The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-08-02

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owners Of lots or lands which will be
irrigated or benefited thereby, who
shall each sign the petition and bond
provided for in this act, which petit
ton shall be fled with the county
clerk and shall set forth the necessity
Of the improvement, and describe
generally the route Of the proposed
ditch or canal. The bond herein
provided for shall be made payable to
the state, with sufficient suretles con-
ditioned for the payment of all costs,
il the prayer of the petitioner be not
granted or be dismissed for any cause
by the board of commissioners.
Sec 3-After providing for the
election of two irrigation commits
sioners this section would read: if the
bond be approved by the clerk, he
shall Immediately present the petition
to the board of commissioners, if
they be in session, and if not in ses-
sion, at their first regular or special
session thereafter, who shall thereup-
on order the irrigation commissioners
together with the county surveyor, to
proceed to view the line of the pro
posed provement, and report, by
acturl view of the premises aloug and
adjacent thereto, whether the improve
ment is necessary or will be conduc-
i've to the public welfare and report
the best route for the proposed ditch
or canal and they shall report their
finding in writing to the board of
commissioners, at time to be fixed
by said board, and the board shall or
der the clerk to enter the same on
their record If the board of com
missioners find against the improve
ment they shall dismiss the petition
and proceedings, at the cost of the
petitioners The irrigation commits
sioners and surveyor in their said
written report to the board of com
missioners shall make a schedule OF
all lots and lands and public or corpo-
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benefited by the Improvement, togeth
er with the name OF the owner of each
lot or tract of land as the same APP
pears on the tax duplicate at the time
If the board find from the report that
the legal title to one half or more than
one half of such lots or tracts is not
vested in the United States govern
ment, and if the board find from the
report in favor of making the improve
ment, they shall cause to be entered on
their record an order directing the
said irrigation commissioners with the
county surveyor, or an engineer APP
pointed by the board, to 90 upon the
line described in the order, and sur
vey and level the same, and set q
stake at every one hundred feet, and
make a report, profile and plat of the
same and estimate the number of GU
bic yards of earth or other substance
to be removed, and the cost per cubic
yard for each working section as
hereinafter provided, and of each sec
ton of one hundred feet, and for the
whole work They shall also make
and return schedule of all the lots
and lands and public or corporate
roads or railroads that will be bene-
fitted or damaged by the improvement,
and the damage or benefit to each
tract of forty acres or less, and appor-
ton the number Of linear feet and Gu.
bic yards to each lot, tract of land,
road or railroad, in proportion to the
benefits or damages which will result
to each from the Improvement, and
also make an estimate of the
cost of location and construction,
and apportion the same to each, and
specify the manner in which the i'm
provement shall be made and com
pleted, the number of flood gates,
water ways, farm crossings, bridges
and culyerts and other matters nee
essary, including the probable costs
and dimentions thereof, and note the
county and township lines and rail
road crossings
See. Provides for the filing of
the report and issuance of summons
by the clerk fixing certain day for
the hearing; directing the owners, or
owner, or agent or tenant of such
owner, or any lot or parcel of land
not owned by tue government, affect
ed by the proposed improvement, to
appear before the board, which sum
mons shall be served at least ten days