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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 29 reasons abandoned. The collection of data and the payment of expenses therefor, including salaries of engineers and attor- neys and other clerical assistants, to conserve the water of said district and to enable said district to adopt plans and projects for the orderly development of said district is hereby declared to be a matter of general benefit to the pUblic welfare, and such that taxes for said purposes may be properly imposed, in the opinion of the general assembly. (e) If this subsection (1) or any clause, phrase or part thereof be held unconstitutional or invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, suCh decision shall not affect the validity or force of any other part of this section nor any other part of this law and the general assembly hereby de- clares it would have enacted the remainder of this article without said sUbsection (1) of this section. (1958). (2) The board of said district may in lieu of the level or general tax authorized by subsection (1) of this section, levy special assessments upon all real estate within the dis- trict, except such real estate as is hereinafter exempted. to raise funds to pay expenses of organization, salaries, expenses and per diem allowances of officers and directors and to pre- pare a general plan for the maintenance of constant stream flow and adequate water supplies in all the principal tribu- taries and the main stream of the Colorado river in said dis- trict, and provide for future development of the dist.rict and insure water therefor. Such assessments shall be made in pro- portion to the benefits to each piece of real estate accruing by reason of the adoption of a comprehensive plan of develop- ment of the natural resources of the district as a Whole. The board of directors if it deems it advisable at any time before levying special assessments shall appraise the bene- fits to the several parcels of real estate within the district. which shall result from the organization of said district and the general plans and development aforesaid. The board may adopt rules for such purpose and provide inter alia for notice and hearing to all persons affected thereby. A perma- nent record arranged by counties of the benefits which will accrue to each tract of land shall be kept and such benefits shall be apportioned over a series of years, the amount. t.o be collected each year to be in the discretion of the boardl pro- vided the amount of such assessment to be levied and assessed against the real property in said district anyone year shall not exceed a total of seventy-five hundred dollars and it. is hereby declared that the amount of special benefits accruing annually to the real estate in said district is in excess of