The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-07-31

rule of strict Interpretation or con-
| struction.
| unless otherwise aualir,ed shall he inter
| preted To mean the state reclamation
| board created by this act.
| Sec. I. District when used In this act
| shall be interpreted To mean an irrigation
district duly and regularly organized un-
| der the laws OF the state.
| Sea. b. The terms sinking fund. trriga-
| tion fund and Improvement fund unless
| otherwise qualified. when used in this act
| SHAH be interpreted To mean Quincy Val
| ley sinking fund, the Quincy Valley ir-
| rigation fund and the Quincy Valley i'm
| provemeut fund. respectively.
Sec. t. The term state bonds unless
| otherwise qualified, when used In this
| act shall be interpreted to mean the state
bonds issued under and by virtue OF this
| act.
| Sec. I. There shall be and there hereby
| is created n state reclamation board con
| ssting of. ex-ofiicio. the governor. state
| auditor state treasurer commissioner OF
| public lands, and the state geologist. the
| governor shall be chairman OF the board.
| Sec. :. The board created by section
| seven OF this act shall have secretary to
| be appointed by II, who shall hold office at
| its pleasure. The secretary shall keep
| full and accurate minutes and accounts
| of all transactions and proceedings of the
| board ana perform such other duties ms
may be required of him by the board. He
| shall receive an annual salary of two
thousand five hundred dollars, to be paid
| out of the irrigation fund created by
| this act.
Sec. .. 1t shall be the duty of the at
torney general to represent and appear for
the State of Washington and the board in
| all actions and proceedings involving any
| question under this act, or under or in
reference to any act or order of the board,
or its agents. and to that end he is au-
| thorized and required to institute. pros
| ecute and defend all proper actions and
proceedings.
promptly after the taking effect of this
act upon its ratification by the people.
| and upon the call of the governor as
| chairman of said board, and it is hereby
| made the duty of the governor i'm
mediately after this act becomes opera
tive as aforesaid to call the board to-
| gether.
Sec. IL. AS soon after the taking. effect
| of this act as practicable the board shall
determine with practical detail the feast
bility of constructing the system of stor-
| this act. A two-thirds vote by ayes and
| hayes shall be necessary to sustain the
| determination of feasibility. In reaching
| the determination of feasibility the board
| must make use of all examinations and
surveys heretofore made and hereafter
| TO be made by this state or the United
| States and the board is hereby authoriz-
| ed to cause such examinations and sur
veys to be made by its engineers or other
agents. as 1t may deem proper: and the
| board must. a reasonable time before
reaching its determination of feasibility,
| convene Il board of not less than three
nor more than five civil and hydraulic
training and practical experience. and of
| high standing and reputation in his pro-
fession. for the purpose of aiding the
board in reaching its determination of
| feasibility and the board shall submit to
| them all the facts bearing upon feasibility
| and obtain from them their opinion in
| writing as to the feasibility of the sys-
| tenn of storage and irrigation works con-
templated by this act and also to obtain
from them suggestions in writing as to
| any desired notifications of the system,
| or any portion of 1t: and the board must
before reaching its determination of feas-
| Utility. ascertain and determine and enter
| ing facts:
"a, The quantity of water supply. OBJ
| tainable for the purpose of this act from
the source contemplated by this act;
| go The number of acres of good irrig-
able land which can be properly irrigated
from said water, supply or. far as said
go The total cost Of the completion
works provided for by this act, including
the cost. of water rights for supply and
rights of ways and flooding rights;
90 That an irrigation district has been
duly and regularly organized under the
limits "A sufficient quantity of good ir-
rigable land, to render the said system
teasible the Judgment Of the board as
to the quality and irrigability of the land
| for the purpose Of said determination
shall be final in any contest between the
| board and the district. or the board and
6) That said irrigation district is
ready, willing and able to contract with
the state, through said board for the pur-
chase from the state of perpetual water
right to water from said system suiIi-
cient, in the judgment of the board, to
irrigate the said irrigable lands included
same; and has duly and regularly issued
its bonds payable to the state bearing
interest at the rate of not to exceed six
per centum per annum to be determined
ard nd hn
district, In the amount of forty million
dollars and has delivered said bonds to
the state through said board;
20 The cost per acre to put water
upon the land to be irrigated by the sys-
TEN contemplated by this act:
% The findings. conclusions, opinions
and sugg estiOnS Of said board OF civil and
hydraulic engineers;
go All other facts and all reasons. in
addition to the foregoing. upon which said
determination Of feasibility is based.
Sec. II. The system of storage and ir-
rigatlon works provided for In this act
must not be determined by the board TO
cost OF the completion Of said system OK
ceeds forty million dollars. or the nsccr-
thlned cost per acre to put the water up
on the land to be irrigated by means of
said system exceeds onc hundred dollars
per acre, or n the conclusions Of said
board Of ciyil and hydraulic engineers
arc adverse 10 feasibility.
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termination in the manner prnvi1aG nv
THIS act that the construction Of said sys
TEN Of storage and irrigation works js
not feasible then said board must nv
resolution stop all further work and close
WITH WP ti s a fndingp pay its debts and report
next succeeding legislature.
Sec. 10 Upon the determination by the
board after full compliance with sections
eleven and twelve of this act that said
system OF storage and irrigation works
TX iohhiblc. then the board Ii authorized
anu uiI"cteh To contract IN the name nf
INC state Win the district as desc it,en ~
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