Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-02-05
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Wsst.. Irritation Rill


aepatof Vests bill to promote
HirIRelioA and regulation Of the dis
4 strBuilonS 81 water used therefor,
constitutes the Governor, Surveyor.
General, Acknowledgement and
State Engineer Board Of Irriga-
ton Com missioners, to divide the
-iioH fcsricss. within thirty days after
egAhe passage of the Act, the State
Engineer shall submit to the Board
report containing the result Of his
- ~stnvestigstions as to irrigation, hav-
q Ing In view the control and feten-
- Sion, IN reservoirs Of such quantity
Sf.the waters now carried BY the
a ~ ssiiS6f channels from the mountains
to the bays or sea during the rainy
season, or when the SHOWS are
melting az may be needed In the
sseyyMl t1risation District; and he
ritory or lands only as can be irri.
gated by water derived from one
river or from common source OF
supply, and shall report to the
Board the result of his examine
tions. and shall from time to time
recommend the formation Of such
districts as are necessary for the
wants Of the inhabitants. Upon his
report the Board shall proceed to Or
ganize districts. District Directors
are aieo created. to be appointed by
atlldaai, she Governor. The State Engineer
iae q. u required to make surveys Of work
necessary, report to the District
Directors estimates of the cost OF
the works to secure and retain the
required amount of water or pre-
vent its waste by under drainage in
the river. The District Commits.
sioners are authorized to award
contracts, but the work must be
carried on under the superintend-
once of the State Engineer, and the
money paid out Of the District Con.
strietion Fund. To provide funds
saFe9 for the construction Of the system
Of works and all other expenses
the Assessors OF the several coun-
tiles smbraced in the whole or In
part in any irrigation district, shall
be e1 o6acio Assessor Of the districts
included In their counties, and they
xs AZ. required Annually 10 assess aud
S1Jg 5kAA duplicate assessment book
Of all property in that portion of
the county embraced within such
drainage district, and shall deliver
1t for purposes Of taxation. The
s4ne&opaeIy machinery for the levy
sGg6tS sad collection 81 the tax and
It's payment into the State Ireasu-
~ to the credit of the District Fund
is provided. The State Engineer,
.. within . Fashionable time after
ESgA decentralization Of any District,is
required to make q map showing
al Toe land In the. District it for
cultivation, by reason of the, sup
ply of water for irrigation furnished
by means Of works contemplated.
Within three months after the
Ahling Of this map the Board of Di.
zrectors shall give notice for thirty
days In the newspapers in the Dis
trict that, on a day to be named,
t,4;.tbey will hear evidence for the pur-
-nSl pose Of correcting errors or omis-
slons. After any land has been
rendered irrigable, the Directors
shall levy an assessment agai ust
each tract, of not TO exceed So per
500 acre, payable In six annual pay
ments. The bill also contains Sec
tions embodying suggestions made
by the State Engineer in his late
report concerning the management
Of tater courses.