The Laws of Texas, 1913-1914 [Volume 16] Page: 416 of 1,574
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406 GENERAL LAWS.
borrow money with interest not exceeding ten per cent per annum, and
may hypothecate any of its notes or contracts with water takers or
accounts against them. The irrigation district shall have a first lien
superior to all other liens upon all crops of whatsoever kind grown upon
each tract of land in the district to secure the payment of the assessment
herein provided for, and all such assessments shall bear interest from
the time due and payable at the rate of ten per cent per annum. All
land owners shall be personally liable for all assessments herein' provided
for, and if they shall fail or refuse to pay same when due, the water
supply shall be cut off and no water shall be furnished to the land until
all back dues are fully paid. This provision shall bind all parties persons
and corporations owning or thereafter acquiring any interest in said
lands. The directors of all irrigation districts shall, within ten days
after any assessment is due, post at a public place in said district a list
of all delinquents and shall thereafter keep posted a correct list of all
such delinquents; provided, however, that if the parties owning such
assessments shall have executed notes and contracts as hereinbefore provided,
they shall not be placed upon such delinquent list until after the
maturity of such notes and contracts. In the event said Board of Directors
in the utilization of the water shall sell or lease any water right for
any other purpose than irrigation, said contract shall be so conditioned
and restricted as to be subservient to the use of the water for irrigation.
SEC. 96. In the event the assessments made as provided for in the
preceding Section should be more than sufficient to meet the necessary
obligations of the district, the balance shall be carried over to the next
season; and in the event the assessments made are not sufficient to meet
the necessary expenses of such district, the balance unpaid shall be
assessed, pro rata, in accordance with the assessments previously made
for the then currant year, and shall be paid under the same conditions
and penalties within ninety days from the time such assessment is made.
Public notice of all such assessments shall be given by posting printed
notices thereof in at least three public places in the irrigation district,
and printed notices shall be mailed to each land owner; provided, however,
each land owner shall furnish to the board of directors his correct
post office address. Such notice shall be given by posting and mailing
such notice five days before the assessment is due, and in the event of
special assessments such notice shall be given within five days after such
assessments are levied.
SEC. 97. Included in the plans of any, irrigation district may be the
necessary drainage ditches, or other facilities for drainage, and necessary
levees for the protection of land under the system; and every irrigation
district may purchase the system or any part of any system belonging
to a drainage district. The purchase, however, shall provide for the payment
of the debts of the drainage district or the assumption of such debts,
and the amount of such debts paid or assumed is to be considered in
determining the bond issuing capacity of the irrigation district.
SEc. 98. All assessments for operation and maintenance expenses
made under the provisions of this Act shall be collected under the direction
of the Irrigation Directors, by an officer designated by them, which
said officer shall give bond in such sum as they may direct conditioned
upon the faithful performance of his duties and accounting for all moneys
collected. He shall keep a true account of all money collected, and
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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/m1/416/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .