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<br />filed in the same district court. In determining whether
<br />the necessary number of signatures have been obtained,
<br />the Court is governed by the tax roll of each county, At
<br />Digest of the procedures and requirements for the the time of filing the petition, the petitioners file a bond
<br />formation of a conservancy district under Colorado law conditioned on paying the expenses in connection with
<br />as drafted by Charles J. Beise, Attorney for the Water the proceeding if the organization of a district is not con-
<br />Development Association of Southeastern Colorado, fol- sumated.
<br />lows: Immediately after a petition is filed, the Court fixes
<br />One of the most difficult and detailed jobs which a place and time not less than 60 nor more than 90 days
<br />has to be done is the determination of the boundaries of after the petitions are filed for hearing thereon, and or-
<br />the proposed conservancy district. Under Colorado law, ders notice to be made by publication. The District Court
<br />water conservancy districts may be formed as the legal has jurisdiction over the entire proceeding whether or
<br />entity to represent the water users and taxpayers in the not the boundaries of the district go beyond the bounda-
<br />area to be benefitted by the project. The actual formation ries of the judicial district.
<br />of the district is initiated by the filing of petitions in a No city having a population of more than 25,000 as
<br />District Court, signed by not less than 1,500 owners of determined by the last United States census shall be
<br />irrigated land situated within the limits of the territory included within the district unless by and with the
<br />proposed to be organized into a district, but not embraced written consent of the chief executive officer of that city.
<br />within the limits of a city or town, and, each tract of land and with the approval of the legislative body of that city.
<br />shall be listed opposite the name of a signer, each tract Such consent may specify that the rate of taxation of
<br />together with the improvements thereon to have an as- one mill on the assessed valuation of property shall not
<br />sessed valuation of not less than $2,000; said petition shall exceed a maximum rate which can be less than the rates
<br />also be signed by not fewer than 500 owners of non- paid by agricultural users.
<br />irrigated lands and/or lands embraced in the limits of Provision exists in the law for filing of protesting
<br />the cities and towns situated in the proposed district. Each petitions. A petition for formation of a district can be
<br />tract of land shall be listed opposite the name of the defeated if a protest is signed by not less than 1,000 or
<br />signer and each tract, together with the improvements 15 per cent of the owners of irrigated lands, whichever
<br />to have an assessed value of not less than $1,000. is the lower in number who did not sign the petition for
<br />Determination of the boundaries of the district is to creating the district and who represent collectively not
<br />be made by determining where such supplemental water less than $2,000,000 of assessed valuation of irrigated land.
<br />"'J" can be used on presently irrigated land, all within the The protesting petitions must likewise be signed by not
<br />'..".'.:::' state of Colorado. The description does not have to be in less than an equal number of. owners of non-irrigated
<br />,:r\.) great detail but must be sufficient to enable a property lands, or lands embraced in a cityot town having an ag-
<br />,",.<,? owner to ascertain whether his property is or is not within gregate assessed valuation of $1,000,000. If a protest is
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