| Show WATER COMPANIES A FEW days ago we answered a number of questions relative to the organization of irrigation districts idd companies propounded by a correspondent from fountain green since then we have received a communication muni cation from zoram christensen of that place putting further queries upon the same subject replies to several of his questions are given directly or by implication in our former article in answer to others we will state there were laws in the territory providing for the organization of private corporations before the act was passed under which irrigation districts are created no matter how few the persons are who object to joining or taking stock in a private company or corporation there is ia no legal way of coercing them should the water owners of an irrigation district succeed in having the same dissolved such matters as the organizing of one or more new companies to be incorporated or otherwise conflicts among claimants to the same stream etc would have to be met so as best they might be they are matters that ought to be considered before a move to dissolve an irrigation district is made the difference between the powers of the trustees of an irrigation district and the directors of a private corporation ca cannot n be stated in detail in a newspaper article it can only be described in a general way the territorial law prescribes the powers of the former which cannot be increased except by act of the legislature the articles of agreement or charter adopted by the private corporation at its organization prescribes the powers of its trustees it may give them much greater power and usually joes does than the trustees of an irrigation district are permitted to exercise for example the latter must obtain a two thirds vote of the property holders interested before they can cause a canal etc to be A constructed and must report the location and estimated cost of the same to the county court advertise etc before calling a meeting to take a vote the trustees or directors of a private corporation would on the other hand have power under the usual forms of such charters to lay out and construct the canal etc without any such formalities or cumbersome procedure in treating this subject we have only dealt with general principles and have not attempted to meet the details of any given case the latter could be done only by an attorney attorn ei having all the fats faas and circumstances before him |
