Arizona republican., 1905-05-02
WATER USERS ASSOCIATION
Important heetings-rcf the Council
 and Board Yesterday.

The board of governors and the council of the Water Users assocfa- ton held meetings yesterday for the purpose of organization and for the consideration of other questions of importance. The governors did not accomplish a great deal for reasons that will be mentioned below but the council passed one or two important bylaws.
 The governors were presented with a letter by F. J. Bennitt stating his reasons for believing there was an un- fair count in the sixth district at the late election, when he was declared defeated for the office of governor, and desiring recount. The board was advised by it's attorney that it could not go behind the returns presented to it. wherefore it was decided not to reopen the matter.
 The next matter of importance was the election of a secretary and treasur- CT of the association. The matter was deferred out of courtesy to MT. Ben nitt, who might desire to contest for a position on the board, until the next regular meeting. which will be held on the first Monday in June at 10 o'clock.
 The board also passed a resolution giving the delinquent stockholders un- til the first of June to pay the pre- liminary fee of ten cents per acre, for the current expenses of the assOcia- ton. This is the fee that has been in process of collection for year and is the only demand that has been made thus far of a financial nature. on the shareholders. It will be remembered that the council has from time to time extended the time privilege, but this
 
 tension as the council yesterday pass ed a bylaw providing for a penalty for delinquents after that date
 At the council meeting in the morn ing the former officers were reelected, namely: C. T. Hirst, chairman, and L. J. Rice clerk. The minutes of the pre- vious meeting were read and other routine matters attended to.
 At the afternoon session the impor- 1 tant business of the day was trans acted Most important was the pas sage of a bylaw, which of course will l have to be approved b. the secretary of the interior defining a pehalty for such shares of the association as fail to meet the financial requirement i'm posed, and also privileging the owners ! of lands on the waiting list, to sign | for stock of the association, by pay ing the same amount, ten cents per acre, as has been charged to all lands previously signed. These new lands of course are to be accepted only uP to the limit of a total of 25O, ,OOO acres as originally provided for in the articles l and it is desirOus that they enter the association so the designation by the ! secretary of the interior at a later day. of which lands shall be watered, may be made with less perpleXity and q checkerboard area for irrigation be avoided. It gives an opportunity also to those who have neglected to sign before to take advantage of the stOr- age enterprise, which is no longer a doubtful project in the mind of any body though as mentioned above the new signers must share alike with the old, in the initial expense of ten cents an acre.
 The penalty imposed by the bylaws for those in arrears on and after June 1st was two cents per acre for the fl st month of delinquency and one cent per acre for each succeeding mOntl
 Of delinquency,
 The council also authorized the board of governors to pay the expenses of the committee of sixteen appointed by the council to consider a plan fOl , furthering the settlement of the prior ity suit, provided such expense do not
 exceed a hundred dollars.
 Another matter disposed of was the