STATE LAND LAWS 

 SEC. 379 IRRIGATION PAYMENT FOR. 



other lien or liens created or attempted to be created by the owner 

 or possessor of said land ; said lien to remain in full force and 

 effect until the last deferred payment for the water right is fully 

 paid and satisfied according to the terms of the contract under 

 which said water right was acquired and until all delinquent 

 maintenance fees are fully paid. The contract for the water 

 right upon which the aforesaid lien is founded shall be recorded 

 in the office of the county auditor of the county where the land is 

 situated. Upon default of any of the deferred payments secured 

 by any lien under the provisions of this chapter or maintenance 

 fee, the person, company or association of persons, or incorpo- 

 rated company holding or owning said lien, may foreclose the 

 same according to the conditions and terms of the contract 

 granting and selling to the settler or owner the water right and 

 providing for a maintenance fee. All sales shall be advertised 

 in a newspaper of general circulation, published in the county 

 where said land and water right are situated, once a week for 

 four consecutive weeks, and shall be sold to the highest bidder 

 at the front door of the court house of the county, or such place 

 as may be agreed upon by the terms of the contract. And the 

 sheriff of said county shall in all such cases give notice of sale 

 and shall sell such land and water right and shall make and de- 

 liver a certificate of sale to the purchaser, and at such sale no 

 person, company or association of persons or incorporated com- 

 pany, owning or holding any lien shall bid in or purchase any 

 land or water right at a greater price than the amount due on 

 deferred payment or payments for said water right and main- 

 tenance fee due and the costs incurred in making the sale of the 

 land and water right. At any time within nine months after the 

 foreclosure sale by the sheriff of the land and water right as 

 aforesaid, the original owner, against whom the lien has been 

 foreclosed, or any party entitled to redeem the land sold under 

 execution may redeem the land and water right so sold in the 

 same manner and order and under the same procedure as is or 

 may be provided by law for the redemption of land sold under 

 execution. The party redeeming said land and water right 



