The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-08-07


rule Of strict Interpretation or con-
Struction.
Sc. 8. The term board as used herein
unless otherwise qualiried shall be inter
pleted to mean the state reclamation
board created by this act.
Sec T. District when used in this act
shall he Interpreted to mean an irrigation
district duly and regularly organized un-
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
rigdtion fund and the Quincy Valley i'm
provement FUND, respectively.
Sec. i. 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 Z. There shall be and there hereby
is created a state reclamation board con-
sistin@ of, eX-olficio, the governor, state
auditor, state treasurer commissioner of
public lands, and the state geologist; the
governor shall be chairman of the board.
So. 3. 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
fun and accurate minutes and accounts
2f all transactions and proceedings of the
board. ana perform such other duties as
may be required of him by the board. He
SHALL receive an annual salary of two
thousand five hundred dollars. to be paid
ont OF the irrigation fund created by
Sec. 9. 1t shall be the duty of the at
turney 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 t" that end he is au-
thorized and required to institute, pros
ecute and defend all proper actions and
pro ceilings.
Sec. 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
mediatey after this act becomes opera
tive as aforesaid to call the board to-
sether.
See. II. 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-
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 determnation 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-
| cd to cause such examinations and sur
| yeys to be made by its engineers or other
agents, as it 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 and practical experience, and of
| high standing and reputation in his pro-
teSs1On, for the purpose of aiding the
| board in reaching it's 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-
| tenpated 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
% The number of acres of good irrig-
able land which can be properly irrigated
from said water supply or far as said
supply to be utilized by this act
90 The total cost of the completion
| of the system OF storage and irrigation
the cost of water rights for supply and
rights Of ways and flooding rights;
90 That an irrigation district has been
| laws of this state, including within it's
limits sufficient quantity of good ir-
Iigable land, to render the said system
| 10 the quality and irrigabilty of the land
| Tor tie 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 nom the state of a perpetual water
r!sht to water from said system sufIi-
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
it's 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
dollars and has delivered said bonds to
the state through said board
90 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 suggestions of said board of civil and
hydraulic engineers;
~ All other facts and all reasons, in
addition to the foregoing, upon which said
letermination of feasibility is based.
Sec. Il. The system OF storage and ir-
Iigation works provided for in this act
must not be determined by the board to
be feasible if, either. the total ascertained
cost Of the completion of said system ex-
ceeds forty million dollars, or the ascer-
tanned cost per acre to put the water up
on the land to be irrigated by means of
said system exceeds one hundred dollars
per acre, or If the conclusions Of said
board Of civil and hydraulic engineers
are adverse to feasibility.
Sec IL. Before the board shall proceed
10 make any OF the examinations or sur
veys mentioned in section eleven of this
act or contract any debts or liabilities
whatsoever it shall require said district
to duly and regularly issue its bonds to
the state in the principal amount of forty
million dollars payable in series as pro-
yided by irrigation district law, and to
bear interest as hereinbefore and herein
after provided and deliver the same to
the board for the state and the same are
10y the board to be delivered to the state
II treasurer. The state treasurer shall att
my time, upon the written request of the
board sell said district bonds at not less
IMAM 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
tInd 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 IT,
after the completion of the construction of
SAID system of storage, it is determined
that said construction has not cost the
lGil sum of forty million dollars then the
difference between said cost and said
forty million dollars shall be returned by
the state to said district, either i'm 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 he
returned to said district.
Sec. II. Ii the board reaches the de-
termination in the manner provided by
TINS act that the construction of said sys-
TEN of storage and irrigation works is
not feasible then said board must by
resolution stop all further work and close
~ ITS affairs pay it's debts, and report
with its findings and conclusions to the
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
is feasible, then the board is authorized
and directed to contract in the name of |
the state with the district as described i'm |
subdivisions five and six of section eleven
ot this act. to furnish a perpetual WATER