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402 GENERAL LAWS.
of said district in the same manner as if originally incorporated therein
and subject to all laws governing said district; provided that the directors
of said district may require the owners of said lands to pay into the
interest and sinking fund of said district their proper pro rata part of
charges theretofore made against the lands in said district to pay interest
and sinking fund upon bonds of said district. If the application or
petition for the addition of lands to the district as herein provided for
shall cover a number of different tracts of land, or if there be included
in the territory so described in said application or petition property tax
payers other than those signing and acknowledging such application, or
if there be included in such territory as many as ten property tax paying
voters, then, at the same time the election above provided for is held in
said established district, there shall also be held and conducted under the
same rules and regulations as above provided for elections within such
established territory, an election in such territory that is proposed to be
added except that the notice of election shall include a full description
by metes and bounds of the territory included within such proposed
addition. The ballot for such election shall have printed thereon "for
addition to irrigation district' and "against addition to irrigation district,"
but shall not contain any other matter whatever. In the event
that two-thirds majority of the resident property tax paying voters voting
thereon at said election vote in favor of the addition of such territory,
then same may be added to such irrigation district by a proper order of
the irrigation commissioners entered upon the minutes of such irrigation
district, said order to be made within twenty days after the holding of
such election, and said territory so added shall thereafter be and become
an integral part of said district subject to all laws governing said district
as completely and as fully as if same had been included in the district
in its original formation; provided, however, that no water shall be
furnished for irrigation of land included within said district until the
owners and holders thereof shall have fully paid the charges fixed against
such land by the directors as a condition to their admission into the
district as provided for in this Act. Such additions to such irrigation
district shall not in any manner affect the officers, employes and affairs
of such district, but the voters of such added territory shall have a right
to participate in all matters of the district considered or voted upon
thereafter.
SEC. 84. The irrigation directors of any district and the engineer and
employes thereof are hereby authorized to go upon any lands lying within
said district, for the purpose of examining same, locating reservoirs,
canals, dams, pumping plants and all other improvements, to make maps
and profiles thereof; and are hereby authorized to go upon the lands
beyond the boundaries of such districts in any county for the purposes
stated, and for any other purposes necessarily connected therewith,
whether herein enumerated or not. And any person who shall wilfully
prevent or prohibit any such officers or employes from entering any lands
for such purposes shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars for each day
he shall so prevent or hinder such officer or employee from entering upon
any lands.
SEC. 85. Contracts for making and constructing reservoirs, dams,
canals, laterals, pumping plants, check gates, sluice gates, and all im
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1913-1914 [Volume 16], book, 1914; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth10838/m1/412/?rotate=0: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .