Arizona republican., 1914-03-13
NOT UNAN|MOUSFOR
 LIMIT REPORT
But Majority Favors It. Amendments to EXten- sion Bill Approved-The First Public Hearing at
 High School This Morning

Official approval Of the general statement concerning the project limiting was secured in the board of governors of the water users yes terday by a split vote. Unlike the council, the board held a diversity of opnion and expressed it by this line up:
 In favor: Hansen, Casey, Lassen, Clemans. Morris, Dobson, President Orme-1.
 Against: Barkley, Wilkinson, Ben nit, Brown-4.
 | The board approved the amend ments to the time extension bill.
 At ten o'clock this morning, farm CTS frcm all parts Of the north side will meet at the auditorium of the high school to discuss with two members of the reclamation com mission and the survey board, the proposition of delimiting the project. Tomorrow morning at the same hour, a similar meeting will be held at Mesas high school, exclusively for farmers on the south side of the river
 It is expected that one of the most important meetings in history of the project will be held this morning when the north side farmers con- veEe to express their opinions of the project limit plan. The report of the survey board, and the recom- mendations of the reclamation con- mission are to be the bases of the discussion.
 Five minute periods will be given to individual water users, but no one will be permitted to confine tine discussion to any individual case either to voice approval or com plaint.
 Time Extension Bill
 Copies of the time extension bill now before congress arrived in time to be taken before the board of gov ernors. The senate irrigation com mittee headed by Senator Mark Smith of Arizona, has added some amendments to the original bill which was a house measure. intro duced as substitute for other pre- vious bills by Representative w. R Smith of Texas, head of the house irrigation committee However, the bill gets through, it is sure to be q Smith" bill,
 The first important change is that which affects the payment of the project costs by homestead entry men. The bill provided that entry men who make entry after the pass iage of the act, shall pay into the reclamation fund five per cent of the amount assessable against his land for construction charges as an initial installment and shall pay the remainder in fifteen annual install ments. the first to be five per cent and the rest seven per cent. of the total. The first of the annual in stallments shall become payable five years after the payment of the in- itial instalment
 And here is where the amendment comes in. Provided that entry may be made whenever water is available and the initial payment be made when the charge per acre is estab- lished. The amendment prevents barring homesteaders until their en- tire water supply is available from project sources
 Another important change pro- vides that the secretary of the in- terior may in his discretion agree that such increased construction charge (such as the charge for the building of the additional pumping plants or the Verde dam) shall be paid in annual installfnents each of which shall be at least equal to the , amount of the largest installment as