48-3077. Assessment of United States lands
within district; status of entrymen
A. Public lands of the United States, entered and unentered, within the boundaries
of an irrigation district organized in this state shall be assessed for district purposes
in the manner provided by law to the extent authorized by an act of Congress entitled,
"an act to promote reclamation of arid lands," approved August 11, 1916, or any other law
enacted by the Congress relating thereto.
B. Resident entrymen of public lands shall be qualified as petitioners for the
organization of an irrigation district, and entrymen residing on lands included within
any district, the plans and maps of which have been approved by the secretary of the
interior, if otherwise qualified, shall be qualified electors at elections upon bond
issues and special assessments whether or not they are real property taxpayers for the
purpose of general taxation. Such entrymen shall be deemed holders of lands within any
irrigation district for the purpose of qualifying as electors for irrigation district
purposes in general. They shall share all privileges and obligations of private
landowners within the district including the right to hold office, subject to the acts of
Congress referred to in this section.
C. The board of directors of an irrigation district may make investigations, and,
based thereon, assurances to the secretary of the interior necessary to comply with such
acts of the Congress.
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