The evening herald., 1918-03-28

ploy the taxing puw,. che state in
order tu raise funds fr. '., puNmcd' of
the drainage costs 1H. Ifuiuugc cost
is repaid iu - annual sediments hc.
ginning > wears after f.. district b. ur.
ganilcd This device distributes the
burden aud nllows the drainage cost 10
hr paid ont uf the iu...H-cd returns
from the lund rnthcr tH.. Hut of the
pocket uf the individu'
Bond Issue
90 Bonds mBy Ice ISSUED uN The drain.
age distrrt tud these ,,.Hlilrs are tho
obligation uf the distu.f u~ u whole,
being first lien on IN, drainage taxes.
The reclamation may thus hr financed
without the necessity ui placing mont.
gage. on the land. The luitpr b. not only
undesirable. but not cuuu-h funds could
bc obtained to puy f.. the dfniuagr
work Drainage bonds constitute long.
time obligation, and usually command a.
low rate of interest They urc highly
regarded ~ securities. being free from
ull faxes, including the federal income
tax.
Drainage taxes urc levied 10y th'
hoard ut drainage commissioners aud
utc cqWljlcd boy the district court, thus
iusuring equity 20 the several land own.
crs.
How TO Organize
''Thc ofgUFiluti0n OF d dfaiuugr dIs
trict is undcr the direction uf the dis.
irict court and is accomplished az three
hearings each held after eruprr notice
80 oll interested person. s., the first
. . D..
for organization. the sun.ricu,y Of tho
igncts thereof. the suMr.rurv uf the
notice. the constitutiouul'N uf the law.
mud the Jurisdiction nf th, court urc &c..
cidyd upon aud three drainage commits
-ioncr-. competent. interested land own.
crs iu m, district are appointed tcutu.
lively.
AT thc Second hearing. % report ~
the drainage commissiouyrs is consid.
cred and questions aS Co. 'hr feaSihility ~
ot the proposed work. probable costs
and probable benefits and damages nr,
thrcshcd ouf. ~ the third hruring the
engineer report, plans and cstimntc'
are presented, together with the roll of
assessments. damages. ctr.. and the plan
ot financing and all thc,, are PASSED
elf ut any stage t B.. found that IN,
cost viii exceed the hru,Gt. thr Who'll,
proceedings are stopped
Petition Necessary
The first step is the preparation az
petition in the propcr legal form This
is 10 hc signed 10y majority of n,
land owners Who own a' least ouc.thir,
of the AREA involved. l. b. adv i-ahlr .,
obtain the signatures uf as many Ian,
owners ns possible
Various Details.
Questions of reclamation hy 'h,
government. financing hy the govern
mcut aud financing b, the state are ul
subsequent details. ~ are matters o'
depths. sizes kinds. location. spuciu.
and tyur, 81 drains. H. amy event drain
age districts must be- organized and thr
should Pee dome
Tn" matter rf cost cannot boz as,pr
tgiucd until the district b, orguuilc,
and information collected This uuiui
o., 60 Subsequent detail " % j.. fouu.
that the cost b, tu" high 'h, lpw 20
Uuir,- that the proceedings hc ,tupprd
Various Units.
Drainage in the Rio Grnuic vallc'
p" m Nhli'N WIN I'lhti'Ul 2 IN' lN' NaI
lees naturally divides into units auI q
win hp must satisfactory 90 urmuig
the,, omit, 90. drainage district, Thor
-houid ui course. hr ro.oprutiuu be-
tween rhr several units There arc al~
many interests iu the Rio Graudr ,ullc,
and 'hr rTurf- and Investigations o.
these interests should be- rO.urdinatrd
Plan Feasible.
60 The drainage of these lands g., per
fr,tly feasible pnd mo- unusually diAt
cult problem. are involved. II b. m
opinion that the lands can De- druiuo.
for less than the pycruge cost. which b
about $50 per ucrc. Tho rccnnntiu
viii be- economical u, we'll NJ teu,ibl,
Drainage district. should hr organize
because 'f the wur not in spite ot ID
There is q patriotic ns well u, un rro
numic urge.
Kindly feel FREQ N request any ir
formation or ASSISTANCE that yolt feel "
may give.
"Nith best wi-hr. / am
Your. very truly.
"R. \. HART
'Scuior Drainage Engineer "
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