The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-12-23
SOME VITAL Project MATTERS
Subjects Upon Which General Dis
Cussion Is Invited BY the Gov
ernment.

The project office is in receipt OF
a very interesting and instructive
discussion on the subject of opera
tion and maintenance costs, charges
and collections under the Reclama-
tion Extension Act. This is not a
definitely adopted plan, but merely
general discussion which shows
the trend of thought on the sub
ject of Reclamation Service officials
and serves to Indicate how they re-
gard the various phases of the sub
ject. This treatise was sent to the
projects for the purpose of eliciting
comment and recommendations
| from the water users and the local
project management. Following is
the text of the discussion:
Definitions.
wherever they are used in this
! circular the following terms and
phrases must be understood to have
the meaning given in the following
definitions:
OPERATION AND MAINTE-
ANCE YEAR-The word 'year"
used in connection with the opera
tion and maintenance costs shall
mean the twelve months ending with
November 80. The costs deter
mined for any such operation and
maintenance year shall be the costs
for the corresponding irrigation
season.
PENALTIES addition to the
penalties provided in the keolama-
tion Extension Act this term in
eludes all interest" on defer d op-
Grafton and maintenance eearges
and all additions to such charge by
reason of any order of the Secretary
of the Interior or by agreement with
the water users. Where the pay
ment of operation and maintenance
charges has been deferred condi-
toned upon the water users agree
ment to pay such a penalty and he
has declined to sign such agreement
the penalties must nevertheless be
computed and added if and when
the operation and maintenance
charges are compounded with the
construction charge.
OPERATION AND MAINTE-
NANCE CHARGES-The amount
fixed by public notice or order of
the Secretary of the Interior to be
paid by water users for the delivery
of water during a given irrigation
season.
OPERATION AND MAINTE-
NANCE COSTS-As distinguished
from operation and maintenance
charges, this term is employed to de-
fine the total expense of operating
and maintaining the irrigation sys-
tenn for any given project or separ-
ately operated unit of a project, for
one year ending November 30.
For the Year 1918 and Thereafter.
A-Under the terms of the Recla-
nation Extension Act, operation and
maintenance charges for the pre-
ceding irrigation season are to fall
due and be payable upon a date
hereafter 10 be announced by the
Secretary of the Interior II is pro-
posed to recommend to the Secre-
tary of the Interior that hereafter
the operation and maintenance costs
shall be ascertained annually for the
year ending November 80; thai
March shall be fixed as the due
date for operation and maintenance
charges for such year on all pro
jects for all water right applicants
whether or not they have accepted
the Extension Act. AS to all oper-
alton and maintenance charges, foi
the year 1915 and afterwards, paio
on or before the due date a discount
of five per cent will be allowed
Payments made after March ant
to May 81, inclusive. must be for thu
| full amount Of the charges, withou
any discounts. Payments made on
June or any date thereafter vii
carry q monthly penalty of one pc
cent, to be added on the first day o
each month. The rule in regard q
those who do not accept the Recla
nation Extension Act is stated II
paragraph VII.
BIN order that there may b
an even start on all projects, 1t |
proposed so to adjust the charge
for the irrigation season OF 1914 a
10 make it possible to cause all op
eration and maintenance charges 70
1.-The year ending November 30, 1919
to come within the full scope or IN
above rule and to fall due and b
payable on March l, 1916. In orde
to do this the conditions on each
the several projects must be take
into consideration and dealt with |
accordance with the prevailing term
of the public notices heretofore Il
sued. 1t is proposed, therefore, I
make the adjustments Indicated l
the following paragraphs.
For the Year 1914.
A-On some of the projects, Tn
, operation and maintenance charge
corresponding TO the irrigatlo
/ season of 1914 have not been mad
against the water users. In thos
cases it is proposed that the operi
ton and maintenance charge ft
Il1914 shall become due March
|l1915. Following is list of sue
projects. 49,
Minidoka, December1, 1913
Huntley Except as to new applic'
tions filed during 1914, Decemo'
HI. 1914; North Platte (only for a.
plicants remaining under the "a
rate), December l, 1914; Trucke
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