The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-19
LEGAL.

supply for irrigation purposes, expert
menting and demonstrating as to the kind
and classes Of grasses, vegetables cereals
! fruit ornamental and forest trees that
are best adapted to the conditions of irri-
CATION in western Kansas: Provided, that
no money shall be expended for land
Sec. 8. There shall be prepared full
and complete map or maps with prOfileS
of each tract of land on which a pumping
plant is built and equipped with profiles
of the drainage basins and such other
portions OF said surveys necessary to
carry out the intention Of this act. The
said map or maps shall represent the
| topography, geological structure, and all
other details essential to complete a
knowledge as possible of the practical
condition of irrigation on the land which
is being irrigated by pumping water. Said
map maps shall be based on the section
line and township outlines of the official
land survey
Sec. 9. The said Board of Irrigation
shall cause to be made such station OBJ
servations of rainfall, temperature, evap-
grafton, and soil percolation as it may
deem necessary for a more complete
knowledge of all the conditions pertaining
to water supply for irrigation within said
drainage basin on the lands they may pur-
chase, occupy and develop, and any
adjoining lands If in the commissions
judgment it seems best.
Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of said
board, in the construction of said wells,
to keep accurate data of each stratum and
sub-stratum and the depth or thickness
of each passed through in such construc-
duplicate, one to be retained by the
Board of Irrigation, and the other to be
used by the state in determining the geo
logical formation of the territory wherein
such wells and stations may be located
And there shall be made to said Board
of Irrigation a report by the civil engineer
designated at the State Agricultural Col
Iege of Kansas at Manhattan, Kansas,
of the work being done at the expert
mental and demonstration stations that
are established under this act when so
required to do so by said Board OF Irrf-
cation. 80
Sec. IL There shall be deposited with
the State University of Kansas the state
Agricultural College of Kansas, the seore-
tary of agriculture of the state or Kansas,
and the Board of Irrigation, a true and
correct copy of each and every survey
and profile, field notes, plat, map or maps
thereof, as soon after the originals are
made as possible; the originals shall be
kent as public property of the state
wherever the Board of irrigation may
direct.
Sec r. 1t shall be the duty Of the board
in selecting sites and locations for such
stations and wells. to locate tho same
where, in their judgment, seems best and
most practical after there has been donat-
ed by the county desiring an irrigation
plant as provided by this act tract or
land of not less than 20 acres for the
location of said well with a log mace
by said county, prepared by the county,
of not less than three test wells on said
land. No we'll or equipment for an 1rrl-
cation plant shall be commenced OF eS-
tablished or located upon any land unit!
a good and sufficient warranty deed snall
have been made to the state OF Kansas
for said land, and 1t shall be the duty
of said board to investigate the title OF
said land and ascertain that the same
is perfect before the commencement OF
any work upon said land. And said poarU
may call to their assistance any county
attorney in the state to assist in perfect
ing the title to any such land, and 1t IS
hereby made the duty of each county at
torney to perform such services, and no
money hereby appropriated shall be paid
for any service rendered by such county
attorney: provided, that the state Is
hereby empowered to take and to hold
any such land for the purposes herein
indicated.
all land acquired under this act may
again by order of the state auditor be
sold any time after four years from the
date OF having acquired the same with
all of its equipment, the price at which
said land shall be offered for sale to be
fixed by the secretary of state and the
secretary Of the State Board of Agrfcul-
ture by and with the consent of the three
last named members of the Board of 1r-
rigation, with special reference to the
improvements thereon, then to be sold
on competitive bids at not less than the
value fixed in accordance with the law
governing the sale of school lands and
to be sold under the same rules and reg
ulatiOns school lands are sold
Sec. L. 1t sh@ll be the duty of said
board in prosecuting the work of con-
Structing said stations and wells, to adj
vertise for sealed proposals for thirty
days in such paper OF general ctrcula-
ton in the state of Kansas as may be
designated by the said Board of Irriga-
ton and to let the same to the lowest
responsible bidder, reserving the right to
reject any and all bids. the contractor
to furnish a good and sufficient bond, pay
able to the state of Kansas, in a sum-
equal to double the amount of the contract
price for constructing any such we'll or
station equipment for the pumping
plant, and there shall be retained TWEEN
ty per cent. of the contract price until
ninety days after the completion of said
well or pump equipment for said station
and shall not be paid until such contrac-
tor shall furnish to said board authentic
receipts for all work or labor performed
and for material furnished in the con-
struction OF any such station, we'll or
pumping equipment.
Sec. ID. The Board of Irrigation shall
make a full report of their proceedings
to the legislature of 1915 and each year
thereafter, which report shall include an
account OF all funds received from any
source and disbursed by them showing
the details of all expenditures, to whom
and for what purposes paid. There shall
be embodied IN this report, in addition
to the foregoing requirements, such other
matters relative TO the subject of this
act as said board shall order, and the
same shall be published with and in the
same volume with the report of the sec
rotary of agriculture of the state of
Kansas.