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[March 1908. 



Art. 3130.— A superior preference 

 lien upon all crops raised upon irrigated 

 land is granted to persons owning the 

 irrigation works which supply the water 

 thereto under lease or contract. 



Art. 3131.— Corporations organised 

 under general laws are empowered to 

 acquire lauds for irrigation by donation 

 or purchase or in payment of stock or 

 water rights, to hold or transfer the 

 same or borrow money thereon for con- 

 struction, maintenance and operation of 

 necessary irrigation works, and may 

 issue bonds and mortgage its property 

 to secure the payment of debts ; but no 

 stock or bonds shall be issued except for 

 money paid, labour done or property 

 actually received. All fictitious increase 

 of stock or indebtedness shall be void. 

 All lands acquired, except those used 

 for the construction and maintenance of 

 irrigation works, shall be alienated 

 within 15 years from the date of their 

 acquirement, or be subject to judicial 

 forfeiture. 



Penal Laws Relating to Irrigation. 



Art. 482. — Auy person who shall 

 knowingly or wilfully destroy, injure or 

 misplace any bridge, culvert, drain, 

 sewer or ditch shall be guilty of a mis- 

 demeanour, and, upon conviction there- 

 of, punished by a fine of not more than 

 500 dollars and shall be liable to the 

 county and any person injured for all 

 damages caused thereby. 



Art. 495. — If any person amenable to 

 the laws governing irrigation shall fail or 



refuse to work on any ditch or aqueduct 

 when summoned so to do by the proper 

 authority, he shall be fined not less than 

 one dollar nor more than five dollars. 



Art. 496.— Any person who shall wil- 

 fully or through gross negligence injure 

 any irrigating canal or its appurten- 

 ance-), wells or reservoirs, or shall waste 

 the water thereof, or shall take the 

 water therefrom without authority, 

 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean- 

 our, and for each offence shall be liable 

 to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars. 



Many Japanese immigrants have 

 settled in the rice belt and appear to find 

 the industry profitable. 



The capital invested in the rice 

 industry of the Louisiana-Texas belt is 

 estimated at 30,000,000 dollars, which in- 

 cludes lands, improvements, implements, 

 pumping, plants, mills and canals. 



There is every indication that rice 

 growing will continue to increase, and 

 that larger quantities will be exported 

 in the future.— Diplomatic and Consular 

 Reports on the Rice Industry in the 

 United States, No. 625, pp. 1-26. 



SUGAR PRODUCTION IN JAVA. 



The production of sugar at 158 factories 

 during 1907 was 18,088,369 pikuls. From 

 this De Indische Mercuur calculates the 

 entire production of the island at 

 19,444,238 pikuls or 1,200,851 tons.— Ed 



