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<br />3.5 <br /> <br /> <br />. O~1813 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />of share holdings are made annually in varying amounts by the <br /> <br /> <br />company which is the collecting agency. The sale of shares <br /> <br /> <br />of stock serves to enforce payment of assessments. <br /> <br /> <br />Irrigation assessments for the several ditches for <br /> <br />1938 together with 1937 taxes on lands are shown in Table 8. <br />The 1938 assessments are about normal while the 1937 mill levy <br />for general taxes is some higher than previously in foroe. The <br />irrigation assessments average $l.lO an acre and taxes $l.5l <br />per acre, based on the irrigated area for 1938. According to <br />ditoh company officials, assessments in arrears are limited to <br />the year 1938 and are expected to be fully paid in 1939. <br />In addition to the irrigation assessment and taxes <br />amounting to a total payment of $2.6l per acre for irrigated <br />lands there must be added the county assessment for improvements <br />which are estimated to be 7070 of the property value or $1.06 per <br />acre. An amount of $3.67 is the estimated average annual tax and <br />irrigation assessment burden, which, of course, may vary from year <br /> <br />to year. <br /> <br />Value of Irrigation Water <br />Al thougl, the water supply is erratic and far from ade- <br />quate, practice has shown that irrigation is desirable and profit- <br />able. <br /> <br />In his Caddoa Water Supply Report No.2, 1938, Royce <br /> <br /> <br />J. Tipton found the value of supplemental water, for Bent and <br /> <br />. <br />