Show CITY irrigation WATER assessment within a short time tax notices notice for fillmore city irrigation water will bo be in the mall mail these notices will call for the customary assessment of 0 per lot for or the year 1937 but instead of being pay abi after the irrigation season will 1 b payable before mhd notices will also carry tho the ultimatum that unless such taxes are paid on or before tho the day of 0 april the property will bo be sold to pay the taxes and costs this Is a I 1 procedure new to the own era ei s of irrigation water right in fillmore city in tact fact for or years the people gene generally tally have labored under the impression that tile the city had chad n i such remedy and could only force collection by such drastic measures as denying the use of 0 its ditches and perhaps policing them to see that they more mere not used by del delinquents I 1 fur for years the irrigation water rund fund of fillmore city has been in III the red duo due largely to the difficulty in collecting the assessments from certain people and also to the fact act that the assessment was waa levied in the tall fall and most people neglected tr pay it 11 until the following spring under such a system there has il at ways been a certain mount amount of losa and the city has always carried r P rather large delinquent balance title thle condition became more acute because of last years special assess ant to take care of 0 the W P A ditch project the mayor therefore recommended to the city council that they find a way of making the irrigation water fund pay its ita way or stop tall service bervice tile council in ill turn ae ac cepter the idea and turned the problem over to the city attorney the city attorney reported back that a special state statute enabled municipalities pali pall ties to enact ordinances ordinance enabling them ahem to levy and collect a tax for or the distribution of 0 irrigation water cat borate limits and to sell the water right and tile the property upon which it la is used if 1 necessary in order tu collect the tax furthermore the statute has been tested in III tile the utah supreme court and found consult i lional the new setup set up may cause sonvi inconvenience to people this year in paying their water tax early particularly ticul arly Is this so in the case of those who have not already paid tile assessment ot of last fall all or even oar ear lier her levies in the end however thi the rew 1 ew system will be much more satis factory especially for or those wll who have always paid their tax |