Mower v. Bond

DIETRICH, District Judge.

Plaintiff is the owner of a farm within what is known as the Boise Project, an irrigation system in Southwestern Idaho, constructed and maintained by tbe government under the National Reclamation Act (Comp. St. §§ 4713a-4714f). Defendant is the project manager.

After a period of operation the reclamation officials concluded that drainage facilities were neeessary and accordingly, to meet the expenses of making provision therefor, a small charge per acre was levied upon all project land. The courts have definitively held the levy to be for “maintenance,” and valid. More…