The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-08-14

! SCI g. The term board az used herelf
/. / ...ess otherwise qualified shall be inter
| p-steI t. mean the state reeiaffid li''
/ | board created by this act. IT. an,
| Sc. T. District when used IN thls ac'
shall be Interpreted to mean an lfrls , II ',,
). district duly and regularly oFsAhl"Su w
der the laws Of the state 49,, ,--t,,a.
| Ses 5 The terms sinking fund, Irrtsa-
| tion fund and Improvement iuud GIii ~,
Otherwise qualifled when used ,i Vi ms Val
| lev sinking fund, the quincy Eailey u
: rig1tlon fund and the quincy FdHeI Il"
. | rra1ver1ent fund respectively.
Sec &. The term state bonds unless
| otherwise qualified, when used IN thIH
| .pt shall be Interpreted TO mean the star e
| bonds issued under and by virtue OF Inns
S.. T. There shall be and there hereby
| lg created 4 state reclamation bOdru con
| slsting Of, ex-Oficio. the governor suate
gulIt1r state treasurer, commlssloner OF
| public lands, and the state geolQelstt tis
| Governor shall be chairman OF the oodtu.
/ Sec S. The board created Dy section
| seven Of this act shall have secretary 10
| be appointed by 1t, who shall mold once AT
| It's pleasure. The secretary shal keep
| full and accurate minutes ana account
| ut AH transactions and proceedings OF the
| boar! ana perform such other duties as
| may be required Of him by the board lie
| snail receive annual salary or Two
| thousand five hundred dollars, to be PAID
| out Of the irrigation fund created py
Sec .. It shall be the duty Of the at
| tjrney general to represent and appear lot
| tue State Of Washington and the board IN
| all actions and proc eedinSs involving any
| question under this act, or under or IN
| reference to any act or order OF the BOARD
| or its agents, and {" mat end ne IS au-
| th,rlzed and required to institute, pros
| e.ate and defend all proper actions and
| Proceedings
promptly after the taking effect OF this
act upon it's 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
tive as aforesaid to call the board to-
sec H. As soon after the taking effect
Of this act as practicable the board shall
determine with practical detail the FEAST
biIlty of constructing the system or 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 make use OF all examinations and
surveys heretofore made and hereafter
80 be made by this state or the United
States and the board is hereby authoriz-
I'd to cause such examinations and sur
veys to be made by it's engineers or other
agents, as it may deem proper; and the
board must, a reasonable time before
reaching it's determination Of feasibility,
convene a board of not less than three
nor more than five civil and hydraulic
engineers each qualified by technical
training and practical experience, and of
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-
TEN 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 it; and the board must
before reaching its determine ton of feas-
Utility, ascertain and determine and enter
upon it's permanent records the follow
ing facts
tainable for the purpose, Of this act from
the source contemplated by this act;
% The number OF acres of good irrig,,
supply to be utilized by this act;
go The total cost of the completion
Of the system, of storage and irrigation
works provided for by this act. including
the cost of water rights for supply and
rights OF ways and flooding rights;
"a That an irrigation district has been
! laws Of this state, including within its
| limits a sufficient quantity of good ir-
rigable land, to render the said system
| ieasible; the judgment of the board as
| to the quality and irrigability of the land
| Tor the purpose OF said determination
shall be final in any contest between the
| board and the district, or the board and
| any land owner in the district;
90 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 suffi-
| Gent, 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
| its bonds payable to the state bearing
| interest at the rate of not to exceed six
per centum per annum to be determined
by agreement between the board and the
| district, in. the amount OF forty million
l.fsat Il hos eli L.
the state through said board;
upon the land to be irrigated BY 1t the sys.
| TEN contemplated by this act;
| o. The findings, conclusions, opinions
| and sugg estions OF said board OF civil ant
| hydraulic engineers;
- All other facts and all reasons ir
addition to the foregoing upon which sale
determination Of feasibility is based
| Sec. l.. The system OF storage and ir-
riSation works provided for in this act
| must not be determined by the board tc
be feasible if, either the total ascertaineC
cost Of the completion of said system eX-
ceeds forty million dollars. or the ascer-
aimed cost per acre to put the water up
| on the land to be irrigated by means Of
said system exceeds one hundred dollar:
board OF civil and hydraulic engineer.
are adverse to feasibility
Sec. 49, Before the board shall proceed
| to make any OF the examinations or sur.
| veys mentioned in section eleven of thi.
| act or contract any debts or liabiltie:
whatsoever it shall require said distric
70 duly and regularly issue it's bonds t
tie state in the principal amount OF forty
i million dollars payable in series as pro,
Il viled by irrigation district law. and tc
bear interest as hereinbefore and herein
after provided and deliver the same tC
the board Tor the state and the same are
by the board to be delivered to the stats
| treasurer. The state treasurer shall a
any time. upon the written request of the
/, board sell said district bonds at not les!
!, than par and accrued interest. if any
in the same manner and subject to tn,
rules as provided for hereinafter for th'
sale of the state bonds. Il said distric
bonds are sold as aforesaid the proceed!
| OF same shall be placed in the sinkin-
fund and the Improvement fund in thu
proportion as hereinafter provided. /
said bonds are not sold then the stat,
treasurer shall safely keep same and faith
Il fully collect the interest and principal a!
the same falls due and place the same il
the said two last mentioned funds in tn,
proportion as hereinafter provided. II
after the completion OF the construction o
said system of storage. it is determined
that said construction has not cost th'
i fun sum of forty million dollars then tht
difference between said cost and saiC
forty million dollars shall be returned by
| the state to said district either in tbs
. | said district bonds computed at their pa,
value. or in money; and if in money ther
that sum of money which said sum so re-
turned has earned as interest for the state
while in the sinking fund shall also ht
returned to said district.
i Sec. Il. II the board reaches the de.
termination in the manner provided by
this act that the construction of said sys
Jem of storage and irrigation works I:
not feasible then said board must by
resolution stop all further work and close
up its affairs. pay its debts, and repor
| with its findings and conclusions to the
next succeeding legislature.
| Sec. 10 Upon the determination by tht
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
nf this act, to furnish a perpetual water
| right for all the irrigable land within
said district for which there is a suffi-