tax rolls each year, the name of the owner, if known, and the description and area of each tract of land in said district in his said […]
An assessment and levy for the retirement and payment of any outstanding bonds of any such district shall be made for each and every year after the issuance and delivery of such bonds, for the purpose of creating a sinking fund out of which said bonds and interest accruing thereon may be paid, as and […]
It shall be the duty of the county commissioners of the county in which is located the office of any irrigation district, immediately upon receipt of the said certified list of the lands in said district subject to tax hereunder, and upon the receipt of the certificate of said board of directors certifying the total […]
The county treasurer of the county in which is located the office of any irrigation district, shall be and is hereby constituted ex-officio district treasurer of said district, and said county treasurer shall be liable upon his official bond, and to indictment and criminal prosecution for malfeasance, misfeasance or failure to perform any duty herein […]
