The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1921-02-10
Mr.. VAN VACTOR MAKES
STATEMENT ON JOHN DAY

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| Editor Gazette Times:
| Feeling that the taxpayers of tn,
John Day Irrigation District are en-
titled to an opportunity to judge for
themselves as to the accuracy or mac
curacy of any statements made by me
relatice to its organization, / submit
for their inspection the following re-
port rendered The First National Bank
at the request of the officers of the dis
trict on the tenth day of September,
1919:
Heppner. Ore. Sept. 10, 1919.
Mr. w F. Mahoney,
First National Bank,
Heppner, oregon,
| Dear Sir:
In the matter of the validity Of GER
tain warrants issued by the County
| Clerk of Morrow County, on what is
| specified therein as John Day Irrga-
tlon District Fund beg to say, that |
| have given the matter careful consid-
Grafton, and find as follows
| That the proceedings in the creation
Of the District are sufficient and that
the District was legally created up to
the point of the order of the County
Court declaring the result of the cleo
tion called for the purpose of determin-
| ing whether or not the District should
be created. All of the petitions, orders
and notices apparently being substan-
TALLY copied from the proceedings in
he recently created District, known as
the West Extension District"
The statute under which this Irriga-
ton District was created provides that
the order Of the County Court declar-
ing the creation thereof, shall be imme-
diately fled for record in the Office of
the recorder of conveyances of each
County in which any portion of the
lands of the District Is situated and
also that there shall be Immediately
forwarded to the County Clerk of each
County in which any portion of the
lands may lie, a certified copy of such
order and recites land from and after
the date of such filing the organization
of such District shall he complete, and
the officers thereof shall he entitled to
enter Immediately upon the duties of
their respective Offices upon duly auali-
flying as provided by this law"
The statute further provides that at
the election called for voting upon the
question as to whether or not the Dis
trict shall be created. there shall be
elected three Directors, and at this
election NJ, D. Clark. Clay c. Clark and
Iohn Kilkenny were elected as such
1t further provides that these Directors
shall provide a bond for the faithful
performance OF their duties as such
and which shall be approved by the
County. Judge, and recorded in the of
iCe of the County Clerk, together with
their official oaths.
The statute also provides with rela-
tion to assessments, that the Board of
Directors shall on or before the first
Tuesday in September of each wear,
al. taf nF
money to be raised for the coming year
which shall be apportioned so that each
acre of irrigable land shall be assessed
and required to pay the same amount
as every other acre therein, except as
otherwise provided in the act: that the
9oard shall determine the number of
irrigable acres of land owned by each
land owner in the District, and the pro-
portionate assessment; that it shall
prepare a list of record of said assess
ments and apportionment in duplicate
giving n description of the ownership
or holdings of each person, firm or cor
poration therein assessed or apportion-
ed, one of which shall be a permanent
record in the office of said Board.
That on or before the first Tuesday in
September of each year the Secretary
shall give notice of the time that the
Board of Directors, acting as a Board
of Equalization will meet for the pur-
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