§ 36-3-123. Rules – Report of Construction Company
The board shall provide suitable rules for the filing of proposals for constructing irrigation works, and for the entry and payment of the land by settlers, and for the forfeiting of entry by settlers upon failure to comply with the provisions of this article. There shall be kept in the office of the board, for […]
§ 36-3-124. Duties of Employees – Fees
The board shall prescribe the duties of all its employees and shall collect the following fees: For filing each application, one dollar; for filing each proof, one dollar; for issuing each patent, one dollar; and for making certified copies of papers or records, the same fee as provided for to be charged by the secretary […]
§ 36-3-125. Record of Work – Publication
The board shall maintain a detailed record of the names, location, and character of the irrigation works in process of construction; the acreage and legal subdivisions of land intended to be reclaimed; the estimated cost of said irrigation works; the price of water rights from such irrigation works; and the terms of payment for water […]
§ 36-3-112. Rejection of Proposal – Second Proposal
In case the state engineer reports adversely upon the proposed irrigation works or where requests and proposals are not approved by the board, the board shall notify the parties making such proposals of such actions and the reasons therefor. Any party so notified shall have sixty days in which to submit another proposal; but the […]
§ 36-3-113. Provision for Contract – Bond
Upon the withdrawal of the land by the department of the interior, it is the duty of the board to enter into a contract with the party submitting the proposal, which contract shall contain complete specifications of the location, dimensions, character, and estimated cost of the proposed ditch, canal, or other irrigation work and state […]
§ 36-3-114. Time for Construction – Forfeiture
No proposal shall be considered by the board which requires a greater time than five years for the construction of the works. All proposals shall state that the work shall begin within six months from the date of contract; that at least one-tenth of the construction work shall be completed within two years from the […]
§ 36-3-115. Failure in Construction
Upon the failure of any parties having contracts with the state for the construction of irrigation works to begin the same within the time specified by law, or to carry on work as provided in their contract, or to complete the same within the time or in accordance with the specifications of the contract with […]
§ 36-3-116. State Not to Be Made Liable
Nothing in this article shall be construed as authorizing the board to obligate the state to pay for any work constructed under any contract or to hold the state in any way responsible to settlers for the failure of contractors to complete the work according to the terms of their contracts with the state. Source: […]
§ 36-3-117. Notice of Land Open for Settlement
Immediately upon the withdrawal of any land for the state by the department of the interior, and the inauguration of work by the contractors, it is the duty of the board, by publication once each week, in one newspaper of the county in which the lands are situated, and in one newspaper at the state […]
§ 36-3-118. Application to Enter – Requirements
Any citizen of the United States, or any person having declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, over the age of twenty-one years, may make application, under oath, to the board to enter any of the land in an amount not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres for any one […]