The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-19
LEGAL
published in The Topeka State Journal
March 19, 1881


Published in The Topeka State Journal
March 19, 1881
HOUSE BILL No. COZ.
AN ACT relating to irrigation and pro-
viding for the establishing of pumping
plants for irrigation in western Kansas,
and providing for the creation of a
Board of Irrigation, Survey, Expert
ment and Demonstration, and the man
ner of appointment and election also de-
filming the duties thereof directing that
certain experiments and demonstra-
tiOns in irrigation be made, and making
an appropriation therefor; and providing
for the state to take and hold certain
lands for the purposes of this act and
creating a revolving fund to be known
the irrigation revolving fund.- and
repeating section 1886, section 1886, sec
ton 1887, section 45SS, section 1873, section
1910 section 4541, section 49,, section
4543, section 4544, section 4540, section
4546, section 4547. section 1913. section
4549 section $3.50 section 4551 section
1852, and sectionn 1858, of the General
Statutes of Kansas of 1909.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State of Kansas:
Section l. That original section 1855,
section 1886, section 1887, section 453S, sec
ton 1889, section $40, section 4541. section
1872 section 4543, section 4544. section 4545,
section 4546, section 4547, section 454S. sec
ton 1919, section 1850, section 4551, section
1852 and section 45o3 be and the same
are hereby repealed
Sec 2 That a board to be known as a
board of irrigation survey, experiment and
demonstration is hereby created, and said
board shall be composed of five members,
one of whom shall be a geoIogist of the
State University of Kansas and one a
civil engineer of the State Agricultural
College of Kansas, who shall be advisory
members of said board, and three mem
bers TO be appointed by the governor.
by and with the advice and consent Of
the senate OF Kansas; who snail hoIo
their office for the period of two years,
not more than two of whom shall belong
10 the same political party and may be
Gov. mentioned
three members to be appointed during
the present session of the legislature ana
said board to meet and organize WITHIN
ten days after the confirmation OF tne
said third, fourth and fifth members: the
three last mentioned members shall be
the active members thereof The SAID
board shall have charge of the work con
templated by this act. said board, TOT
the sake of brevity, is hereinafter refer-
red to as the Board of Irrigation. The
said Board of Irrigation shall be elected
by the voters of Kansas, as provided for
the election of other state officers, IN ISIS.
and every two years thereafter for a
Sec. 3. The active members of said
board shall take and subscribe as
fully to perform the duties imposed by
this act. When said board shall organize
and shall have given bond in the sum OF
five thousand dollars each, subject to the
spproval of the secretary of state, the
members thereof from their number shall
select the president and secretary OF salo
board, and employ at least one stehos-
Sec. /. The person chosen as a civil en-
Sineer from the state Agricultural Collese
as the state engineer of Irrigation.
Sec. . Said board shall hold its meet
inss at the city of Topeka quarterly, pc
ginning on the first Tuesday of January,
ADriI July and September of each year
and its meetings shall be held at the rooms
provided for the State Board OF Aerlcul-
ture and it shall also hold meetings IN
the territory wherein the work OF the
board is being performed, at such places
as the board may designate que nouc .
of time and place of meeting being gwen
nv the president to the active members
and giving place and date of the meeting
so called. of which a majority OF actiNe
members shall constitute q QuoE I'LL .
Sec. g. All surveys and records thereoL
required by this act shall be under the
charge and direction of said board.
g. In order that there may be
made a practical test of the water Supply
of western Kansas west OF the IOotn II me-
,idian and the counties through Whlch ~
may pass for irrigation purposes saI9
hoard shall cause to be purchased laho
for Irrigation and shall cause TO De con-
structed such number OF lrrlSatl99h MeI1s
LIN, f,IIl continent for wells and pump
ing plants and stations, securing ana
purchasing everything that may De nee
ossarv 10 install and operate lrrlSatloIn
-oIsntS huild and maintain bitches as IN
their Judgment may seem necesS1IE ', 80
1t is expressly provided that hot IIio1
than one such plant fully equipped AoI -
detrimental and demonstration purposes
shall be located in the same county, W hlcn
shall be constructed and operated uhoef
+he direction of said board in Such mani
ner and that correct data OF the oeptn
of wells quantity of water supply KIM
Of nllrrlps and water employed, ana the
capacitv of each of said wells. the eNact
exDense of all of the equipment IN detali
for the building of the we'll, the casing
and for the pumping plant ana me Squ! p ,1
rnent of the plant and well In detail, an
of which shall be made into a pubic
record and printed by said commission
for the use of the citizens of Kansas so
they may have the exact cost OF the
equipment of such an irrigation pumping
plant in the use of the so-called under
flow water for the purpose or utlhzlng
said underflow water for irrigation pur-
poses. to make a full and complete ex-
animation of said undertook water as
they may be enabled to do with the means
placed at their command to demonstrate
the best method of raising water to the
surface and storing it for irrigation pur-
poses, and making a full and complete
report of their investigation, experiment
ing and demonstration, method and sys-
tenn employed. extent of flow of water
supply thus secured. the availability or
such water supply to be utilized, also to
make observations, measurements and eX-
periments TO determine the quantity or
water flowing annually from such under
flow west of the Tooth meridian, and the
counties through which 1t may pass,
making a full report to the cost or
probable cost per acre for such water