The daily sentinel., 1912-06-15
HIGH LINE CONTRACT
ARRIVES HERE TODAY

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ces in excess of the water now ap-
propriated; and that the secretary OF
the interior shall determine the num-
Der of acres so capable of such irri-
CATION as aforesaid, his determine
tion to be made upon due and expert
consideration Of all available data,
and to be based upon and measured
and limited by the beneficial use OF
water.
"A. That the payments for the
water rights to be issued to the
shareholders of said associat tion un-
der the provisions of said act OF con-
gress shall be payable in such num-
Der of years as may be fixed by the
secretary of the interior; the first
installment thereof shall be payable
when the water is first delivered
from said works or within reason
able time thereafter as determined
by the secretary of the interior and
after due notice thereof by the sec
retary to the association.
IS. That the said Water Users
Association hereby guarantees the
payment to the United States of the
cost of the irrigation works as equit-
ably apportioned by the secretary of
ehe ihteiioE against lut idHuS VI ltS
shareholders, and also of the cost of
operation and maintenance as as
sessed from year to year by the sec
retary of the interior, and will
promptly levy calls or assessments
therefor and collect or require
prompt payment thereof in such man
ner as the secretary of the interior
may direct; that it will promptly pay
the sums collected by it to the re-
ceiver of the local land office for the
district in which said lands are stu
ated; that it will promptly employ
the means provided and authorized
by the said articles of incorporation
and bylaws for the enforcement OF
such collections, and will not change,
alter or amend its articles of incor-
poration or bylaws in any manner
whereby such means of collection, or
the lien given to it by the share-
holders to secure the payment there
of, or of any assessments contemplate
eed or authorized thereby, shall be
impaired, diminished or rendered
less effective, without the consent of
the secretary of the interior. The
association does not, however, guar
antee the collection of charges levied
against lands which have been en-
tered under federal laws but the IT,
tie to which has not passed out of
the United States.
80. That the United States shall
in no manner be responsible for the
sums collected by said association
until they have been paid into the
hands of the receiver of the local
land Office, as provided by the law,
and in accordance with such regula-
tions as may be prescribed by the
secretary of the interior.
~. That, for the purpose of en-
forcing said collections, the associa-
ton will adopt and enforce proper
bylaws. subject to the approval of
the secretary of the interior, and not
change them so as TO in any wise
impair their efficiency for said pur-
pose. and will otherwise do any and
all things it is authorized and en-
powered to do in the premises.
IS. That the association will
adopt and enforce such rules and reg
ulations as it is authorized by its
articles of Incorporation and bylaws
to adopt and enforce, concerning the
use of water by its shareholders and
concerning the administration of the
affairs OF the associa ton, to effectu-
any 'aliN out tnt pun
poses of its organization within the
provisions of said articles of incor-
poration and bylaws, which rules
and regulations shall be subject to
the approval of the secretary of the
interior, and that if the association
fail to make and adopt such rules
and regulations, then the secretary
of the interior may prescribe them:
but in such event the secretary of
the interior shall impose no rule or
regulation interfering with any vest
ed right of the shareholders of the
association. as defined or modified by
said articles of incorporation and by
laws.
80. That persons who are not now
members of the association, but who
may be the owners or occupants of
land to be irrigated, as described in