Sec. 14. At any time after the district is organized, the sanitary board may, by order entered in the minutes, call an election for the purpose of determining waetaer #bonds shall be issued for the construction of sewers. Such

1 order shall fix the day of the election and shall specify the amount of money to be raised, and shall state in general terms the purpose for which it is to be raised. A copy of such order shall be posted for four successive weeks prior to the election in at least three public places within the district, and shall be published for four successive weeks prior to the election in some newspaper published within the district, if there be one, and if not, in some newspaper published in the county. It shall be sufficient if the order be published once a week.

Sec. 15. At any time prior to the day fixed for the election, the board shall select one, and may select two, polling-places within the district, appoint officers of election, and make all necessary and proper arrangements for holding the election. The tickets shall contain the words "For the issuance of bonds as proposed by the sanitary board," or "Against the issuance of bonds as proposed by the sanitary board." The election shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of the state, so far as the same shall be applicable, except as herein otherwise provided. Every qualified elector resident within the district for the length of time necessary to enable him to vote at a general election shall be entitled to vote at the election above provided for. After the votes shall have been announced, the ballots shall be sealed up and delivered to the secretary or president of the sanitary board, which shall, as soon as practicable, proceed to canvass the same, and shall enter the result upon its minutes. Such entry shall be conclusive evidence of the fact and regularity of all prior proceedings of every kind and nature provided by this act or by law, and cinghe facts stated in such entry. If, at such election, two thirds of the votes cast be in favor of the issuance of bonds, as proposed by the sanitary board, the said board shall thenceforth have full power and authority to issue and dispose of bonds as proposed in the order calling the election. [Amendment approved March 9, 1893. Stats. 1893, p. 88. In effect immediately.]

Sec. 16. All bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall be of such denomination as the sanitary board may determine, except that no bonds shall be of a less denomination than one hundred dollars, nor of a greater denomination than one thousand dollars. Said bonds shall be payable in gold coin of the United States at the office of the county treasurer of the county wherein said district is situated, and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding five (5) per centum per annum, which interest shall be payable semi-annually in like gold coin. Not less than onetwentieth part of the total issue of bonds shall be payable each year, on a day to be specified by the sanitary board, but no bonds shall be payable in installments, but each bond issued hereunder shall be payable in full on the date specified therein by said board. Each bond shall be signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary of the sanitary board, and said bonds shall be numbered consecutively, beginning with number one (1), and shall have coupons attached referring to the number of the bond to which they are attached, which coupons shall be signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary of said board. The bonds must be disposed of by the sanitary board in such manner and in such quantities as may be determined by said board in its discretion, but no bond must be disposed of for less than its face value. The proceeds of such sale shall be deposited with the county treasurer and shall be by him placed in the fund to be called the sewer construction fund of sanitary dis

trict (naming it); the money in such fund shall be used for the purpose indicated in the order calling the election upon the question of the issuance of the bonds, and for no other purpose; provided, that if after such purposes are entirely fulfilled any balance remain in such fund, such balance may, upon the order of the sanitary board, be transferred t either of the other funds provided by this act. If the result of the election be against the issuance of bonds no other election upon the question shall be called or held for a period of one year. Whenever the entire amount of bonds issued by any one district under the provisions of the act of which this is amendatory shall be presented by the holder or holders thereof to the sanitary board of the sanitary district issuing the same, there shall be exchanged therefor and issued in

lieu thereof to such holder or holders, by the sanitary board, bonds issued in accordance herewith for the vari ous installments payable on the so surrendered bonds and said new bonds so issued in exchange for said old surrendered bonds shall be payable at the same times and places as the installments due under the old bonds; it being the intention hereof to permit the surrender of sanitary district bonds heretofore issued payable in installments by the holders thereof, and the exchange therefor of a like amount of bonds of such sanitary district having a denomination equal to the installments payable under one or more of the bonds heretofore issued by any one sanitary district; said new bonds to be payable at the same time as said installments and in equal amounts; the amount of said new bonds to be payable in any one year to equal the amount of the installments on said old bonds payable in such year. All expenses of the exchange shall be borne by the holder of the bonds presented for exchange, and interest on the new bonds shall be paid at the same time and rate as on the old bonds. Upon such exchange being effected the old bonds shall be canceled by punching holes in the signatures thereto attached, and shall be retained by the treasurer of said county as evidence of such cancellation. [Amendment approved March 23, 1901. Stats. 1901, p. 633. In effect immediately.]

Sec. 17. It is hereby made the duty of the sanitary board to levy, each year, upon the property within the district, a sufficient tax to pay off the interest accruing upon said bonds for the respective year, as it falls due, and also to pay one twentieth of the principal of said bonds, so that the entire amount of principal and interest of said bonds shall be paid within twenty years from the date of the issuance of said bonds; and it is hereby made the duty of the tax collector, or such other person as may be charged with the duty of collecting the sanitary taxes, to collect the said taxes so to be levied, and the duty of the sanitary board to order the same to be paid, in manner and form as provided by this act, and the duty of the county treasurer to pay the same. If, for any reason, any portion of the tax for any year remains unpaid, and in consequence thereof any portion of the interest or principal due for any year remains unpaid, the same shall be added to the levy for the next year, and

be collected and paid accordingly. The payment of the whole amount of the principal and interest of all of said bonds, within twenty years from their issuance, is hereby made the imperative duty of the district; and, if necessary for that purpose, a special tax shall be levied; and it is hereby made the duty of every officer and board to do his respective part towards the levy, collection, and payment of such tax; and mandamus shall issue from the superior court of the county in which the district is situated, or from any other competent court, upon application of any party interested, for the purpose of compelling the performance of the duty imposed by this act upon any and all officers or boards.

Sec. 18. If the result of any election upon the question of the issuance of bonds be in favor of such issuance, the sanitary board may, in their discretion, before such issuance, commence, in the superior court of the county, a special proceeding to determine their right to issue such bonds and the validity thereof, similar to the proceeding in relation to irrigation bonds, provided for by an act entitled "An act supplemental to an act entitled 'An act to provide for the organization and government of irrigation districts, and to provide for the acquisition of water and other property, and for the distribution of water thereby for irrigation purposes,' approved March seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and to provide for the examination, approval, and confirmation of proceedings for the issue and sale of bonds issued under the provis ions of said act"; and all the provisions of said act shall apply to and govern the proceedings so to be commenced by the sanitary board, so far as the same are applicable; and said proceedings shall be in accordance with the provisions of said act, so far as the same are applicable, and the judgment in such proceedings shall have the same effect as a judgment in relation to irrigation bonds under the provisions of said act.

Sec. 19. Any general regulation of the sanitary board shall be by order entered in the minutes, but such order shall be published once a week for one week in some newspaper published within the district, if there be one, and if there be no such newspaper then such order shall be posted for one week in three public places within the district. A subsequent order of the board that such pub