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<br />r <br />I <br /> <br />,~ <br /> <br />,( <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />, <br />~~ <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />~ <br />I <br /> <br />. .... ,. J <br />.1oJ_1 <br />METROPOLITAN WATEH D]STHICT ACT <br /> <br />351 <br /> <br />unles3 it be accompanied by pa~'ment in cash of the amount which would other~ <br />wise be collected from ov.rner5 of property within the city, together with all <br />moneys due but unpaid under an;}' previous order, or annexation provision. <br />(j) An provisions herein, or in an)' onlinance adopted pursuant hereto, re. <br />lating to the respective times when the various acts pertaining to the levy of <br />taxes are to be performed, are dil'ectol'Y only, and failure to perform any such <br />act or acts within the time so specified shall not impair the authority herein <br />conferred to perform all subsequent acts relating to the levy of such taxes. In <br />the event that any of the provisions of law respecting the time and manner <br />of assessing property for purposes of taxation, of equalizing such a~sessments, <br />of certifying such assE'ssed valuations to the taxing authorities, of making the <br />tax levies, of certif~.ing such tax levies to the proper authorities for extension <br />upon the tax rolls, and for enforcement and collection of such taxes or of per- <br />forming any other act reg-arding the assessment, levy or collection of taxes be <br />amended, changed, repealed or newly enacted, and as a result thereof, it should <br />appear to the board of directors of the district that the time schedule provided <br />herein respecting the levy of district taxes be no longer consistent wit.h such <br />modified tax procedure, then said board of directors by ordinance may prescribe <br />a new schedule setting forth the times when the various acts herein required <br />to be done in levying district taxes shall be performed. Nothing contained in <br />this paragraph shall relieve the board of directors of its duty to provide adequate <br />funds, by annual tax levies if necessary, to meet the interest and principal <br />requirements of the bonded debt as they fall due. <br />[Amendment approved April 29, 1937; Stats. 1937. Chap. 140.] <br />Sec. 9. Annexation to the territory of any district organized hereunder may <br />be effected by either of the following methods: <br />(a) Whenever any area shpll be annexed to or consolidated with any city, <br />lhe <ireu of which shall be a part of any district organized hereunder. such <br />annexed or consolidated area shall by virtue of its annexation or consolidation <br />to such city become and be a part of such district and shall be taxable equall)' <br />with other parts of such district to pay the indebtedness of the district outstand- <br />ing at the time of such annexation or consolidation. <br />(b) The governing or legislative body of any municipality may apply to the <br />controller of any metropolitan water district for a statement showing the llmount <br />of the bonded and other indebtedness of the district, the assessed value of the <br />taxable property therein according to the most recent assessment, and the <br />names of all municipalities, the areas of which are included within the district, <br />and it shall thereupon be the dut;y of the controller to furnish such information <br />to the applicant. After consideration of snch statement the governing body of <br />such municipality may appl)' to the board of directors of such metropolitan <br />water di!'trict for consent to annex such municipality to the metropolitan water <br />district. The board of director!'; may grant or den). such application and in <br />gnmting the same may fix the terms and conditions upon which such city may <br />be annexed to and become a part of the metropolitan water district, to the end <br />that burdens, including the bonded debt, shall be equitably distributed over all <br />parts of the district. having due regard to benefits. The action of the board of <br />directors evidenced by order 1ll3de on motion shall be promptly transmitted to <br />the governing body of such applying city, which governing body Ina;y thereupon <br />submit to the qualified electors of such city, at any general or special election <br />held therein, the proposition of such annexation subject to the terms and con- <br />ditions fixed as herein provided. Notice of such election shall be given by posting <br />or publication; when ,l{iven by posting such notice shall be posted at least ten <br />day~ and in three public places in the city; when given by publication such notice <br />shall be published once at least ten days before the rlate fixed for the election <br />in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city. Such notice shall <br />