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CO Code § 37-41-138 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 41 - Irrigation District Law of 1905|§ 37-41-138. Order - Record - Effect

 Upon the allowance of such petition and in case no protest has been filed with the board within thirty days after the entry of said order, a certified copy of the order of the board of directors making such change, and a plat of such district showing such change, certified by the president and secretary, shall be filed for record in the office of the clerk and recorder of each county in which are situate any of the lands of the district, and the district shall remain an irrigation district, as fully to every intent and purpose as if the lands which are included in the district by the change of the boundaries had been included therein at the organization of the district; and said district as so changed and all the lands therein shall be liable for all existing obligations and indebtedness of the organized district.   History. Source: L. 05: P. 267, § 37. R.S. 08: § 3476. C.L. § 2015. CSA: C. 90, § 414. CRS 53: § 149-1-38. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-38. History. Source: L. 05: P. 267, § 37. R.S. 08: § 3476. C.L. § 2015. CSA: C. 90, § 414. CRS 53: § 149-1-38. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-38.
CO Code § 37-41-139 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 41 - Irrigation District Law of 1905|§ 37-41-139. Records - Evidence

 Upon the filing of the copies of the order and the plat as provided in section 37-41-138 , the secretary shall record the petition in the minutes of the board. The minutes, or a certified copy thereof, shall be admissible in evidence with the same effect as the petition.   History. Source: L. 05: P. 267, § 38. R.S. 08: § 3477. C.L. § 2016. CSA: C. 90, § 415. CRS 53: § 149-1-39. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-39. History. Source: L. 05: P. 267, § 38. R.S. 08: § 3477. C.L. § 2016. CSA: C. 90, § 415. CRS 53: § 149-1-39. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-39.
CO Code § 37-41-140 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 41 - Irrigation District Law of 1905|§ 37-41-140. Legal Representatives Petitioners

 A guardian, an executor, or an administrator of an estate, who is appointed as such under the laws of this state and who, as such guardian, executor, or administrator, is entitled to the possession of the lands belonging to the estate which he represents, upon being thereunto authorized by the proper court on behalf of his ward or the estate which he represents, may sign and acknowledge the petition and may show cause why the boundaries of the district should not be changed.   History. Source: L. 05: P. 267, § 39. R.S. 08: § 3478. C.L. § 2017. CSA: C. 90, § 416. CRS 53: § 149-1-40. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-40. History. Source: L. 05: P. 267, § 39. R.S. 08: § 3478. C.L. § 2017. CSA: C. 90, § 416. CRS 53: § 149-1-40. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-40.
CO Code § 37-41-141 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 41 - Irrigation District Law of 1905|§ 37-41-141. Redivision of District - Election of Officers

 In case of the inclusion of any land within any district by proceedings under this article, at least thirty days prior to the next succeeding general election, the board of directors shall make an order redividing such district into three divisions, as nearly equal in size as may be practicable, which shall be numbered first, second, and third, and one director shall thereafter be elected by each division. For the purposes of election the board of directors shall establish a convenient number of election precincts in said districts and define the boundaries thereof, which said precincts may be changed from time to time as the board may deem necessary.   History. Source: L. 05: P. 268, § 40. R.S. 08: § 3479. C.L. § 2018. CSA: C. 90, § 417. CRS 53: § 149-1-41. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-41. History. Source: L. 05: P. 268, § 40. R.S. 08: § 3479. C.L. § 2018. CSA: C. 90, § 417. CRS 53: § 149-1-41. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-41.
CO Code § 37-41-143 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 41 - Irrigation District Law of 1905|§ 37-41-143. Petition for Exclusion

 The owner in fee of any lands constituting a portion of any irrigation district may file, with the board of directors of the district, a petition praying that such lands may be excluded and taken from said district. The petition shall describe the lands which the petitioners desire to have excluded, but the description of such lands need not be more particular than required when lands are entered in the assessment book by the county assessor. Such petition must be acknowledged in the same manner and form as is required in case of a conveyance of land.   History. Source: L. 05: P. 268, § 42. R.S. 08: § 3481. C.L. § 2020. CSA: C. 90, § 419. CRS 53: § 149-1-43. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-43. History. Source: L. 05: P. 268, § 42. R.S. 08: § 3481. C.L. § 2020. CSA: C. 90, § 419. CRS 53: § 149-1-43. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-43.    Cross references:   For acknowledgments in the conveyance of land, see article 35 of title 38.
CO Code § 37-41-144 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 41 - Irrigation District Law of 1905|§ 37-41-144. Notice of Filing Petition

 The secretary of the board of directors shall cause a notice of the filing of such petition to be published for at least three weeks in some newspaper published in the county where the office of the board of directors is situated, and if any portion of said district lies within another county, then said notice shall be so published in a newspaper published within each of said counties, or if no newspaper is published therein, then by posting such notice for the same time in at least three public places in said district, and, in case of the posting of said notices, one of said notices must be so posted on the lands proposed to be excluded. The notice shall state the filing of such petition, the names of the petitioners, a description of the lands mentioned in said petition, and the prayer of said petitioners, and it shall notify all persons interested to appear at the office of said board at a time named in said notice and to show cause in writing why said petition should not be granted. The time to be specified in the notice at which they shall be required to show cause shall be the regular meeting of the board next after the expiration of the time for the publication of the notice. The petitioner shall advance to the secretary sufficient money to pay the estimated cost of all proceedings under such petition before the secretary shall give such notice.   History. Source: L. 05: P. 269, § 43. R.S. 08: § 3482. C.L. § 2021. CSA: C. 90, § 420. CRS 53: § 149-1-44. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-44. History. Source: L. 05: P. 269, § 43. R.S. 08: § 3482. C.L. § 2021. CSA: C. 90, § 420. CRS 53: § 149-1-44. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-44.    Cross references:   For publication of legal notices, see part 1 of article 70 of title 24.
CO Code § 37-41-145 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 41 - Irrigation District Law of 1905|§ 37-41-145. Hearing of Petition

 The board of directors, at the same time and place mentioned in the notice or at the time to which the hearing of said petition may be adjourned, shall proceed to hear the petition and all objections thereto presented in writing by any persons, showing cause why the prayer of said petitioner should not be granted. The filing of such petition with such board shall be deemed as an assent by each and all of such petitioners to the exclusion from such district of the lands mentioned in the petition, or any part thereof.   History. Source: L. 05: P. 269, § 44. R.S. 08: § 3483. C.L. § 2022. CSA: C. 90, § 421. CRS 53: § 149-1-45. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-45. History. Source: L. 05: P. 269, § 44. R.S. 08: § 3483. C.L. § 2022. CSA: C. 90, § 421. CRS 53: § 149-1-45. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-45.
CO Code § 37-41-146 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 41 - Irrigation District Law of 1905|§ 37-41-146. Order

 The board of directors, if it deems it not for the best interest of the district that the lands mentioned in the petition, or some portion thereof, should be excluded from said district, shall order that said petition be denied; but if it deems it for the best interest of the district that the lands mentioned in the petition, or some portion thereof, be excluded from the district and if there are no outstanding bonds of the district, then the board may order the lands mentioned in the petition, or some defined portion thereof, to be excluded from the district. However, if, within thirty days from the making of such order, a majority of the qualified electors of the district protest in writing to said board against the exclusion of such lands from said district, said order shall be held for naught, and such lands shall not be excluded therefrom. In case a contract has been made between the district and the United States, no change shall be made in the boundaries of the district unless the secretary of the interior shall assent thereto in writing and such assent is filed with the board of directors. Upon such assent, any lands excluded from the district shall be discharged from all liens in favor of the United States under contract with the United States or under bonds deposited with its agents.   History. Source: L. 05: P. 269, § 45. R.S. 08: § 3484. L. 17: P. 310, § 15. C.L. § 2023. CSA: C. 90, § 422. CRS 53: § 149-1-46. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-46. History. Source: L. 05: P. 269, § 45. R.S. 08: § 3484. L. 17: P. 310, § 15. C.L. § 2023. CSA: C. 90, § 422. CRS 53: § 149-1-46. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-46.    ANNOTATION   Applied in Nile Irrigation Dist. v. Gas Sec. Co., 248 F. 861 (8th Cir. 1918).
CO Code § 37-41-147 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 41 - Irrigation District Law of 1905|§ 37-41-147. Record - Effect

 Upon the allowance of such petition and in case no protest has been filed with the board within thirty days after the entry of said order, a certified copy of the order of the board of directors making such change and a plat of such district showing such change, certified by the president and secretary, shall be filed for record in the office of the clerk and recorder of each county in which are situate any of the lands of the district, and the district shall remain an irrigation district as fully to every intent and purpose as if the lands which are excluded by the change of the boundaries had not been excluded therefrom.   History. Source: L. 05: P. 270, § 46. R.S. 08: § 3485. C.L. § 2024. CSA: C. 90, § 423. CRS 53: § 149-1-47. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-47. History. Source: L. 05: P. 270, § 46. R.S. 08: § 3485. C.L. § 2024. CSA: C. 90, § 423. CRS 53: § 149-1-47. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-47.
CO Code § 37-41-148 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 41 - Irrigation District Law of 1905|§ 37-41-148. Division of Districts

 At least thirty days before the next general election of such district the board of directors thereof may make an order dividing said district into three divisions, as nearly equal in size as practicable, which divisions shall be numbered first, second, and third, and one director shall be elected for each division by the qualified electors of the whole district. For the purpose of election in such district, the said board of directors must establish a convenient number of election precincts and define the boundaries thereof, which said precincts may be changed from time to time, as the board of directors may deem necessary.   History. Source: L. 05: P. 270, § 47. R.S. 08: § 3486. C.L. § 2025. CSA: C. 90, § 424. CRS 53: § 149-1-48. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-48. History. Source: L. 05: P. 270, § 47. R.S. 08: § 3486. C.L. § 2025. CSA: C. 90, § 424. CRS 53: § 149-1-48. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-48.
CO Code § 37-41-149 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 41 - Irrigation District Law of 1905|§ 37-41-149. Dissolution of District - Election

 If a majority of the resident freeholders, representing a majority of the number of acres of the irrigable land in any irrigation district organized under this article, shall petition the board of directors to call a special election for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of said irrigation district a proposition to vote on the dissolution of said irrigation district, setting forth in said petition that all bills and claims of every nature whatsoever have been fully satisfied and paid, it is the duty of said directors, if they are satisfied that all claims and bills have been fully satisfied, to call an election, setting forth the object of the said election, and to cause notice of said election to be published in some newspaper in each of the counties in which said district is located, for a period of thirty days prior to said election, setting forth the time and place for holding said election in each of the three voting precincts in said district. It is also the duty of the directors to prepare ballots to be used at said election on which shall be written or printed the words: ”For Dissolution - Yes“, and ”For Dissolution - No“.   History. Source: L. 05: P. 270, § 48. R.S. 08: § 3487. C.L. § 2033. CSA: C. 90, § 425. CRS 53: § 149-1-49. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-49. History. Source: L. 05: P. 270, § 48. R.S. 08: § 3487. C.L. § 2033. CSA: C. 90, § 425. CRS 53: § 149-1-49. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-49.    ANNOTATION   No dissolution can take place unless and until all of the district's indebtedness is paid or liquidated or adequate security furnished by the district to, and accepted by, its creditors. In re Green City Irrigation Dist., 91 Colo. 202 , 13 P.2d 1113 (1932); Kiles v. Trinchera Irrigation Dist., 136 F.2d 894 (10th Cir. 1943).
CO Code § 37-41-150 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 41 - Irrigation District Law of 1905|§ 37-41-150. Canvass - Record

 [Form Excluded]   History. Source: L. 05: P. 271, § 49. R.S. 08: § 3488. C.L. § 2034. CSA: C. 90, § 426. CRS 53: § 149-1-50. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-50. History. Source: L. 05: P. 271, § 49. R.S. 08: § 3488. C.L. § 2034. CSA: C. 90, § 426. CRS 53: § 149-1-50. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-50.
CO Code § 37-41-152 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 41 - Irrigation District Law of 1905|§ 37-41-152. Petition for Judicial Examination

 The board of directors of the irrigation district shall file, in the district court of the county in which the lands of the district or some portion thereof are situated, a petition praying in effect that the proceedings may be examined, approved, and confirmed by the court. The petition shall state the facts showing the proceedings had for the issue and sale of said bonds, or for the authorization of a contract with the United States as the case may be, and shall state generally that the irrigation district was duly organized and that the first board of directors was duly elected, but the petition need not state the facts showing such organization of the district or the election of said first board of directors.   History. Source: L. 05: P. 272, § 51. R.S. 08: § 3490. L. 17: P. 312, § 17. C.L. § 2051. CSA: C. 90, § 428. CRS 53: § 149-1-52. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-52. History. Source: L. 05: P. 272, § 51. R.S. 08: § 3490. L. 17: P. 312, § 17. C.L. § 2051. CSA: C. 90, § 428. CRS 53: § 149-1-52. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-52.    ANNOTATION   Applied in Ahern v. Bd. of Dirs., 39 Colo. 409 , 89 P. 963 (1907).
CO Code § 37-41-153 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 41 - Irrigation District Law of 1905|§ 37-41-153. Notice of Hearing

 [Form Excluded]   History. Source: L. 05: P. 272, § 52. R.S. 08: § 3491. L. 17: P. 312, § 18. C.L. § 2052. CSA: C. 90, § 429. CRS 53: § 149-1-53. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-53. History. Source: L. 05: P. 272, § 52. R.S. 08: § 3491. L. 17: P. 312, § 18. C.L. § 2052. CSA: C. 90, § 429. CRS 53: § 149-1-53. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-53.    ANNOTATION   Applied in Ahern v. Bd. of Dirs., 39 Colo. 409 , 89 P. 963 (1907).
CO Code § 37-41-154 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 41 - Irrigation District Law of 1905|§ 37-41-154. Answer - Pleading

 Any person interested in said district, or in the issue or sale of said bonds, or in the making of a contract with the United States may move to dismiss or answer said petition. The provisions of the Colorado rules of civil procedure respecting the motion to dismiss and answer to a complaint shall be applicable to a motion to dismiss and answer to said petition. The person so moving to dismiss and answering said petition shall be the defendant to the special proceeding, and the board of directors shall be the plaintiff. Every material statement of the petition not specifically controverted by the answer, for the purpose of said special proceeding, shall be taken as true, and each person failing to answer the petition shall be deemed to admit as true all the material statements of the petition. The rules of pleading and practice relating to appeals as provided by law and the Colorado appellate rules, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, are applicable to the special proceedings provided for in this section.   History. Source: L. 05: P. 273, § 53. R.S. 08: § 3492. C.L. § 2053. CSA: C. 90, § 430. CRS 53: § 149-1-54. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-54. History. Source: L. 05: P. 273, § 53. R.S. 08: § 3492. C.L. § 2053. CSA: C. 90, § 430. CRS 53: § 149-1-54. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-54.    ANNOTATION   Applied in Ahern v. Bd. of Dirs., 39 Colo. 409 , 89 P. 963 (1907).
CO Code § 37-41-155 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 41 - Irrigation District Law of 1905|§ 37-41-155. Determination - Costs

 Upon the hearing of such special proceeding, the court shall find and determine whether the notice of the filing of the petition has been duly given and published for the time and in the manner prescribed in this article and shall have power and jurisdiction to examine and determine the legality and validity of, and approve and confirm, all of the proceedings for the organization of said district under the provisions of said article, from and including the petition for the organization of the district, and all other proceedings which may affect the legality or validity of said bonds, and the order of the sale and the sale thereof, and all of the proceedings, if any, for the authorization of a contract with the United States and the terms of said contract. The court, in inquiring into the regularity, legality, or correctness of said proceedings, shall disregard any error, irregularity, or omission which does not affect the substantial rights of the parties to said special proceedings. The court by decree may approve and confirm such proceedings in part and disapprove and declare illegal or invalid other or subsequent parts of the proceedings. The costs of the special proceedings may be allowed and apportioned between the parties, in the discretion of the court.   History. Source: L. 05: P. 273, § 54. R.S. 08: § 3493. L. 17: P. 313, § 20. C.L. § 2054. CSA: C. 90, § 431. CRS 53: § 149-1-55. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-55. History. Source: L. 05: P. 273, § 54. R.S. 08: § 3493. L. 17: P. 313, § 20. C.L. § 2054. CSA: C. 90, § 431. CRS 53: § 149-1-55. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-55.    ANNOTATION   Applied in Ahern v. Bd. of Dirs., 39 Colo. 409 , 89 P. 963 (1907).
CO Code § 37-41-156 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 41 - Irrigation District Law of 1905|§ 37-41-156. Sale of Realty Not Needed

 The board of directors of any irrigation district organized under and subject to the provisions of this article may sell, dispose of, and convey any real property of the irrigation district not needed for the use of such irrigation district nor essential to its operation, from time to time as said board by resolution may direct, either by public or private sale, and without any appraisement thereof, at such price and upon such terms as said board may determine, and without any authorization from the electors of such irrigation district.   History. Source: L. 25: P. 328, § 1. CSA: C. 90, § 508. CRS 53: § 149-1-56. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-56. History. Source: L. 25: P. 328, § 1. CSA: C. 90, § 508. CRS 53: § 149-1-56. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-56.
CO Code § 37-41-157 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 41 - Irrigation District Law of 1905|§ 37-41-157. President to Execute Deeds

 The president of the board of directors of any such irrigation district, when authorized by resolution of the board of directors, is empowered to execute, acknowledge, and deliver all deeds of conveyance necessary to convey such property to the purchaser thereof, such deed of conveyance to be attested by the secretary of such irrigation district under its seal, and when so executed such deed of conveyance shall be held to convey the entire title of such irrigation district to the purchaser thereof.   History. Source: L. 25: P. 328, § 2. CSA: C. 90, § 509. CRS 53: § 149-1-57. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-57. History. Source: L. 25: P. 328, § 2. CSA: C. 90, § 509. CRS 53: § 149-1-57. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-57.
CO Code § 37-41-158 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 41 - Irrigation District Law of 1905|§ 37-41-158. Proceeds - Where Paid

 The proceeds of such sale shall be paid into the general fund of such irrigation district.   History. Source: L. 25: P. 329, § 3. CSA: C. 90, § 510. CRS 53: § 149-1-58. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-58. History. Source: L. 25: P. 329, § 3. CSA: C. 90, § 510. CRS 53: § 149-1-58. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-58.
CO Code § 37-41-159 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 41 - Irrigation District Law of 1905|§ 37-41-159. Findings of Board Conclusive

 The board of directors by resolution shall find and determine that any such real property that it proposes to sell or dispose of is not needed for the use of such irrigation district and is not essential to its operation, and such finding and determination shall be conclusive upon such irrigation district, and the purchaser shall not be required to show or prove that such property is not needed for the use of such irrigation district or essential to its operation, and such purchaser shall not be required to see that any moneys paid in pursuance of said sale is paid into the general fund of such irrigation district.   History. Source: L. 25: P. 329, § 4. CSA: C. 90, § 511. CRS 53: § 149-1-59. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-59. History. Source: L. 25: P. 329, § 4. CSA: C. 90, § 511. CRS 53: § 149-1-59. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-59.
CO Code § 37-41-160 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 41 - Irrigation District Law of 1905|§ 37-41-160. Single Election Precincts

 In any election conducted by an irrigation district organized prior to March 3, 1953, the board of directors of such district may order, in its discretion, that the entire district shall constitute one election precinct. In such event the board shall establish one polling place in said precinct and shall appoint only three judges of election, who shall constitute a board of election, and all qualified voters voting at such election shall vote at the polling place so established.   History. Source: L. 53: P. 410, § 1. CRS 53: § 149-1-60. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-60. History. Source: L. 53: P. 410, § 1. CRS 53: § 149-1-60. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-60.    Cross references:   For elections that may be affected by this section, see articles 41 to 44 of this title 37.