STATE LAND LAWS 

 SEC. 377 IRRIGATION. 



once so to declare and to give notice once each week for a period 

 of four weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the 

 county in which the work is situated, and in one newspaper at 

 the State Capital in like manner and for a like period, that upon 

 a day fixed, proposals will be received at the office of the Com- 

 missioner of Public Lands for the purchase of the incompleted 

 works and for the completion of said contract, the time for re- 

 ceiving said bids to be at least sixty days subsequent to the issu- 

 ing of the last notice of forfeiture. The money received from 

 the sale of partially completed works, under the provisions of 

 this section, shall first be applied to the expenses incurred by the 

 state in their forfeiture and disposal and to satisfy the bond, and 

 the surplus, if any exists, shall be paid to the original contractor 

 with the state. Whenever after the completion of said irriga- 

 tion works any contractor or his successors or assigns shall fail 

 to furnish an adequate amount of water to irrigate the lands of 

 water right owners or there shall exist other cause as provided 

 by law for the appointment of a receiver, the Attorney General 

 may apply for the appointment of a receiver to take possession 

 of the irrigation works and canal and other property of such 

 party and manage, operate, sell or dispose of same. Such ap- 

 plication shall be made to the superior court of the county in 

 which the whole or some portion of the irrigation works or canal 

 of such party is situated ; and the court or its receiver by order 

 of the court shall have and may exercise such powers as to the 

 possession, management, operation, sale or disposition of the 

 property and works of such party as is provided by the law re- 

 lating to receivers: Provided, That nothing herein contained 

 shall be taken or construed as limiting the right of any party to 

 have a receiver appointed as is in other cases provided by law. 

 (Laws '05, p. 115, sec. 7; sec. 6765 Rem.-Bal. ; 271 sec. 387 

 Pierce.) 



See post, sec. 383. 



SEC. 377. NON-LIABILITY OF STATE. 



Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing the 

 Commissioner of Public Lands to obligate the state to pay for 



