The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-04-03
PETITION FOR IRRIGATION
DISTRICT TO Be PRESENTED
Land Owners Are Urged to Meet
With Board of Commissioners
On Next Friday

In the issue of this paper of
March 10th, we published an article
stating that final steps would be
taken for the organization of an ir-
rigation district, under state law. by
filing "a petition with the Board of
County Commissioners at the regu-
lar meeting to be held on April 5th.
On that date the Board would
check up the petition to determine
whether sufficient signatures, repre-
senting the required acreage, had
been secured, to comply with the
provisions of the law. and ii such
was found to be the case, a special
election of the land owners, owning
land within the boundaries of the
proposed irrigation district, would
| be called.
Ii was stated that said election
would be called at the regular meet
| ing of the Board. to be held IN May.
1t was also stated that at this regu-
lar meeting OF the Board. on April
5th. bond would be filed with the
County Commissioners, to guarantee
the payment of all cost incurred in
the organization OF the district,
which bond would be null and void,
providing the outcome OF the cleo
ton resulted in the organization OF
the irrigation district.
II has now been ascetained that
signatures of bondsmen to the pro-
posed bond. until after the amount
of the bond has been determined
and fixed by the County Commits
sioners AS the amount of the bond
can only be fixed at a regular meet
ing of the board, II appears quite
important that as many of those in
| terested in the formation of the irri-
cation district as can, may be pres
ent at the meeting of the Commits
sioners on Friday next.
Their presence in discussing the
probable cost of the organization of
the district will be of assistance to
| the board, and II is very essential
that whenever the amount of the
bond is determined. IL may be sign
ed and filed at once. before the ad-
journment of the meeting; otherwise
my further action in the organiza-
lion of the district would be post
poned until the bond was accepted
md filed.
In other words, II the bond Is not
signed up and filed at that meeting,
the election will be postponed at
least thirty days. and this will cause
the election to be held at a tine
when the farmers will probably be
very busy in putting up their hay.
and unable to give the attention to
the question that the Importance of
I demands. For this reason. as
stated above, it is earnestly hoped
hat as many as can will attend the
meeting.
There seems to be no question but
The election will be favorable to the
organization of the district Land
'wners are beginning to realize that
it is necessary for them to look into
the administration of their own af-
fairs. II is beginning to be realized
that this side of the question is of
equal Importance as the drainage.
The law provides that interest
bearing warrants not to exceed the
sum Of s3,000.00. may be issued af-
ter the organization of the district.
to reimburse the cost of organiza-
tion, and in the event of the election
being favorable, the bond would be-
come null and void upon the issue
of these interest bearing warrants,
in payment of the expense of the
election, and other necessary ex-
penses alerady incurred, or that may
follow
The law provides that an assess
ment of sc per acre may be levied
and collected in the manner that
other taxes are collected to provide
for the payment of the interest bear
ing warrants that may be issued in
payment of the necessary expense of
organization.
The law also provides that there
be an annual assessment of &c per
acre, on all lands covered by the
project, which sum is the limit that
can be expended for the administra-
tion of the affairs of the district an
nually.
This question is Of the utmost i'm
portance to the land owners of this
locality. Constantly increasing ex-
penses of maintaining the irrigation
system, the large expenditures that
are being made upon lands. included
within the district, which eventually
will have to be repaid, and the un-
settled condition of the market con-
ditions and manner of doing busi-
ness, caused by the war, makes
thinking men anxious that district
may be formed that will have power
to investigate unauthorized expendi-
lures that are practically made upon