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meeting of the board and if a resolution is adopted by the board stating the reason for which a
<br /> meeting of the board is to be held in a location other than under the provisions of this section and
<br /> further stating the date, time, and place of such meeting. In calling special meetings, the call
<br /> must state specifically the business to be transacted, and none other shall be considered, but, at
<br /> regular meetings, any business which the board of directors may legally transact may be acted
<br /> upon. A majority of all members of the board shall concur in order to bind the district or the
<br /> board in any matter. All board meetings shall be public and the records thereof open to general
<br /> public inspection during business hours.
<br /> Source: L. 21: p. 527, § 11. C.L. § 2067. CSA: C. 90, § 442. CRS 53: § 149-2-11. C.RS. 1963: §
<br /> 150-2-11. L. 65: p. 1269, § 1. L. 90: Entire section amended, p. 1503, § 17, effective July 1.
<br /> C.J.S. See 94 C.J.S., Waters, § § 320,321.
<br /> 37-42-112. District elections. Elections are of two kinds, general and special. A general
<br /> election shall be held once each year in the month of January, at a date, time, and place
<br /> designated by the board. Any business requiring or permitting a vote of the landowners may be
<br /> transacted at such election, including always the election of a board of directors for the ensuing
<br /> year. A special election may be called at any time by the board of directors by resolution duly
<br /> passed and entered of record in the minutes of the proceedings of the board. Notice of general
<br /> elections shall call attention to the date and place of such election. In addition, notice of special
<br /> elections shall state the nature of the business to be transacted at such election, and no business
<br /> shall be transacted thereat other than that mentioned in the call. In either case, notice shall be
<br /> mailed to each landowner of the district at his last address as shown by the records of the district
<br /> at least thirty days prior to the date of such election and also published once each week for four
<br /> consecutive weeks immediately preceding such election, in a newspaper designated by the board
<br /> and of general circulation within said district.
<br /> Source: L. 21: p. 528, § 12. C.L. § 2068. CSA: C. 90, § 443. CRS 53: § 149-2-12. C.R.S. 1963:
<br /> § 150-2-12. L. 65: p. 1270, § 2.
<br /> C.J.S. See 94 C.J.S., Waters, § § 319-321.
<br /> 37-42-113. Powers of district. (1) Irrigation districts organized under this article may sue
<br /> and be sued in their district names, and courts shall take judicial notice of their organization and
<br /> territorial extent. The board of directors may acquire, by use, appropriation, purchase, or
<br /> condemnation, property or rights of any kind, including rights-of-way, canals, or reservoirs either
<br /> projected, or partly constructed, or constructed, or the part or whole of any contemplated,
<br /> projected, partly completed system of irrigation or waterworks, water rights, or any other
<br /> property or right necessary or useful for carrying out the objects of said irrigation district. The
<br /> title to any such property so acquired shall vest immediately in said irrigation district in its
<br /> corporate name and shall be held by said district in trust for, and is hereby dedicated and set apart
<br /> for, the uses and purposes provided for in this article. Any contract purporting to bind the district
<br /> to the payment of any sum in excess of twenty thousand dollars shall first be ratified by a
<br /> majority of all the votes cast at a general or special election called for that purpose before it shall
<br /> become so binding, and all contracts entered into by the board of directors agreeing to a payment
<br /> in excess of such amount shall be construed as made expressly subject to this provision, and shall
<br /> not become binding upon the district until authorized and ratified at an election called and held
<br /> for that purpose.
<br /> (2) Where the compensation to be paid by the district to the owners of any property which
<br /> the board of directors of an irrigation district are authorized to take by proceedings in eminent
<br /> domain has been finally determined to be in excess of twenty thousand dollars, sufficient time
<br /> shall be given by the courts for the submission to and determination by the landowners of the
<br /> district, at a regularly called general or special election, of the questions of whether the district
<br /> shall pay said compensation or shall abandon such condemnation proceedings. If the
<br /> landowners, by majority vote of all the votes cast at such election, shall vote for the payment of
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