The Delta independent., 1901-04-05
THE TUNNEL BILL.

THE TUNNEL BILL.
For the benefit Of some Of our readers
who have not read the bill We publish
House Bill No. 1876, by Hon. G. NJ. Ham
mond, of Delta county, which passed
the senate the first Of this week. 1t
reads as follows:
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For an act to construct, maintain and
operate state canal number three, in
Montrose and Delta countiesJ the crea-
tion Of board OF control; the use OF con,
vict labor in constructing the same; the
issuance Of certificates Of Indebtedness;
providing for the sale OF water; and
making an appropriation for construc-
tion.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly
OF the State OF Colorado.
Section 1. There 10 hereby created q
boafd Of control. to be known a. 'The
Board OF Control OF State Canal No. g."
which shall be composed Of three persons
who shalI b residents OF either counties
Of Montross or Delta. appointed by the
governor. and shall hold their Offices for
. term OF two years, unless removed for
good cause. Said board shall organize
by electing one member president and
one secretary, and they shall keep. an
accurate and detailed account OF the
construction and operation Of the tunnel
or canal hereihafter mentioned. Each
member Of said board shall give bond
to the people of the state OF Colorado for
the sum Of one thousand [sl ,00Ol dollars,
and file the same with the secretary of
state.
Section 2. The state engineer, under
the direction Of said board Of control,
shall survey. locate and lay out tunnel
or canal which shall be known as Estate
Canal No. g." commencing at the most
feasible point on the Gunnison river be-
low the mouth Of the Cimarron river;
thence in westerly direction to the I'm.
compahgre valley; thence with laterals
running in various directions from said
main canal to cover and redeem the
greatest body Of arabic land in said
counties Of Montrose and Delta.
Section 8. The said board 10 hereby
given all the rights and powers corpora
tions now have under the laws to acquire
right OF way over, upon and to any
lands necessary for it to use or occupy
in the construction and maintenance Of
said ditch or canal, it's reservoirs or
feeders, or the location OF buildings,
power plants, guard houses and other
land necessary or essential TO further
the construction Of said canal.
Section 4. The said canal, ditch, reser-
voirs and feeders, shall during the con-
struction OF the same, and when con-
structed, he the property OF tho state OF
Colorado, and all revenues therefrom
shall be turned into the state treasury
to be used for the purposes hereinafter
set forth.
Section 5. Whom said canal shall
have beep surveyed, or portion thereof,
90 that work can commence thereon, it
shall be the duty of tho said board Of
control to commence the construction
OF said canal under and by virtue OF the
provisions OF this act. Said board shall
have full power and authority to direct
the work on said canal, TO purchase
machinery to further the construction,
and all supplies, tools and do all other
things necessary and essential to expe.
dite the work OF construction. They
shall have the further authority to call
upon the board Of penitentiAry commits
sionsrs for the usc Of a. many able
bodied convicts confined 10 tho state
penitentiary or state reformstory. as
can be worked on said canal to advant.
age; and It shall be the duty Of the said
penitentisry commissioners to promptly
select from tho able-bodied convicts the
number required, none Of whom shall be
, Sndcr life sentence, and transport said