Tregea

This is a special proceeding instituted in pursuance of the act of March 16, 1889 (Stats. 1889, p. 212), for the purpose of obtaining judicial confirmation of the validity of certain bonds of the respondent which it has ordered to be issued and sold.

The act referred to is supplemental to the 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 7, 1887, and commonly known as the Wright law. (Stats. 1887, p. 29.)

The original act, as its title imports, provides for the organization of irrigation districts, and for the adoption and carrying out of plans for the irrigation of the lands embraced therein. Among other things so provided for is the issuance and sale of the bonds of the several districts. Before any such bonds can be issued or sold, the directors of the district are required to submit the proposition to a vote of the electors at a special election, and to order and give notice of such election in a manner particularly prescribed.

*338 As the validity of the bonds when issued depends…