Kinkaid on Irrigation Law of Colorado: The Law of Irrigation as Enunciated by the Colorado Appellate Courts and the Statutes on Water Rights and Irrigation

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W. H. Courtright, 1912 - Irrigation laws - 436 pages

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Page 62 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 221 - The tax so levied must be computed and entered upon the assessment roll by the County Auditor, and collected at the same time and in the same manner as State and county taxes, and when collected shall be paid into the county treasury for the use of the district.
Page 358 - ... that said bonds shall bear interest at the rate of not to exceed six per cent, per annum payable semi-annually on the first day of June and December of each year.
Page 50 - In order to come within the provision of the constitution of the United States which declares that no state shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts...
Page 320 - ... said election must be held and the result thereof determined and declared in all respects as nearly as practicable in conformity with the provisions of this Act governing the election of officers; provided, that no informalities in conducting such an election shall invalidate the same, if the election shall have been otherwise fairly conducted. At such election the ballots shall contain the words " Bonds — Yes," or " Bonds — No,
Page 257 - Such revenues shall be appropriated and expended by such town or city, in such manner as is now or may hereafter be provided by law...
Page 333 - The board of directors, at the time and place mentioned in the notice, or at the time or times to which the hearing of said petition may be adjourned, shall proceed to hear the petition, and all...
Page 319 - ... to institute and maintain any and all actions 'and proceedings, suits at law or in equity, necessary or proper in order to fully carry out the provisions of this act, or to enforce, maintain, protect, or preserve any and all rights, privileges, and Immunities created by this act or acquired in pursuance thereof. And in all courts, actions, suits, or proceedings, the said board may sue, appear, and defend, in person or by attorneys, and in the name of such irrigation district.
Page 332 - 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, may, on behalf of his ward or the estate which he represents, upon being...
Page 307 - That any person who shall neglect or refuse to attend and testify, or to answer any lawful inquiry, or to produce...

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