Arizona republican., 1917-07-23

CTS among our men.
 Respectfully MRS. GEO D.. BURTIS, 126S w Pierce St, City. Saturday, July 21, 1917.
 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS To The
 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the
 SALT RIVER VALLEY WATER 1 USERS ASSOCIATION 1 WHEREAS, it is proposed to amend
 Article XIII of the Articles of In corporation of the Salt River Valley Water Users Association so that the same after amendment may read as l follows:
 ARTICLE XIII.
 Section l. Revenues necessary for the accomplishment of the purposes 1 of this Association shall be derived First: From income arising from the sale, lease or otherwise furnish | ing electric or other power or power privileges and from the deliverey of
 water for irrigation;
 i Second: From assessments, so far as they may be from time to time
 necessary, of the cost of construc- 1 tion, improvement, enlargement, bet terment, repairs, operation and main- | tenance of the irrigation and other works of the Association, or of those under it's management, operation and
 maintenance.
 1 Section 9 The Council shall have 1 power to make and embrace necessary Bylaws for the making, levying and 1 collecting and enforcement of assess mentS and charges for service. l ] shall at it's regular meeting in May of each year, or at such other time an-
 nually as may be fixed by Bylaws,
 estimate the probable cost of the i operation. maintenance. repair, en- l largement and betterment of the
 works of the Association and those i under it's management, care ana i operation, for the year beginning on 1 the first day of the next ensuing
 October, including therein any deficit | otherwise unprovided for and the l amount probably necessary to pay the 1 Government the annual installment ] of the construction cost of the Salt River project, assumed by the Asso-
 ciation. It shall also at the same time
 estimate the probably net income of | the Association from all sources
 other than that which may be derived l l holders. if any.
 From such estimated cost there
 shall be deducted the estimated net
 income, and upon this difference shall
 be computed the charge to be made
 to shareholders for the service of
 irrigating water for the year begin
 hing on the first day of October next
 ensuing Euch charge shall be based I upon the service of each acre foot as i the unit of measurement. A minimum l charge shall be made against every 1 acre to which stock is appurtenant of
 a charge, as for the use of, two, acre 1 feet, whether used or not by the l owner
 The Board may graduate the charge | to be made per acre foot of water
 delivered. increasing the charge per
 acre foot with the use of each acre
 foot in excess of two acre feet used 1 by the owner
 The price to be charged per acre | foot of water to be served, shall be | fixed as nearly as that can be prac- i tically done so that the aggregate
 receipts from that source shall equal
 with other amounts applicable there.
 to, the cost of operation, maintenance and repair for the year for which such charge is fixed.
 1 Charges for service of water shall
 be paid in advance of it's delivery. No water shall be delivered in any year beyond the year in which the | contract was made for water. AS funds will be necessary for the operation and maintenance of the ir- l rigation works, and to pay the first 1 installment of the cost of construc-
 tion, upon the taking over by the
 Association of the project, before the l regular annual assessment as above | provided can be made the Board of l Governors are directed, as soon as
 convenient after the execution of the
 contract with the Government relative | to the taking over of. care operation and maintenance of the project, make
 the necessary assessment of the funds 1 SO needed in the manner now pre- scribed by the bylaws, so far as
 they are applicable, but without the
 preliminary notices therein prescribed 1 The Bylaws of the Association re- 1 iating to assessments so far as they | are applicable and not inconsistent with these articles shall be and re- | main in force until otherwise pro- l vided by the Council
 Section 4. Assessments for funds with which to pay the United States Government for the cost of the con- struction and acquisition of the works commonly known as the Salt River Project shall be made against the l owners of stock, as the same may be needed therefor. Such assessments shall each be equal against each share