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Y""l M 00 t....:) o ,.~,,\ "._" Sec. 55. That an act entitled an act to provide for the organization and government of irrigation districts, etc., approved April 12th, 1901, and all acts and parts of acts amendatory thereof, be and the same are hereby repealed. Provided, Nothing herein contained shall invalidate or affect any act or proceeding done or pending thereunder; but all such pending proceedings may be continued and concluded under such repealed provisions, the same as if this statute had not been adopted, or may be continued or concluded under the provisions of this act; And, Provided, further, that nothing herein contained shall impair the organization rights, powers and privileges of any irrigation district organized under any act or provision so repealed. It is difficult to determine from the above statute whether one would look to the provisions of the repealed act of 1901 or the provisions of the Law of 1905 to determine the powers and rights of Palisade Irrigation District. It might be that would have to look to both to give meaning to the terms "nothing herein contained shall impair" the powers of an existing district as contained in the Section of the Law of 1905 quoted above. The text of the 1901 Irrigation District Law appears as Chapter 69, Sec. 2309, et seq, Mills Annotated Statutes as well as in the Session Laws of 1901. Regardless of whether the 1901 Law, the Law of 1905, or both govern Palisade Irrigation District, it is our recommendation that appropriate steps be taken to bring the District under the provision of the Law of 1921. Section 37-42-140 of the Law of 1921, provides, in pertinent part, that an organization organized prior to A.pril 7, 1921, "under article 41 of this title," by vote at a special election, can elect to become subject to the provisions 0:: the Law of 1921. -12-