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necessary to matntain the system. aMID has an easement giving the District to service MML. Until 1993, capital improvements exceeding $20,000. were approved by a vote of all landowners having one acre or more of irrigated land. Landowners having less than one acre of land did not vote. For the past 15 or so years, only four or five landowners served by MML have been qualified to vote under this proce- dure because of this acreage rule. With passage of Tabor the voting for aMID capital projects changed to a vote at a general or special election by eligible votes living within the District. The placing of MML in closed pipe is a capital project exceeding $20,000. aMID has not conducted a landowner vote for this project under the statutory rules in place prior to 1993, or the constitutional laws in place since that date. The Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation (COC) committee is a group of local farmers appointed to advise Farm Services Administration (FSA) about soil conservation programs. April 15, 1992, Bob Gobbo, a local farmer. and COC president. executed Con- tract (92-233) 65-8B05-4-3207 between the United States Qovernment and aMID on the behalf of the United States. Mr. Gobbo is not a party competent to execute a qovernment contract. This duty is left to the president of the United States. The President has the power to delegate authority. to designated subordinates. According to regulations for CRSC contracts, this designee is the Farm Service Administration (FSA) Deputy Administrator, not a Mesa County farmer. This CRSC contract shows that on June 2, 1992 a person with initials G.H. uni- laterally increased the contract amount from $200,000 to $400,000, and lined out OMID and pencilled in Mutual Mesa Project. On July 7, 1993 a person with initials R. F. S. terminated this contract. Septem- ber 14, 1994 it was reinstated by unknown parties. Lenny Lang, designated SCS Technician for NRCS, located in the Grand Junc- tion office, has signed the Operation & Maintain portion of this contract on behalf of the United States. Regulations authorizing this employee to sign this contract have not been found. Also attached to this contract is Conservation Plan Agreement. Emery C. John- son, District Conservationist, signed that he had certified this plan, and Kenneth 13 /~/~/// ~----