61-10 Changing Boundaries of Irrigation Districts
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district, or tracts of land included within the boundaries of such district may be excluded from the
district, in the manner prescribed in this chapter, but neither such change of the boundaries of the
district nor such exclusion of lands from the district shall impair or affect its organization, or its
rights in or to property, or any of its rights or privileges. It shall not affect nor discharge any
contract, obligation, lien, or charge for or upon which it was or might become liable or chargeable
had such change of its boundaries not been made, or had no land been excluded from the
district.61-10-02. Petition for inclusion of land in district - Contents of petition. The holderor holders of title, or evidence of title, and the secretary of the interior of the United States for
unentered or public land, representing one-half or more of any body of lands which can be
served by the irrigation system, and which, taken together, constitute one tract of land, may file
with the board of directors of such district a petition in writing praying that the boundaries of such
district may be so changed as to include their lands. The petition shall describe the boundaries
of the parcel or tract of land, and also shall describe the boundaries of the several parcels owned
by the petitioners, if they are the owners of district parcels. Such description need not be more
particular than may be required when such lands are entered by the township assessor in the
assessment book. Such petition must contain the assent of the petitioners to the inclusion in said
district of the parcels or tracts of land described in the petition, and of which the petition alleges
that they respectively are the owners, and it must be acknowledged in the manner in which a
conveyance of lands is required to be acknowledged.61-10-03. Notice of petition to include land in district - Contents - Time required bynotice - Cost. Repealed by S.L. 1959, ch. 410,