1916-04-04
P~1Ti1UT,~n 01'i 'R'rLULI;R 'L4;~TTi0~~ 1"HIE BOA.7?, OT' i:IE:CTOES 07, `I'HE
~ CART'I~a'F I~~~:IG~~TION DISTRICT, HrD hT `_.'H' 0~'='ICE OI~' TH~'. i I`',TRICT I1`T
TIIL F'LATIRON gUILDING II`~ C-,:RLIrG, "!?N DIEGO ('OTJivTY, rALInOPIdIA, on
TULSDAY, APRIL 4th, 1916 Am T':?ir0 0'CLOrK P.T.A.
Present:
J. Frank Cullen,
it'. ~J. Young,
J. L. Minney,
The President called the meetinc, to ord.er and requested the
Secretary to read the minutes of the previous meetinc, of :ETarch 28th,
1915, tirJhich were duly approved as read.
Pvir. Hurssell bein,7 present, then stated that he had been in
~ cor,vmu.nication with the American ~lational Rank of San Die~o, re~arding
the acceptance by it of a warrant to be is sued to r,tfr. Hurssell for
the purpose of enabling him to raise up to tvro thousand dol.lars, the
amount permitted ta be raisea fo.r the purposes o.f orvanization and
other necessary 2xpenses. The Bank havino notified hi?r. that it
would require the District to pay for the expense of an examination ~
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of the proceedings under ~;~hich the District was formed, by their
attorney, amour~tin- to seventy-five doll_ars, it was unanirnously voted,
upon motion duly made and seconded, to file the carrespondence and
to reject the o."fer of the said Bank.
The Prssicient stated that tYie e:~penses incurred by the oroan-
izatian cor,imittee in or~anization of the District ~vould amour~t to
eig-ht hund.reu or a thousand doilars, and invited discussion on the k
~ quEStion of raising the nec::ssary amourit:
THEREUPON, r,tr. E. H. Youno, offered the f'ollowin~ resnlution;
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~ WHEREAS the Oroanization Comrnittee has reported to the
Board that expenses of oroanization have been incurrEd, amountina,
to between eight hundred and one thousand dollars, and
Vr'Hr~EAS, this District will require funds with which to
pay expenses until the co17_ection of taxes to be levied, which
said taxes w-ill be payable onK the first 11onday in November 1916,
ar,d,
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~,'1HFREAS, the Act of 1897, urider which this District ie
or`anized, permits this Board to issue warrants to the amuxit of
two thousand dollars; '
NOVJ, THLtEFORE, be it, and it hereby is
RESOLVED, That a warrant be clrawn in favor of C. A. HURSSELL,
Treasurer of the District in the sum of twelve hundred dollars,
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to provide for immediate disbursements, and that said Treasurer be
authorized to execute a note for said amount to the UNION NATICNAL
Bank of San Dieoo, California, payable January lst, 1917, bearing
interest at the rate of seven per eent per annum; that said warrant
be given as collateral security to said Bank for the payment of
suid note.
taken said Resolution was unanimously
Upon a vote beinF
adopted.
The f ollo -Ano bills were presenteci and ordered paid:
Viilliam E. Ginder, attorneys fees for organizino Distrtct ';;400. ;
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C. A. Hurssell, money paid for typewritin~ and copies ~
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of IrriUation Act (4) 2•25 ~
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~ John C. Covert, t,;ngineering services 200.04 ~
W.E:'Deerino " rr 457..~3~3 ~
t'%e s tern Inve s tmerlt Co, Re bonds, 110.00
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~ Same were approved and ordered paid.
Upon motion of Mr. J. L. Minney, seconded by ',Ir. Youn~, it was unanimous,
ly voted to pay each P.irector the surn of four dollars per day when in
attendance upon the meetinUs of the board or vrhen serving on committees;
and ten cents per mil.e actu.ally traveled by them when on the business
of the District; provided that actual mileage paid,onl-y,, will be allow-
ed i°lhere same can be computed.
The next orcier of business beirLg the consideration of ways and
means to prouide funds for the constructiors of the necessary pumping
plant, distributino system and for purchasino water, vvater riohts and
other property requireci to carry out the purpnses for which the District
was or;anized, the matter was throxm open for discussion. The Pres-
ident stated that plans, surveys, examinations and report had been pre-
~ pared by TJtr. John C. Covert, a campetent irrigation engineer, and that
the cost of installing such plant and acquiring the necessary water,
water riohts and other property necessary to carry out the purposes of
the district would be approxima -ilely one huridred thousand dollars.
14r. E. E. Young then offereci the follotvirg resolution: ~
WHEREAS, in order to carry out the purposes fbr which t,his ;
District was organized, it will be necessary for this Board to
provide funds to enable the District to purahase and install
a pumpino plant and distribytin-, system adequate to the needs '
and requirements of the District, and to purchase or othertivise
acquire water ri4ihts, waters and other property fczr the purposes
of the District, and other wise carryin` out the pr.o~,risions of
the Act under which the District was organized;i.e. Act. No.
2266 of the General Lativs of the State of California and the
amendments and additions thereto (comrnonly kno~rn as the ~;'ri-ht
Act ) , and
~yHLPREAS sur°veys, examinations, d.rawin~s and plans have been
prepared and furnished to this Board by John C. Covert, a
competent IrriZation En~ineer, said dra~vings and pland having
• . been certified by him, tooether ~Jith an estimate of the cost of
carrying out said plans, which said estimate is thE sum of onE
hundred tYrousand do J.lars;
NOW, THEi EFOF.E, be it, and it hereby is
R E S 0 L V E D. that ;
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the sum of one hundred thousand dollars is required by this District
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organized;
IT IS HERr:BY FUR`I'HER RESOLUED that a copy of the plans, drawings
report etc by TIr. Covert, be forwarded to the State Ergineer of the
State of California, together with a copy of this resolution, and a re-
quest for his report upon same.
A vote beiny taken said Reso].u.tion was unanimously adopted.
The President then directed the Secretary to forvaard a copy of
said resolution to the Sta_te Erij-ineer and to inquire if he desired any
further data; it being stated by him that the plans, drawings etc. pre-
pared by Tl7r. Covert were already submitted to the said Lnoineer for his ;
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approval. ~
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The President stated that no report was ready from the comrnittee
appointed to ascertain the probable costs of water rights and other
property necessary to carry out the plans for furnishingr tYie clistrict
~ with water, but that same would be made at a later meeting of the Board.
There beino no f~.irther business, npcn mo'uion duly made, second-
ed and carried, the meeting adjourned. ~
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Se cretary of~he meetin',r.
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Approved 'Llay 2nd,1916
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