Kansas Statutes Chapter 42. Irrigation § 42-377. Tax levy by board, when

If the quarterly report of said treasurer of said board for June shall disclose to said board of irrigation commissioners that there is not sufficient money in the hands of the treasurer of said board to pay the necessary current expenses, and pay the interest on the bonds of said district, and create a sinking fund for the redemption of the said bonds, then it shall be the duty of said board, and it is hereby authorized and empowered, to levy a tax on all of the real estate dependent upon such works for irrigation in said district to meet the expenditures as in this section specified.