§ 61-07-19 — Petition for specific orders or changes in canals or other conveyance systems - Methods

systems - Methods.
Upon the filing of a petition in the office of the board of any irrigation district, signed by
electors who own a majority of the total number of acres [hectares] subject to assessment for
construction or other costs and requesting the board adopt rules permitting and providing for
any of the following specific orders or changes in the method of operating its canal, pipeline, or
other conveyance system, the board immediately shall provide for the adoption and
enforcement of the rules:
1. That a measuring device of a type approved by the department of water resources be
placed in or near the headgate of any main diverting gate of the main canal, or in any
pipeline or other main conveyance system so the district will keep a continuous record

of the amount of water received into the canal or pipeline for the use of the lands in the
district.
2. That a measuring device of a type approved by the department of water resources be
placed in the headgates or valves of all main laterals and distributing laterals within the
district from and by which water is diverted to tracts or units of twenty acres
[8.09 hectares] or more for the purpose of determining at all times the amount of water
going to or being received upon the tracts of land, and that the district shall keep a
separate and correct record of the amount of water delivered through each of the
headgates and valves at all times and file the record in the office of the board for public
inspection.