Arizona sentinel., 1917-03-15


 shall be had as in the ordinary case of a judicial examination and judg .ment as to the validity of bonds and with like effect. Such proceeding may moreover be instituted by any person interested as an elector, tax payer or property owner. !, Sec. 5-Any rights of way or other I property owned or acquired by the dis ] trict may be conveyed by the board to the United States in so far as the same may be needed for the construction, operation or maintenance of works by the United States for the benefit of the district under any contract that may be entered into with the United States pursuant to this act.
 Sec. 6.-All payments due or to be- come due to the United States under any contract between the district and the United States, including such pay ments of interest and principal on bonds as may be required in connec- tion with the deposit or transfer there of to the United States, shall be paid, unless otherwise provided by contract, by revenue derived from annual as- sessments, apportioned as hereinafter prescribed, and levies therefor, upon such real property within the district as may be assessable for district pur- poses under the laws of the state, and such real property shall be and remain liable to be assessed and levied upon for such payments as herein pro- vided It shall be the duty of the board of directors to include in theil annual estimates all sums of money which may be necessary to meet all payments to the United States when due as provided in said contract As l sessments for such purpose, however, shall not necessarily be uniform in amount per acre over the irrigable lands of the district, but shall rather accord in amount with the provisions of the contract between the United States and the district, the federal laws applicable thereto, and the no- tices and regulations issued in pursu- ance of said laws, and in case such contract it for the assumption by the district a5 principal or guarantor If indebtedness to the United States heretofore existing on account of dis trict lands, there shall be further ta- ken into account the provisions Of ex- :sting contracts carrying such indabt- edness and the amounts of such liens as may he released in pursuance of contract between the United States and the district. The amount of assess ment for each tract of land shall be set forth in certificate, copy where of shall be transmitted to the boards of supervisors of each county in which any lands of such district are located, together with other matters required by the irrigation district laws Of the state so to be certified, and the laws of the state as to the making and levy of assessments for irrigation district purposes shall be complied with in so far as practicable in the making and levy of assessments for payments due the United States under any such con- tract. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to relieve the district from obligation to pay as a district in case of the default of any land unless so provided by contract. All moneys collected by assessment and levies to carry out any contract with the Uni ted States shall be kept in a fund to be known as a[''United States Contract Fund.-" to be used for payments due to the United States under any such contract.
 Sec. 7-ln case or contract between the United States and any irrigation district in pursuance of this act the engineering investigations, letting of contracts by the district and related undertakings looking to the construc- tion of works, purchase thereof or of a water supply or acquisition of prop erty, in lieu of compliance with the provisions of the general irrigation district laws of the state in that re gard, may be done and performed by the United States or the district, or in so far as may be required by, or as the | same may be covered into or substi 1 tuted for by, the contract between the United States and district. The off | cers, agents and employees of the Uni l ted States, as we'll as those of the dis. l trict, shall have the right to enter up l on any land in the district to make sur l veys or locate sites for construction of works in furtherance of such engineer