85-7-1953. Amount owed United States -- lien and special tax. All amounts to be paid to the United States under any contract made hereunder between the district and the United States shall be a general obligation of the district, and said amounts to be paid to the United States shall be a lien upon the irrigation system of the district. All lands now within the district or hereafter embraced within the district shall be subject to a special tax or assessment for the payment of all amounts to be paid to the United States under any such contract between the district and the United States, and said special tax or assessment shall constitute a first and prior lien on the land against which levied to the same extent and with like force and effect as taxes levied for state and county purposes.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 24, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 7264.12, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 83, L. 1955; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2122.