Arizona republican., 1913-07-03
EARLY ELECTION
 COMMANDMENTS BY WATER USERS
Statement Issued by off rers of the Association ' Yesterdays Explaining to Members Propositions to De Submitted July 8.

statement to the members of the Salt River Valley Water Users association, prepared at the direction "I the board Of governors was iSsIIed yesterday. relative 10 the amending propositions which will be submit ted to q vote on July s They en1- brace matters which have been under consideration for long time and which Were taken up by the repre- sentatiVes of the association with the secretary of the interior at the late conference at Washingron The statement follows:
 Fo the qualified electors of the Salt River Valley Water Users As sociation: -"r
 on July 8th, F. special election of the Salt River Valley Water Users association will he held for the pur- poses of voting upon three amend ments to the Articles of Incorpora- tion of the Salt River Valley Water Users association, which said amend ments involve the following proposi- tions:
 First: To amend Article ". See ton Of the Articles of Incorporation to permit the association to engage in the business of selling and trans mitting power for other than irriga- tion purposes and for profit:
 Second TO amend Article XIII. Section of the Articles of In corporation so thar the additional cost of lifting water above the gray ity level will be assessed against all the lands benefitting thereby:
 Third; To amend Article NIII Section l of the Articles of Incor- pOratiOn to permit the assessment of maintenance and operation charges against all lands for which water service is now available and so that lands not in position to receive any water service can be relieved from such assessments: and
 Fourth To submit to the share holders the question whether or not a majority of the shareholders desire at this time to request the Secretary of the Interior to turn over the main- tenance and operation of the canals and distributing system to the Water Users association.
 The three proposed amendments have been favorably acted upon by the board of governors and council of the Water Users association, and have been submitted to the secretary of the interior and by him approved. and lack only the ratification by the shareholders themselves.
 As to proposed amendment one:
 Article ". Section l of the Ar ticles of Incorporation enumerates the powers of the Association which while they authorize the association to ere ate. transmit and use power, build power houses and transmission lines, do not expressly authorize and per init the sale and disposition of power for other than irrigation purposes, and in view of the large amount of power created and to be created by the power houses now completed, or in process of completion, the powers of the association should be enlarged to permit the fullest disposition of such power by the association for the associations profit and for any use full purpose The principal reason that the shareholders of the associa- tion voted to assess themselves to build the power canal and power plants erected and in process of erec- ! tion. was to enable the association to derive a revenue from the sale of the power thus created and so reduce 1 or entirely take up the amounts the farmers would have to raise from 1 products to pay the annual construc- tiOn charges.
 Tov obviate any question as to the right of the .association to sell such 1
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