The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-08-28

SEE. ). The term board as used herein
unless otherwise qualified shaI De inter Ter
preted TO mean the state reclamation
board created by this act.
Sec. t. District when used in this act
shall be Interpreted to mean an irrigation
district duly and regularly organized IN
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
ley sinking fund, the Quincy Valley ir
rgation fund and the Quincy Valley i'm
prOvement fund respectively.
Sec o. The term state bonds unless
otherwise qualified, when used in this
act snail be interpreted to mean the state
bonds issued under and by virtue of this
act.
See. :. There shall be and there hereby
$ created a state reclamation board con-
sisting of, ex-otficio, the governor, state
auditor, state treasurer, commissioner OF
public lands, and the state geologist; the
governor shall be chairman OF the board
Sec S. The board created by section
seven Of this act shall have 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. ana perform such other duties as
NAV 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. 9. 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 lhis 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
eedingS.
See 10. Said board shall organize
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
medately after this act becomes opera
tive as aforesaid to call the board to-
gether
Sec II. AS soon after the taking effect
Of this act as practicable the board shall
determine with practical detail the FEAST
bilty of constructing the system of stor-
age and irrigation works contemplated by
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 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
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 it: and the board must
before reaching its determination of feas-
ibility, ascertain and determine and enter
upon its permanent records the follow
ing facts:
% 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
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
duly and regularly organized under the
laws of this state, including within it's
limits 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
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-
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 ard regularly issued
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
dollars and has delivered said bonds to
the state through said board;
upon the land to be irrigated by the sys-
TEN contemplated by this act;
o. The findings, conclusions, opinions
and suggestions of said board of civil and
hydraulic engineers;
addition to the foregoing, upon which said
Dissemination Of feasibility is based.
Sec, II. The system of storage and ir
rigation works provided for in this act
be feasible If, either, the total ascertained
e0st Of the completion of said system ex-
eecs forty million dollars. or the ascer-
t1ined cost per acre to put the water up
on tae land to be irrigated by means of
SAID system exceeds one hundred dollars
per acre, or II the conclusions OF said
'nafd OF civII and hydraulic engineers
are adverse 10 feasibility.
See. -. Before the board shall proceed
- make any Of the examinations or sur
ieys mentioned in section eleven of this |
ret or contract any debts or liabilities |
whatsoever II shall require said district |
10 daily and regularly issue its bonds to
.0e state in the principal amount of forty
milton dollars payable in series as pro- |
1ded by irrigation district law. and to |
bear interest as hereinbefore and hereiu- |
after provided and deliver the same to |
me board Tor the state and the same are
BY the board to he delivered to the state |
4
my time upon the written request of the |
BOARD sell said district bonds at not less |
nan par and accrued interest. II any, |
II the Same manner and subject to the |
uleS as provided for hereinafter for the |
sale Of the state bonds. IL said district |
'ouds are sold as aforesaid the proceeds
't same shall be placed in the sinking
und and the Improvement fund in the
proportion as hereinafter provided II
'ld bonds are not sold then the state
redsurer shall safely keep same and faith |
uily collect the interest and principal as
he same falls due and place the same in
ne SAID two last mentioned funds in the
'roporton as hereinafter provided. II,
utter the completion of the construction OF
said system of storage, il is determined
nat said construction has not cost the
III sum OF forty million dollars then the
inference between said cost and said
orty million dollars shall be returned by
the state to said district, either in the
said district bonds computed at their par
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
while In the sinking fund shall also be
% said district.
Sec. II. II the board reaches the de-
in the manner provided by
this act that the construction Of said sys-
tern Of storage and irrigation works is
not feasible then said board must by
resolution stop all further work and close
w its affairs pay its debts and report
with its findings and conclusions 10 the
next succeeding legislature.
board, after fUll compliance with sections
eleven and twelve Of this act that said
system OF storage and irrigation works
feasible. then the board is authorized
and directed 70 contract in the name OF
tile state with the district as described in
subdivisions five and six Of section eleven
~ this act, 70 furnish a perpetual water
right tor ali the irrigabIe land within
said district for Whicl there is sufIi-