Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-04
Continued from yesterday

domain brought by the board uiider
The provisions hereof, the detennlh'
alton of the board that the taking
of the property described IN The
complaint is necessary for the .pur-
noses hereof, shall be conclusive
evidence of such necessity In amy
such proceeding the state may take
immediate possession and use oil
any property required for the pnr.
noses of this article, by paying
into the court such amount OF
money as the court, upon five days
notice to the adverse party, iaay
determine us reasonably adequate
to secure to the owner of the prop
ertv sought To be taken immediate
pavment Of Just compensation Tor
such taking and any damages IN
cident thereto.
In any such proceeding, trial
>by jury may be dcintmded and Sc
cured by any party thereto, and
any proceeding begun under the
provisions of Section ia OF Atl-
cle XII of this constitution shall
be dismissed ON the filing therein
of II written demand by such party.
Such demand must be filed within
30 days after serv1ce upon such
party of process in such proceed
ing.
Property appropriated TO public
use may be taken, under the power
of eminent domain for the purposes
hereof, but, except as otherwise
herein provided, this article snail
not confer power to take the prop
erty or works owned or controlled
by any political subdivision used
or proposed TO pe used for supply
inc water or electric. energy, or
both, without its consent.
Section 15.
All public officers, boards, eom-
missions and agencies shall make
available to the board all data and
information in their possession re
quired by the board, and shall rcnd-
er every assistance i'll their power
in CARRYING out the provisions of
this article.
Section 10.
As far rs practicable, consistent
with the speedy GeveioPmenI 81 ieS
operations, the BOARD shall SO shape
its plans as TO furnish work during
periods of unemployment.
Section Il.
The term political subdivision,
as used in tins article, is hereby
defined TO mean and include any
public boar3, public quasi corpora
tion. public corporation, water dis
trict, lighting district, municipal
utility district, public utility dis
triet, irrigation district, municipal
corporation, town, city, and county,
city or county, having authority to
contract for the purchase, sale or
use of water, water power, or ciec-
tric energy, sale or use CT water,
water power, or electric energy,
but shall not be construed to in
clude any privately owned public
utility.
Section is.
This article is self-executing, but
legislation may be enacted in fur
therance of its purpose and to faeil-
itatc its operation.
Workable Plan
There is nothing new or novel abor
The plan as outlined in section J.
FOR condemnation CT property. The stat
already has this right. The irrigatio
district at the present time can tar
such property as it needs by conden
nation proceedings and it does ne
have to wait until the proceedings az
over to take the property, but il ma
take Immediate poss esson and pay II
il later. The whole act provides
safe, conservative and workable pla
for the greatest possible deve'opmci
of the state at the least cost. 1t
carefully and ably prepared and the
is nothing in IT to frighten anyone.
As we said III the beginning of tn
discussion, the industrial lifd ard pro
pcrity of tine Pacific COAST and pari &c
iarly California depends in Il vcr
large measure upon a cheap and T
liable source of hydro.elecdric powt
the hydro-eleciric power commission
Ontario, in its recent report used the
words:
Electricity is essential TO our
modern existence. Without II we
should be back in the Middle Ages,
candles aud torches for lighting;
hand labor for all purposes; land
transportation restricted to that
provided by human aud animal
agencies and water transportation
to snail sailing ships dependent APP
on the vagaries of the wind; com.
munication limited TO the slow
means of locomotion 1T the disposal
of the courier, III the absence Of
thing faster than horses; these
would form some Of the conditions
under which we should live.
Cleveland Like Plan
The division of light and pCWer
tine City of Cleveland in its report
1920 used these words:
The life Of our great city Is its
tremendous manufacturing interests
and there is no one element as nee
essary for the prosperity of the
same, or as important, as cheap
aud reliable source Of power.
The railroad commission of Calf,
mia in its 1920 report said:
During the life of men now il
middle age there have grown up
great eorporations, providing GER
tain essential services, upon which
depcnd in very lasge degree, in
dustry, production, and tle pros
nefitN and won hnimg OF Lall tho