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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 20 - ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-20-121) › Section 37-20-101 - Legislative declaration

It is declared by the general assembly that the reclamation by drainage of lands not at present cultivatable or useful or fully so will be conducive to the public health, convenience, utility, or welfare. The owners of agricultural lands susceptible of drainage by the same general system of works may propose the organization of a drainage district by presenting to the board of county commissioners of the county where the larger portion of said lands lie a petition giving the name of the proposed district and praying that the board of county commissioners cause the question of the organization of said district to be submitted to a vote of the owners of the lands lying within the boundaries thereof or that a drainage system may be established without election, as provided in section
37-20-110
.
L. 11: p. 311, § 1. C.L. § 2107. CSA: C. 57, § 1. CRS 53: § 47-1-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-1-1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 20 - ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-20-121) › Section 37-20-102 - Petition - maps - committee

(1)
The petition may be in more than one part for convenience in obtaining signatures if each part is the same in substance. When the several parts of said petition, with the signatures thereto attached, are together presented to the board of county commissioners, they shall be considered as one petition. Said petition shall be signed by a majority of the owners of said lands, whether residents or nonresidents of said county, as well as by the owners in the aggregate of a majority of the total number of acres of land sought to be included in said district and shall contain a general description of the boundaries of said proposed district and a statement that the lands within said proposed district are not at present cultivatable or useful or fully so and that they can be made more productive or useful by drainage.
(2)
The petition shall be accompanied by a map drawn to scale of not less than two inches to the mile, giving the names of the owners of each tract of land appearing of record and proposed to be embraced in said district. The petitioners shall select and name in said petition a committee of three or more of said petitioners to present such petition to the board of county commissioners and to give notice thereof as provided in section
37-20-106
.
(3)
The equalized county assessment roll next preceding the presentation of a petition for the organization of a drainage district is sufficient evidence of title for the purpose of articles
20
to
30
of this title, but other evidence may be received including receipts or other evidence of the rights of entrymen of lands under any law of the United States or of this state, and such entrymen shall be competent signers of such petition, and the lands on which said entries have been made by entrymen for the purpose of said petition shall be considered as owned by them. Articles
20
to
30
of this title shall apply to said lands to the extent of the rights of such entrymen and shall bind said lands as other lands in the district when the title of the state or the United States is divested.
L. 11: p. 312, § 2. L. 13: p. 252, § 1. L. 15: p. 296, § 1. C.L. § 2108. CSA: C. 57, § 2. CRS 53: § 47-1-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-1-2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 20 - ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-20-121) › Section 37-20-103 - Petition accompanied by bond

The petition shall be accompanied by a good and sufficient bond with sureties to be approved by the said board of county commissioners in a penal sum double the amount of the probable cost of organizing said district, conditioned for the payment of all costs incurred in said proceedings in case said organization shall not be effected.
L. 11: p. 312, § 3. C.L. § 2109. CSA: C. 57, § 3. CRS 53: § 47-1-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-1-3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 20 - ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-20-121) › Section 37-20-104 - Cash in lieu of bond

In lieu of a bond the board of county commissioners, in its discretion, may require the petitioners to pay in advance to the county treasurer from time to time such sums of money as in the opinion of the board of county commissioners will be required for the costs and expenses of organizing said district.
L. 11: p. 312, § 4. C.L. § 2110. CSA: C. 57, § 4. CRS 53: § 47-1-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-1-4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 20 - ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-20-121) › Section 37-20-105 - Expenses reimbursed - when

In case the district is organized, the expenses incurred by the county shall be paid to the county by said district, and all advances made by the petitioners to the county treasurer shall be refunded by the county to the petitioners, who shall have advanced the same.
L. 11: p. 313, § 5. C.L. § 2111. CSA: C. 57, § 5. CRS 53: § 47-1-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-1-5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 20 - ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-20-121) › Section 37-20-106 - Petition - notice - publication

Prior to the presentation of the petition to the board of county commissioners, the petition shall be published in some newspaper of general circulation in the county where said petition will be presented, for at least two weeks, together with a notice signed by the committee selected by the petitioners and named in said petition, giving the time and place of the presentation of the same to the board of county commissioners.
L. 11: p. 313, § 6. C.L. § 2112. CSA: C. 57, § 6. CRS 53: § 47-1-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-1-6.
For publication of legal notices, see part 1 of article 70 of title 24.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 20 - ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-20-121) › Section 37-20-107 - Hearing of petition

At the time and place designated in the notice, if it appears that the notice of presentation of the petition has been given as required by section
37-20-106
and that said petition has been signed by the number of petitioners required by section
37-20-102
, the board of county commissioners shall hear said petition and applications for the exclusion of lands from said district and applications for the inclusion of lands therein and may adjourn such hearing from time to time not exceeding four weeks in all.
L. 11: p. 313, § 7. C.L. § 2113. CSA: C. 57, § 7. CRS 53: § 47-1-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-1-7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 20 - ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-20-121) › Section 37-20-108 - Change boundaries - limitations

The board of county commissioners may make such changes in the boundaries of the proposed district as may be necessary by including therein upon the application of the owners thereof of other lands susceptible of drainage by the proposed system, or which will be benefited by the system of drainage, and by excluding therefrom lands mentioned in the petition which in the opinion of the board of county commissioners will not be susceptible of drainage thereby or will not be benefited by the system of drainage, but the board of county commissioners shall not exclude from said district any lands described in the petition which, in the opinion of the board, are susceptible of drainage by the system or will be benefited thereby.
L. 11: p. 313, § 8. C.L. § 2114. CSA: C. 57, § 8. CRS 53: § 47-1-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-1-8.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 20 - ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-20-121) › Section 37-20-109 - Order establishing district

When the boundaries of any proposed drainage district have been determined, the board of county commissioners shall make an order allowing the prayer of the petition, defining and establishing the boundaries and designating the name of the proposed district.
L. 11: p. 314, § 9. C.L. § 2115. CSA: C. 57, § 9. CRS 53: § 47-1-9. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-1-9.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 20 - ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-20-121) › Section 37-20-110 - Establishment without election

When the prayer of the petition is that a drainage system be established without holding an election and it appears that a large portion of the land which will be benefited by the proposed drainage system is unoccupied land or so many of the owners of land to be benefited thereby are not residents upon the land that an election would be impracticable or would entail an undue expense, the board of county commissioners is authorized, at any regular or special session, to cause a system of drainage to be constructed and to exercise all the powers conferred upon boards of directors of drainage districts, and to continue to exercise the powers and perform the duties of boards of directors until a petition is presented signed by the owners of the larger portion of the lands, or their duly authorized agents, praying that an election may be called to elect directors for the district. Then the board of county commissioners shall call an election for that purpose and as soon as the result of said election is determined, the board of county commissioners shall cease to have or exercise the duties of directors of a drainage district.
L. 11: p. 314, § 10. C.L. § 2116. CSA: C. 57, § 10. CRS 53: § 47-1-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-1-10.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 20 - ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-20-121) › Section 37-20-111 - Election - notice - contents

(1)
When the petition prays that an election shall be held, the board of county commissioners shall order an election to be held within the proposed drainage district for the purpose of determining whether or not said district shall be organized and shall cause to be published a notice of said election which shall contain:
(a)
The name of the proposed district;
(b)
The boundaries thereof;
(c)
The polling places;
(d)
The names of the judges of election;
(e)
The names of three or more persons eligible for directors of said district;
(f)
The date of said election.
(2)
Said notice shall require the electors to cast ballots which shall contain the words: "Drainage District - Yes" or "Drainage District - No". Said notice shall be signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners and attested by the county clerk and recorder under the seal of the county.
L. 11: p. 314, § 11. C.L. § 2117. CSA: C. 57, § 11. CRS 53: § 47-1-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-1-11.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 20 - ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-20-121) › Section 37-20-112 - Three directors - representation

There shall be elected three directors who shall be owners of land within said district; but the board of county commissioners may divide and if requested in said petition shall divide said district into three divisions, as nearly equal as conveniently may be, which shall be numbered one, two, and three, respectively, and in that event, the voters of each division shall elect one director, who shall be the owner of land within said division, and the three thus elected shall be the directors of said district.
L. 11: p. 315, § 12. C.L. § 2118. CSA: C. 57, § 12. CRS 53: § 47-1-12. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-1-12.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 20 - ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-20-121) › Section 37-20-113 - Polling place - precincts

The board of county commissioners shall designate a polling place within said district and, if necessary, shall establish a convenient number of election precincts within said district, define the boundaries thereof, and designate the polling place in each precinct.
L. 11: p. 315, § 13. C.L. § 2119. CSA: C. 57, § 13. CRS 53: § 47-1-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-1-13.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 20 - ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-20-121) › Section 37-20-114 - Judges of election

The board of county commissioners shall appoint for each precinct, from the qualified electors who are owners of lands therein, three judges of election who shall exercise the powers and duties usually performed by judges of election in this state.
L. 11: p. 315, § 14. C.L. § 2120. CSA: C. 57, § 14. CRS 53: § 47-1-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-1-14.
For powers and duties of judges of election, see article 6 of title 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 20 - ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-20-121) › Section 37-20-115 - Publication of election notice

The notice shall be published at least two weeks preceding the election in a newspaper of general circulation within the county; and a like notice shall be published in each county within which any portion of the district may lie.
L. 11: p. 315, § 15. C.L. § 2121. CSA: C. 57, § 15. CRS 53: § 47-1-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-1-15.
For publication of legal notices, see part 1 of article 70 of title 24.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 20 - ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-20-121) › Section 37-20-116 - Qualification of voters

Every owner of land within said district, who is a citizen of the United States or has declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States and is a resident of the state of Colorado, shall be entitled to vote at such election in the precinct where he resides, or if a nonresident of the precinct, then in the precinct within which the greater portion of his land lies.
L. 11: p. 315, § 16. C.L. § 2122. CSA: C. 57, § 16. CRS 53: § 47-1-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-1-16.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 20 - ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-20-121) › Section 37-20-117 - Canvass of votes - result

The board of county commissioners shall meet on the second Monday following the election and proceed to canvass the votes cast thereat. If it appears that a majority of the votes cast are "Drainage District - Yes", the board of county commissioners shall make an order declaring that said drainage district is duly organized under the name theretofore designated and that the persons who receive the highest number of votes respectively are duly elected directors of said district.
L. 11: p. 316, § 17. C.L. § 2123. CSA: C. 57, § 17. CRS 53: § 47-1-17. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-1-17.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 20 - ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-20-121) › Section 37-20-118 - Order filed with county clerk and recorder

The board of county commissioners shall cause a certified copy of the order, together with a copy of the plat of the district, to be filed with the county clerk and recorder of each county in which any portion of the district lies, and thereafter no land within the district shall be included within the boundaries of any other drainage district without the consent of the owner of the lands sought to be embraced within such other district.
L. 11: p. 316, § 18. C.L. § 2124. CSA: C. 57, § 18. CRS 53: § 47-1-18. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-1-18.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 20 - ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-20-121) › Section 37-20-119 - Officers to qualify

On and after the date of such filing, the organization of said district shall be complete, and the officers thereof shall forthwith enter upon the duties of their respective offices, upon qualifying according to law, and shall hold their respective offices until their successors are elected and qualified.
L. 11: p. 316, § 19. C.L. § 2125. CSA: C. 57, § 19. CRS 53: § 47-1-19. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-1-19.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 20 - ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-20-121) › Section 37-20-120 - Validity of organization

No action shall be brought or maintained or defense made affecting the validity of the organization of said district, unless the same has been commenced or made within one year after the entry of said order.
L. 11: p. 316, § 20. C.L. § 2126. CSA: C. 57, § 20. CRS 53: § 47-1-20. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-1-20.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 20 - ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-20-121) › Section 37-20-121 - Actions - judicial notice - validity

In all actions, suits, and judicial proceedings in any court of this state, the court shall take judicial notice of the organization and existence of any drainage district of this state, from and after the filing for record in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the certified copy of the order of the board of county commissioners mentioned in section
37-20-117
. A certified copy of said order shall be prima facie evidence in all actions, suits, and proceedings in any court of this state of the regularity and legal sufficiency of all acts, matters, and proceedings therein recited and set forth. Any such drainage district, in regard to which any such order may be entered and such certified copy thereof so filed for record, which has exercised the rights and powers of such a district and which has in office a board of directors exercising the duties of its office and the legality or regularity of the formation or organization of which shall not have been questioned by proceedings in quo warranto instituted in the district court of the county in which such district or the greater portion thereof is situated, within one year from the date of such filing, shall be conclusively deemed to be a legally and regularly organized, established, and existing drainage district within the meaning of articles
20
to
30
of this title. The due and lawful formation and organization of said district shall not thereafter be questioned in any action, suit, or proceeding whether brought under the provisions of articles
20
to
30
of this title or otherwise.
L. 11: p. 328, § 74. C.L. § 2127. CSA: C. 57, § 21. CRS 53: § 47-1-21. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-1-21.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-101 - Directors to exercise powers

The board of directors is vested with all powers necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district was organized, including the power to optimize drainage and recharge of water within the district. No enumeration of particular powers granted shall be construed to impair any general grant of power specified in this article, nor shall the grant of particular powers be construed to limit any such general grant to a power of the same class as the particular powers so enumerated.
L. 11: p. 316, § 22. C.L. § 2129. CSA: C. 57, § 23. CRS 53: § 47-2-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-2. L. 88: Entire section amended, p. 1225, § 1, effective March 17.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-102 - Meetings of directors

The board of directors shall hold a regular meeting in the office of the drainage district on the first Tuesday in January, April, July, and October and such special meetings as may be required for the proper transaction of business. Special meetings shall be called by the president of the board or any director. All special meetings of the board shall be held at locations which are within the boundaries of the district or which are within the boundaries of any county in which the district is located, in whole or in part, or in any county so long as the meeting location does not exceed twenty miles from the district boundaries. The provisions of this section governing the location of meetings may be waived only if the proposed change of location of a meeting of the board appears on the agenda of a regular or special meeting of the board and if a resolution is adopted by the board stating the reason for which a meeting of the board is to be held in a location other than under the provisions of this section and further stating the date, time, and place of such meeting.
L. 11: p. 317, § 24. C.L. § 2131. CSA: C. 57, § 25. CRS 53: § 47-2-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-4. L. 90: Entire section amended, p. 1502, § 14, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-103 - Meetings public - quorum

Meetings of the board of directors shall be public, and two directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. On all questions requiring a vote there shall be a concurrence of at least two directors. The record of the board shall be open to the inspection of the public during business hours.
L. 11: p. 317, § 25. C.L. § 2132. CSA: C. 57, § 26. CRS 53: § 47-2-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-104 - President - secretary - district treasurer - seal

The board of directors shall elect a president from the members of the board and shall appoint a secretary and a district treasurer and adopt a drainage district seal.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 53, § 2, eff. 1/1/2024.
L. 11: p. 316, § 21. C.L. § 2128. CSA: C. 57, § 22. CRS 53: § 47-2-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-1.
2023 Ch. 53, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-105 - Directors - election

The regular election of directors of drainage districts shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January of each alternate year, at which three directors shall be elected. The three persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be the directors for the next succeeding two years and until their respective successors are elected and qualified.
L. 11: p. 318, § 30. C.L. § 2137. CSA: C. 57, § 31. CRS 53: § 47-2-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-10.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-106 - Directors to qualify

Each director shall take an oath or affirmation in accordance with section
24-12-101
and file the director's official bond in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the county where the organization of the district was effected.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 88,§ 34, eff. 8/8/2018.
L. 11: p. 318, § 31. C.L. § 2138. CSA: C. 57, § 32. CRS 53: § 47-2-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-11. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (HB 18-1138), ch. 88, p. 700, § 34, effective August 8.
For the legislative declaration in HB 18-1138, see section 1 of chapter 88, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-107 - Failure of director to qualify

In the event that a person elected as director of a drainage district fails or refuses to qualify within the time prescribed in this article, a vacancy shall exist and the board of county commissioners of the county where the office of the drainage district is located shall appoint a director who shall hold the office until the next regular district election, and, upon filing his oath and bond, the term of office of the director whose successor was to be elected shall end.
L. 11: p. 328, § 73. C.L. § 2139. CSA: C. 57, § 33. CRS 53: § 47-2-12. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-12.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-108 - Director's bond

Each director shall execute a bond in the penal sum of two thousand dollars with sureties approved by the county judge of the county where said organization was effected and file the same in the office of the county clerk and recorder of said county. Said bond shall be in the form prescribed by law for county officers, making the drainage district obligee therein.
L. 11: p. 318, § 32. C.L. § 2140. CSA: C. 57, § 34. CRS 53: § 47-2-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-13.
For bonds of county officers, see § 30-10-110.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-109 - Directors - secretary - salary

Each director shall receive as compensation for his services a sum not in excess of six hundred dollars per annum, as fixed by the board. No director shall receive any compensation as an officer, engineer, attorney, employee, or other agent of the district. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed as preventing the board from authorizing the reimbursement of any director for expenses incurred and appertaining to the activities of the district. The salary of the secretary shall be fixed by resolution of the board.
L. 11: p. 318, § 29. L. 21: p. 279, § 1. C.L. § 2136. CSA: C. 57, § 30. CRS 53: § 47-2-9. L. 63: p. 344, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-9. L. 73: p. 565, § 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-110 - Powers of board

The board of directors is authorized to take conveyances or assurances in the name of the drainage district for all property acquired by it and to institute and maintain any actions, proceedings, and suits necessary or proper in order fully to carry out the provisions of articles
20
to
30
of this title or to enforce, maintain, protect, or preserve any rights, privileges, and immunities created or acquired in pursuance thereof.
L. 11: p. 317, § 28. C.L. § 2135. CSA: C. 57, § 29. CRS 53: § 47-2-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-8.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-111 - Right to enter upon land in district

The directors, agents, and employees of the drainage district have the right to enter upon any land in the district to make surveys and to locate drainage ditches and laterals.
L. 11: p. 317, § 26. C.L. § 2133. CSA: C. 57, § 27. CRS 53: § 47-2-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-112 - Office of district

The office of the drainage district shall be located in the county where the organization is effected, at some fixed place to be determined by the board of directors of the drainage district.
L. 11: p. 318, § 33. C.L. § 2141. CSA: C. 57, § 35. CRS 53: § 47-2-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-14.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-113 - Property to vest in district

The title to property acquired under the provisions of articles
20
to
30
of this title shall vest in such drainage district in its corporate name. Said property shall be held by such district in trust for, and is hereby dedicated and set apart for, the uses and purposes set forth in articles
20
to
30
of this title and shall be exempt from taxation. The board of directors is authorized to hold, use and acquire, manage, occupy, and possess said property.
L. 11: p. 317, § 27. C.L. § 2134. CSA: C. 57, § 28. CRS 53: § 47-2-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-113.5 - Sale of district property

The board of directors of such drainage district has the power to sell and transfer by proper conveyance any real estate or personal property belonging to the district when, in the opinion of the board, such property is no longer needed by such district; except that no parcel of real estate with a fair market value of more than twenty-five thousand dollars shall be sold or transferred unless the question of the proposed sale or transfer is submitted to the qualified voters of the district at an election held thereon and is approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the district voting at such election. Such election shall be held in the same manner as an election for dissolution of the district pursuant to the provisions of article
29
of this title insofar as such provisions are practicable.
L. 83: Entire section added, p. 1385, § 1, effective March 22.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-114 - Construction of system - contracts

(1)
The board of directors may cause surveys to be made for ditches for drainage works and rights-of-way for said district; may cause drainage or irrigation ditches, work, rights-of-way, and other property necessary for said district to be laid out, constructed, purchased, and acquired by condemnation or otherwise; and may appropriate, divert, and use waters for beneficial purposes, including any water gathered in or discharged by the works of any such district, under the same rules as to ownership, title, appropriation, priority, and adjudication of priorities as are applicable to individuals. The district shall file applications for water rights, changes of water rights, and plans for augmentation as provided in section
37-92-302
.
(2)
The board of directors has no power to make any contract or authorize any expenditure involving more than fifty thousand dollars unless such contract or expenditure is authorized, approved, and ratified in writing by owners of land in said drainage district equal in number to a majority of the votes cast at the last district election; and no contract or expenditure involving more than one hundred thousand dollars shall be made or be binding unless the question of making said contract or expenditure has been submitted and said expenditure authorized at an election in said district. The board of directors shall not violate the spending limitations specified in section
29-1-301
, C.R.S.
(3)
The board of directors has the power and authority, without advertising for bids as required by section
37-24-101
, to enter into contracts either with the state of Colorado or with the United States, or both, jointly, for any and all surveys, plans, and specifications for a proposed drainage ditch, system, or works and also for the construction in whole or in part of such drainage ditch, system, or works. Such contracts shall provide for the payment by such drainage district to the state of Colorado or the United States, or both, as the case may be, of the actual cost of making such surveys, plans, and specifications and the actual cost of construction of such drainage ditch, system, or works, by such amounts as shall be agreed upon in such contracts. Any such contracts shall not become effective and binding upon any such drainage district until the question of making such contracts is submitted to and authorized at an election of the qualified electors of said district.
L. 11: p. 316, § 23. L. 15: p. 294, § 1. C.L. § 2130. L. 23: p. 279, § 1. CSA: C. 57, § 24. CRS 53: § 47-2-3. L. 55: p. 292, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-3. L. 73: p. 1403, § 35. L. 88: (2) amended, p. 1225, § 2, effective March 17.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-115 - Notice of election

Fifteen days prior to any election held subsequent to the organization of a drainage district, the secretary shall cause notices specifying the polling place of each precinct to be posted in three public places in each precinct, giving the hour and place of holding the election, and at the same time shall post a general election notice of said election in the office of said drainage district.
L. 11: p. 318, § 34. C.L. § 2142. CSA: C. 57, § 36. CRS 53: § 47-2-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-15.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-116 - Hours of voting

The polls shall be opened at eight a.m. and be kept open until six p.m. of the day of election.
L. 11: p. 319, § 38. C.L. § 2146. CSA: C. 57, § 40. CRS 53: § 47-2-19. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-19.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-117 - Judges of election

Prior to the time for posting said notices, the board of directors shall appoint three judges of election in each precinct, each of whom shall be a landowner within said precinct, and one of whom shall act as clerk of the election.
L. 11: p. 319, § 35. C.L. § 2143. CSA: C. 57, § 37. CRS 53: § 47-2-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-16.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-118 - Judges - vacancies filled by voters

If the board of directors fails to appoint judges or the appointees fail to attend at the hour designated for opening the polls on the morning of election, the voters of the precinct present at that hour may appoint one or more judges to supply the places of those absent.
L. 11: p. 319, § 36. C.L. § 2144. CSA: C. 57, § 38. CRS 53: § 47-2-17. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-17.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-119 - Oaths - judges and clerks

Any judge or clerk of election may administer and certify oaths required to be administered during the progress of an election. Before opening the polls, each judge and clerk shall take and subscribe an oath faithfully to perform the duties imposed upon him by law. Any qualified elector of the precinct may administer and certify said oath.
L. 11: p. 319, § 37. C.L. § 2145. CSA: C. 57, § 39. CRS 53: § 47-2-18. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-18.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-120 - Count of ballots - returns

After the closing of the polls, the judges of election shall forthwith proceed to count the ballots and make returns of the results of the election. It is the duty of the clerk forthwith to deliver the returns duly certified to the board of directors of the drainage district, together with the ballots cast.
L. 11: p. 319, § 39. C.L. § 2147. CSA: C. 57, § 41. CRS 53: § 47-2-20. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-20.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-121 - Canvass of returns

The board of directors shall meet at the office of the drainage district on the first Monday after an election and canvass the returns. If at the time of the meeting the returns have been received from all the precincts, the board of directors shall proceed to canvass the returns. If returns have not been received from all precincts, the canvass shall be postponed from day to day until the returns have all been received or until six postponements have been made. The canvass shall be made in public by opening the returns and counting the votes of the district for each person voted for and for or against each question submitted at such election and declaring the results thereof. The board shall declare elected the person receiving the highest number of votes for each office and shall declare the result of the vote on any question submitted to the voters.
L. 11: p. 319, § 40. C.L. § 2148. CSA: C. 57, § 42. CRS 53: § 47-2-21. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-21.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-122 - Tie vote determined by lot

In the event that at any regular or special election two or more persons receive the same number of votes and one is elected thereby, the election shall be determined by lot under direction of the county judge of the county in which the office of the drainage district is kept.
L. 11: p. 320, § 41. C.L. § 2149. CSA: C. 57, § 43. CRS 53: § 47-2-22. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-22.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-123 - Statement of result

(1)
As soon as the result of any election is declared, the secretary of the board of directors shall enter in the record of the board of directors and file with the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the office of said district is located a statement of the result.
(2)
Said statement shall contain:
(a)
A copy of the published notice of said election;
(b)
The names of the judges of election;
(c)
The number of votes cast in the district and in each precinct of the district;
(d)
The office to which each person was elected;
(e)
The number of votes cast in each precinct for each person;
(f)
The number of votes cast in the district for each person;
(g)
The names of the persons elected;
(h)
The result of any question submitted to the voters at said election.
L. 11: p. 320, § 42. C.L. § 2150. CSA: C. 57, § 44. CRS 53: § 47-2-23. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-23.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-124 - Certificate of election

The secretary shall forthwith deliver to each person elected a certificate of election, signed by the secretary and authenticated with the seal of the drainage district.
L. 11: p. 320, § 43. C.L. § 2151. CSA: C. 57, § 45. CRS 53: § 47-2-24. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-24.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 21 - DIRECTORS - DUTIES - ELECTIONS (§§ 37-21-101 — 37-21-125) › Section 37-21-125 - Vacancies

In case of a vacancy in the board of directors by death, removal, or inability from any cause to properly discharge the duties of a director, the board of county commissioners of the county where the office of said district is located shall appoint a director who shall hold his office until the next regular election in said district and until his successor is elected and qualified.
L. 11: p. 320, § 44. C.L. § 2152. CSA: C. 57, § 46. CRS 53: § 47-2-25. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-25.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 22 - TREASURER - DUTIES (§§ 37-22-101 — 37-22-108) › Section 37-22-101 - Treasurer of drainage district

The treasurer of the drainage district shall be liable on the district treasurer's official bond for the safety and disbursement of the funds of the drainage district which may come into the district treasurer's hands.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 53, § 3, eff. 1/1/2024.
L. 11: p. 320, § 45. C.L. § 2153. L. 23: p. 277, § 1. CSA: C. 57, § 47. CRS 53: § 47-3-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-3-1. L. 71: p. 325, § 1.
2023 Ch. 53, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 22 - TREASURER - DUTIES (§§ 37-22-101 — 37-22-108) › Section 37-22-102 - Duties of treasurer

The treasurer shall collect, receive, and receipt for all moneys belonging to said drainage district. It is the duty of the county treasurer of each county in which any drainage district is located in whole or in part to collect and receipt for all assessments levied in the same manner and at the same time and upon the same receipt as is required in the collection of taxes upon real estate for county purposes.
L. 11: p. 321, § 46. C.L. § 2154. CSA: C. 57, § 48. CRS 53: § 47-3-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-3-2.
For collection of taxes, see article 10 of title 39.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 22 - TREASURER - DUTIES (§§ 37-22-101 — 37-22-108) › Section 37-22-103 - Remittances to district treasurer

The county treasurer of each county comprising a portion only of a drainage district, on the first Monday of each month, shall remit to the treasurer of the drainage district all moneys belonging to said drainage district. The board of directors is authorized to pay all legal claims against said district by warrants drawn on the district treasurer, as provided in section
37-22-104
.
L. 11: p. 321, § 47. C.L. § 2155. CSA: C. 57, § 49. CRS 53: § 47-3-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-3-3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 22 - TREASURER - DUTIES (§§ 37-22-101 — 37-22-108) › Section 37-22-104 - Payment only on warrants

The treasurer of the drainage district shall pay out of the funds of said district only upon warrants ordered by the board of directors of the drainage district, signed by its president and attested by its secretary, under the seal of the drainage district.
L. 11: p. 321, § 48. C.L. § 2156. CSA: C. 57, § 50. CRS 53: § 47-3-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-3-4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 22 - TREASURER - DUTIES (§§ 37-22-101 — 37-22-108) › Section 37-22-105 - Warrants - no funds - interest

When any warrants of a drainage district are presented to the treasurer and there are no funds in his hands to pay the same, he shall stamp the same in the same manner as ordinary county warrants are stamped, and they shall draw interest at the rate of six percent per annum from the date of their presentation until paid.
L. 11: p. 321, § 49. C.L. § 2157. CSA: C. 57, § 51. CRS 53: § 47-3-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-3-5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 22 - TREASURER - DUTIES (§§ 37-22-101 — 37-22-108) › Section 37-22-106 - Claims verified - order of payment

All claims against a drainage district shall be verified as required in the case of claims against counties, and the directors and secretary of the drainage district are authorized to administer oaths to the parties verifying said claims. The district treasurer shall keep a register in which he shall enter each warrant presented for payment, giving the date and amount of the warrant, to whom payable, the date of the presentation for payment, the date of payment, and the amount paid, and all warrants shall be paid in the order of their presentation for payment to the district treasurer and when paid shall be canceled across the face. All warrants shall be drawn payable to the claimant or bearer.
L. 11: p. 321, § 50. C.L. § 2158. CSA: C. 57, § 52. CRS 53: § 47-3-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-3-6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 22 - TREASURER - DUTIES (§§ 37-22-101 — 37-22-108) › Section 37-22-107 - Registry of warrants - vouchers

The secretary shall keep a registry of all warrants drawn by order of the board of directors showing the date, amount, name of payee, and for what purposes drawn, and no warrant shall be issued except upon an itemized voucher duly verified stating the services rendered or material furnished the district and by whom ordered or contracted.
L. 11: p. 322, § 51. C.L. § 2159. CSA: C. 57, § 53. CRS 53: § 47-3-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-3-7.