The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-07-24

BTdTIy interpreted
end. and shall not be limited by any
rule of strict Interpretation or con-
struction.
Sec. g.. The term board as used herein
unless otherwise qualir1ed shall be inter-
preted to mean the state reclamation
board created by this act.
Sec. 4. District when used in this act
shall be interpreted to mean an irrigation
district duly and regularly organized I'M
der the laws of the state.
Sec. 5. The terms sinking fund, irriga-
ton fund and improvement fund unless
otherwise qualified, when used in this act
| shall be Interpreted to mean Quincy Val
| rigation fund and the Quincy Valley i'm
provement fund, respectively.
Sec: g. 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 a state reclamation board con-
| sisting of, ex-offcio, the governor, state
| auditor, state treasurer, commissioner of
public lands. and the state geologist; the
| governor shall be chairman of the board.
Sec. 8. The board created by section
| seven of this act shall have a secretary to
be appointed by it. 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 and perform such other duties as
may be required of him by the board. He
shall receive an annual salary of two
out of the irrigation fund created by
this act.
| Sec. 8. 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 it's agents, and to that end he Is au-
| thorized and required to institute, pros
ecute and defend all proper actions and
Sec. 10. Said board shall organize
promptly after the taking effect of this
act upon its ratification by the people,
| chairman of said board. and it is hereby
made the duty of the governor i'm
| mediately after this act becomes opera
| gether.
Sec. H. AS soon after the taking effect
| of this act as practicable the board shall
determine with practical detail the FEAST
| b1lity OF constructing the system of stor-
| age and irrigation works contemplated by
this act; 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 ma Ike 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 it's engineers or other
| agents, as 1t may deem proper; and the
| board must, a reasonable time before
reaching its determination of feasibility,
| convene board of not less than three
| nor more than five civil and hydraulic
engineers each qualified by technical
training trail and practical experience and of
board in reaching its determination of
feasibility; and the board shall submit to
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.
before reaching it's determination of feas-
| Utility, ascertain and determine and enter
upon its permanent records the follow
| % The quantity of water supply OBJ
| tainable for the purpose of this act from
thu, source contemplated by this act;
% The number of acres of good irrig-
able land which can be, properly irrigated
supply to be utilized by. this act;
the system Of 's Storage ' and irrgaton
works provided for by this act, including
the the cost Of water rights for supply and
| (4 That an irrigation district has been
duly and regularly organized under the
laws of this state, including within it's
limits a sufficient quantity of good ir
rigable land. to render the said system
feasible; the judgment of the board as
to the quality and irrigability of the land
board and the district, or the board and
any land owner in the district;
| ready, willing and able to contract with
the state, through said board, for the pur-
chase from the state of a perpetual water
cient, in the judgment of the board, to
| irrigate the said irrigable lands included
in said district and for maintenance of
same; and has duly and regularly issued
it's bonds payable to the state bearing
interest at the rate of not to exceed six
per centum per annum to be determined
hN ant hot t,n hoo aud tlNr
| district, in the amount of forty million
dollars and has delivered said bonds to
the state through said board;
upon the land to be irrigated by the sys-
tenn contemplated by this act;
l % 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-
rigation works provided for in this act
must must not be determined by the board to
| cost of the completion of said system ex-
ceeds forty million dollars, or the ascer-
on the land to be irrigated by means of
| said system exceeds one hundred dollars
per acre, or if the conclusions Of said
are adverse to Feasibility s hfS"u'' engineers
| Sec. 10. Before the board shall proceed
to make any of the examinations oil. sur
| NeyS IleHliOHeu III SeCtlOH eleVeH OF InlS
act or contract any debts or liabilities
whatsoever 1t shall require said district
| to duly and regularly issue it's bonds to
| the state in the principal amount of forty
| million dollars payable in series as pro-
vided by irrigation district law, and to
| bear interest as hereinbefore and herein
| the board for the state and the same are
| by the board to be delivered to the state
treasurer. The state treasurer shall at
any time, upon the written request of the
| board sell said district bonds at not less
than par and accrued interest, if any,
| in the same manner and subject to the
| rules as provided for hereinafter for the
sale of the state bonds If said district
| bonds are sold as aforesaid the proceeds
of same shall be placed in the sinking
| fund and the improvement fund in the
proportion as hereinafter provided. If
| said bonds are not sold then the state
treasurer shall safely keep same and faith
| fully collect the interest and principal as
| the same falls due and place the same in
the said two last mentioned funds in the
proportion as hereinafter provided. If,
after the completion of the construction of
said system of storage, 1t is determined
that said construction has not cost the
difference between said cost and said
forty million dollars shall be returned by
the state to said district either in the
value, or in money; and if in money then
that sum of money which said sum so re-
turned has earned as interest for the state
returned to said district.
Sec. a. If the board reaches the de-
termination In the manner provided by
this act that the construction of said sys-
tenn of storage and irrigation works is
not feasible then said board must by
resolution stop all further work and close
up its affairs. pay it's debts, and report
with its findings and conclusions to the
next succeeding legislature.
Sec. Is. 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 |
is feasible, then the board Is authorized |
and directed to contract in the name of
the state with the district as described in |
subdivisions five and six of section eleven |
of this act, to furnish a perpetual water |
right for all the irrigable land within |