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<br />('1 <br />I.~ <br />'<Ji <br />r;'J <br /> <br />An inspe~tion of the canal system in the project area revealed that <br />considerable repair and rehabilitation of existing works is desirable to <br />assure efficient and economical water distribution~ Following project <br />development it is estimated that annual charges of,about $0.30 per farm <br />acre will be required to cOVer the cost of repairing and rehabilitating the <br />present distribution system and to provide for the increased operation and <br />maintenance expense. <br /> <br />( ~.;. <br /> <br />c' <br /> <br />County Finances ' <br /> <br />, Conejos County has no bonded indebtedness. The school districts in <br />the county have outstanding a total of $131,000 in bonds. However, avail~ <br />able cash on hand is adequate to reduce this indebtedness to $61,000. <br />Municipal indebtedness in 1944 was $108,400. <br /> <br />The average total tax levy in 1?45 for state, county and school pur- <br />poses was 30.76 mills with an anticipated total revenue of $203,300. The <br />total anticipated municipal revenue in 1945 was ~16,ooO from an average <br />levy of 18.07 mills. <br /> <br />Tn addition to the customary tax assessment, special levies are <br />assessed for specific purposes such as drainage and predat~ry animal con- <br />trol. Under the terms of the Colorado Conservancy District Law of 1937, all <br />property within the Conejos Water Conservancy District is subject to an <br />annual assessment of one-half mill prior to delivery of water and thereafter <br />a charge of not to oxcRed one mill may be made. There is a further provi- <br />sion that under certain conditions of default or deficiency an additional <br />levy of one-half mill may be made. After collec+ion of the revenue from <br />this assessment by tte county, the funds are uRlivered to the Oonejos Water <br />nonservancy District for disbursement as required. <br /> <br />Taxes in Canejos Gounty were about 11 percent delinquent i~ 1945. <br />County nfficials esti1ate tt"t delinquencies nJve now boen reduced to ahout <br />(, percent. <br /> <br />Land Values and Farm Finances <br /> <br />La~d values in the project area have heen censistently low hecau~e cf <br />the very inadequate early and late seasen water supply which limits the <br />range of crop production. Water users in the araa value their land at $40 <br />to $100 per acre, depending upon the quality of 'the la~d and the ~ufficiency <br />')f the water right. Good irrigated land is "urrently selling for about ~L.20 <br />to $135 per acre. <br /> <br />The foll~wing tabulation summarizes values of lands as assessed for <br />taxation Durposes in Conejos C~~ty in 1944 and 1945: <br /> <br />---~_.._._-------- <br /> <br />-----------i94C---------i9Ii5-.-, -'. <br />t.cres Valuation ACI'c;S Valuatlc'n <br />Per Acro Per AG1::~\. <br />0-.0.....'--- <br />$40.93 <br />14.75 <br />2.98 <br />6.93 <br /> <br />46,972 <br />~9,688 <br />84,361 <br />34,740 <br />12 <br /> <br />$29,,13 <br />14.20 <br /> <br />Irrigated Land, Class B <br />Meadmv Hay Land <br />Pasture Land (Irri~ated) <br />Grazing land <br />Arid, Waste & Seeplnnd <br /> <br />3.16 <br />0.94 <br /> <br />47,120 <br />51,115 <br /> <br />121,415 <br />46,110 <br />