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Show 46 ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF WATER DEVELOPMENT of water preference shall always be given to the water requirements within the district and the supplying of water to purchasers or users without the district shall, in every case be subject to the paramount right of the district to discontinue the same, in whole or in part, and to take and hold, or to provide, sell and deliver, water for beneficial uses within the district, upon one year's written notice to the purchaser or user without the district. Each city, the area of which is a part of all or any district, is given preferential right to purchase from the district for distribution by it for domestic, municipal and other beneficial uses within such city, a portion of the water served by the district which shall, from time to time, bear the same ratio to all of the water supply of the district as the total accumulation of amounts paid by such city to the district on tax assessments and otherwise, excepting purchase of water, toward the capital cost and operating. expense of the district's works, shall bear to the total payments received by the district on account of tax assessments and otherwise, excepting purchase of water, toward such capital cost and operating expense. Musi Pay Expenses from Income Another provision worthy of special attention is that requiring the Board of Directors to fix such rates for water furnished as will pay the operating expenses of the District, provide for repairs and depreciation of works owned or operated by it, pay the interest on any bonded or other debt, and, so far as practicable, provide a sinking or other fund for the payment of the principal of such debt as the same may become due; " it being the intention of this section to require the District to pay the interest and principal of its indebtedness from the revenues of such district, so far as practicable.'' Civil Service The Board of Directors may prescribe by ordinance a system of civil service. PROPOSAL TO CREATE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORS The Metropolitan Water District Act provides for the incorporation of a District upon the initiative of the governing body of some municipality, and accordingly the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City passed an ordinance by which it declared, in the language of the Act, that the public convenience and necessity required the incorporation of a metropolitan water district; that it was proposed to incorporate one which should include the area of the city of Salt Lake City only; that when organized it should be known as the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake City; and, as provided by the Act, an election was called by which the proposal was submitted to the decision of the electors of Salt Lake City on August 15, 1935. THE PEOPLE ARE INFORMED OF PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF PROPOSAL In the meantime, by the public press and by public gatherings and speeches, the people were informed of the reasons and effects of the proposal submitted to their judgment. |