tributionof its waters and flood waters,the waters of its riversaud streams,for irrigation,power a@ all other use- ful purposes,the reclamatiouand irrigationof its arid, HonorableC. S. Clark,Page 3 (o-5938)
semi-aridand other lq~ds needing irrigation,the reclamation and drainageof its overflowed&nds and other lands needing drainage,the coneervationand developmentof its forest,wa- ter and bydro-electricpower, the navigationof Its coastal and inlandwatera,and the preservationand coneervation of all ruch naturalresourcesof the State."
Section4 of aaid Chapter25 (Art. 7880-4)prescribesthe area or areas that might be includedin a water controland improvementdistrictand reads aa followa:
"Sec. 4. Such districtsmay includethe area of any county or counties,or any portionthereof,includingtowns, villages,or municipalcorporations.Such districtsmay in- clude any county,any number of counties,or any political subdivisionof the State,ana defineddistrictor parts of any or all countiesiu the State of Teraa." (Underscoring oura).
In 1927 the LagialatureamendedSection3 of Chapter25 (Acts 1927, 1st C.S. 40th Leg. ch. 107, p. 496), aud added the followingJsnguage~:
"and such districtswhen organizedshall have power to controlany 6hortageor harmfulexcess of waters by any me- chanicalmeans".
In the same Act, the LegislatureamendedSection4 (Art.7880-4) by adding the followinglanguageto the originalAct:
"and the land composingsaid districtsneed not be in one body, but may consistof saparatebodies of land sepa- rated by land not embracedin the district;provided,how- ever, that each segregatedarea must cast a majorityvote in favor of the creationof the districtbefore such seg- regatedarea ten be includedin the district.
"Providedthat no districtprovidedfor in this Act shall embraceterritorysituatedin more than one county exceptby a majorityvote of the propertytax paying vo- ters residingwithin the territoryin each county sought to be embracedwithin said District".
Now than let us look for the legislativeintent Fn the passageof the originalSections3 and 4 aud in the imendments adoptedthereto.
Under the water controland improvementdistrictAct, as amended in 1927, au ordinarywater controland improvementdistrictcould,and may now, be createdto embrace "any countyand number of countiesor any politi- cal subdivisionof the State, and defineddistrictsor parts of any.or all countiesin the State of Texas",that is--embraceall the territorynow '. L .
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propoeedto be includedin the HarrisCountyWater Controlana Improvement Waster DistrictNo. 1. But there was no provisionIn the law authorieing existingdistrictsto act jointly,pool and coordinatetheir facilitieeand resources,and operateworks for t&e commonbenefitof the severaldistricts. Thereforethe Legislature,In 1929 (Acts 1929, RegularSession&et Leg. Ch. 280, p. 578) furtheramendedSection3 (Art. 7880-3) for the sole purponeof enablingdistrictaalreadycreated,or that may hereafterbe created,"under Chapter25 or under &ther Chapter2, 3, 4, 6, 7 or 9 of Title k~8", to or- ganizethemnelveeinto a "MasterDistrict"in order to "pooltheir resource0 when necessary economicallyto make preliminaryBuurveyr, to adopt 8 plan to coordinatethe plants,improvementsan@ facilitiesof the severalconOtltuent districts,to the improvementsand facilitiesproporedto be constructedand furnished by the Waster Dietrict,to provide improvementsfor the commonbene- fit of the severaldistricts,or to enable such districtrjointlyto make pur- chases,or to maintab, or to operateworks for the commonbenefit of the E- era1 districte". (See Art. 78&-3(c).
Sectionh (Art. 7880-4) was not amsndedby~the 1929 Act, which we think clearlyshows that the Legislatureintendedthat only those areas em- braced in one or more districtacreatedand operatingunder Chapter25 or un- . der eitherChapter2, 3, 4, 6, 7, or 9 of Title 128, may