The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1910-07-29

Il the times and places in said District
hereinafter stated. ~,
rectors OF The Mammoth Irrigation
District. duly and regularly heid At ~
sffiee at Hartman Coiora1o 1910 G me me
following resolutions were unanimous
" adopted:
watersTights. canals. dNoaes and works.
snd she fse shs
paying the first years interest upon
the bonds OF the District and other
laws e Of tSe state ate Of COLORADO relative
to Irrigation Districts. there has been
laid before the Board the extent. de-
scriptlon and character of a proposed
irrigation system for the District. con-
sistIng OF a six-tenths interest in The
Mammoth Reservoir and the construc-
acquiring Of certain rights to the
Acknowledging Reservoir. and the
conpietton of said reservoir by said
proposed contract. and the various
plans. schedules and statements this
day sumbitted and presented by The
PurgatOire Development Company: that
this Board has estimated and deter.
mined. and does hereby estimate and
determine the amount of money neces-
sary to be raised for such purposes. at
the sum and amount of three million
four hundred thousand dollars (s3.400.-
be- ana IS neress esed
which election there shall be submit
ted to the electors Of The Mammoth
ificatiens prescribed by law. the oues-
ton Of whether or not the bonds OF
said District shall be issued In the
bred thousand dollars (Ss.l 400, 900. 00)
hereby estimated and determined.
Also the following resolutions:
tract this day submitted by The Purga-
toire Development Company, and here
aiy eonsideSed BY tis Board S Is h essn
By accented and approved. and the
President and secretary Of this Board
and In behalf of The Mammoth Irriga-
tion District. to execute. attest and en-
ter into the said contract IN behalf of
The Mammoth Irrigation District. and
it's executive Officers. subject to the
approval and ratification of the law
fun electors OF said District. expressed
ed by law, and by the order Of this
And be 1t further Resolved. that the
be. and they are hereby authorized and
directed to submit to- the legal quail
fled electors of the said District. at the
at which there ls to be submitted the |
question of the issuance of the bonds
of the District. the further question as
The Purgatoire Development Company
and The Mammoth Irrigation District
shall s be authorized and ratified ft by the
And be 1t further Resolved. that the
said special election. both upon the
Of the District and Of the acceptance.
authorization and ratification OF the
said contract shall be called and held
required by law on the sixteenth day
of August. A. d. 1910.
The contract SO presented to. and ac-
ject to the approval of the voters Of
the District, is as foiiows:
CONTRACT BETWEEN THE PURGA-
TOIRE DEvEIOPMENT COMPANY
DIsTRlCT:
This agreement. made and entered
Int IN ,his se 18th day gns Of July A. p 1917
opment Company. corporation organ
lied under the laws of Colorado. here
matter designated and referred to as
part. and the Mammoth Irrigation Dis
trtct. municipal corporation organ
OF the laws of the State of Colorado.
here .iI DESIGNATED and referred to
as fn ne, plstriet.' PARTY OF the second
Whereas. the said District has been
organized for the purpose of acquir-
Ing and constructing a system of
bitches and reservoirs to provide for
the irrigation of the lands embraced
therein. said District being situated in
the Counties Of Prowers and Kiowa in
the State of Colorado. and comprising
about. but not to exceed. eightyfiye
Thousand (s5,00o) acres of land: and,
whereas. It Is necessary for said
reservoir sites water rights and prop
erty to complete a system suitable and
adequate for the needs of said District:
and.
Whereas. the said Company is now
the owner OF certain water rights. res
ervoirs rights. including actual CON
Mammoth
ervoir. with filings prlorities, appro-
priations and rights of way suitable
system for the said District. and Is
willing to undertake to acquire. COM
piete. construct and turn over on the
forth. a completed Irrigation system
said District; =
and under the contracts. agreements.
conditions and stipulations hereinafter
contained; and the the payments pa to be
Company proposes and agrees to sell
and convey TO the said District certain
tights Of Nay snS Isn1r
ations AS hereinafter set forth. on the
terms and conditions named. and also
Irrigation system, including the com
pietion Of the Mammoth Reservoir on
the Purgatoire River and the Main Sup
ply Ditch. all as hereinafter more spe-
officially described, and constituting as
a whole complete irrigation system
fc- The. said District. 4s,l1
The said proposal and agreement OF
said Company is divided Into three
separate propositions hereinafter stat
ed as First. Second and Third and be-
ing as follows:
FIRST PROPOSITION.
First: Said Company hereby agrees
to sell. convey and transfer to said
District an undivided six-tenths inter.
est In and to the Mammoth Reservoir
situated on the Purgatoirc River II
Townships Thirty-two and Thirty.
:. three Ranges Sixty and SixtY-one