Pueblo chieftain. (Pueblo, Colo.) 1889-current, 1922-03-15

method by which Flood prevention
work may be organized by districts
within the state with tho approval OF
majority of the land owners OF the
proposed district.
Article 1 OF the proposed law deals
with legal definitions and II IL not 4
matter of considerable public. inter-
est. Article l contains sections, and
Article begins with Section 2, a.
follows:
REORGANIZATION OF CoNsER-
vANCY DISTRICTS
SECTION 2. JURISDICTION OF
DISTRICT COURTS. The district court
sitting in and for any county in this
state, or any judge thereof in vacation,
10 hereby vested with Jurisdiction,
power and authority, when tho condi-
lions stated In section of this act
are found to exist. to establish conser-
vancy districts, which may be entirely
within or partly within and partly
without. the judicial district In which
said court is located for all or any OF
the following purposes:
ta) Preventing floods.
tb) Regulating streem channels by
changing. widening, and deepening the
same:
(c) Regulating the flow Of streams:
(d) Diverting, controlling or. In
whole or in part. eliminating water
courses:
te) Protecting public and private
property from inundation;
and Incident TO such purposes and to
enable their accomplishment. any dis
trict so established shall have tho
power to straighten. widen, deepen.
change, divert or change tho course or
terminus of, any natural or artificial
water course. to build reservoirs. can
ais. lcvcee. walls, entertainments.
bridges or dams: to reclaim or I'll
low lands and lands subject to over
flow. to remove and to regulate and
prescribe the location Of improve
ments upon land; to maintain. operate
and repair any OF the construction
herein named: TO do all other things
necessary for the fulfillment Of the
purposes OF this act, and such powers
shall also be construed as purposes for
which benefits may be appraised as
hereinafter provided.
SECTION 3. PETITION Tho es-
Enlistment OF conscrvancy districts
for the purposes and in tho manner
provided for In this act. IL hereby de-
clared to be conducive to the public
health, safety, convenience and well
fare. Before any constrvancy district
shall be established under this act.
pe tition shall be filed in the office OF
tho clerk Of the court vested with 1ur-
addiction, In a county in which all or
u
proposed conscrvaney district are sit
uated, agncd either by two hundred
owners OF land. or by majority of
the owners OF land situate within the
limits OF the territory proposed 10 he
organ into n district. Such pcti-
/ ton may he signed hy tho governing
body of any public cor porAtion lying
wholly or partly within the proposed
district. In such manner ms II may pre-
scribe. and when - signed by such
governing body such n petition on the
part OF tho said governing body shall
tiil all the requirements of rcprcscn-
tntlon upon such petition Of the own
ere OF land OF such public corporation.
AZ they appear upon tho tax rolls: and
thereafter II shall not be necessary for
individual. within said public corpora
ton TO sign such a petition. Such
petition may also no signed by rail-
road corporations and other corpora
tions owning lands within the pro-
posed district.
Any city Interested in some degree In
tho Improvement. upon proper action
BY It's governing body. may alone fle
the petition required by this section.
Tho petition shan set forth:
First: Tho proposed name OF said
district
Second: Tha. property within tho
proposed dis,ric. will be benefited by
the accomplishment OF one or moro Of
the purposes enumerated in Section
OF this act
Third. A general description OF tho
purpose OF the contemplated improve
mont. and OF thu territory TO be In
Guided in tho proposed district. Said
description nccd not he given by mc,rs
and bound, or by legal subdivisions.
but II shall he sufficient to enable
property owner to ascertain whether
his property il Within tho territory
proposed TO he organized AZ district,
Said territory need not bc contiguous,
provided Il no so situated that the ur-
garisatlon as single district OF the
territory described is calculated to pro
mote ono or moro OF tho purposes en-
umera,cd In Section . OF this act.
Fourth: said petition shall pray for
tn. organization OF the district by the
name proposed.
No petition with tho requisite sigma
lures shall be declared null and void
on account Of alleged defects but the
court may at any time permit tho pc
uifou to he amended to conform 30
tho facts by correcting any errors In
tho description Of tho territory, or I'm
any other particular. Several similar
petitions or duplicate copies Of tho
Same petition for the organization Of
the same district may be filed and
shall together be regarded az ono pc
titon. All such petitions filed prior TO
tn. hearing on the first petition filed.
shall be considered by the court 4fe
same rs tho flied with tho first psti-
titlon PLACID on file.
In determining whether a majority
OF land owners have signed the pe.i-
ton the court shall he governed ty
the names as they appear upon .hc
tax roll which shall bc prima facic
evidence or such Ownership.
SECTION 4. BOND OF PETITION
Frs. At the limo OF filing the peu-
ton. or at any time subsequent there
to and prior to tho time of the hearing
on said petition. a bond shall he filed.
with security approved by the court,
sufficient to pay all the expenses con-
rected with the proceedings in case
the Organization OF the district be not
effected. If at any time during tho
proceeding tho court shall be satisfied