§ 41-7-315 — Sale of water rights

Whenever any of the lands embraced within said district have
been or are to be reclaimed by the work done or proposed to be
done by said district and the segregation of said lands has been
secured by said district, it shall be competent for the
commissioners of said district, in the name of said district, to
contract with any person competent to make entry upon said lands
for the sale of water rights thereto, and any and all payments
by such contracts provided to be paid to the district shall be
and are a lien upon said lands and water rights until paid, and
such lien may be foreclosed in the manner provided by law for
the foreclosure of such liens.