Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-05-02
the Constitution, which expressly
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the Constitution, which expressly
authorized water appropriation.
The conclusion must be that, by
the Act of 1850, we adopted only such
portion OF the common law OF Eng.
land as was applicable TO our condi-
ton, and whatever we did take Of the
common law included power and
duty existing in Judges and Courts
exercising common law jurisdiction
10 modify the common law when de-
handed by common necessity, and
reconcile conflicting decisions arising
either from such notifications or
from the niisapprehension as to the
applicability of any portion of the
common law, and this without any
usurpation Of the powers of the Leg
islature.
The following are the articles Of the
anti-riparian club Of Los Angeles;
ARTICLE 1.
The purposes for which this Club is
organized are.
|. To maintain that the right of
appropriation of water for beneficial
purposes is, and always has been,
paramount to any alleged rights of
riparian owners in this State.
2. TO secure the adoption of an
amendment to the State Constitution,
declaring that the common law OF
England is not and should not be
the rule Of property or the rule OF de-
cision In the courts OF this State in
controversies concerning the right to
appropriate, divert and use water,
nor in actions by or against actual
appropriations Of water for beneficial
purposes; and that priority of appro-
priation for a beneficial purpose de-
iermines the right without regard 10
the ownership OF the banks Of water
course.
3. TO maintain both as physical
and legal proposition, that the condi-
tons and necessities OF the people of
this State, and the climate and plysi-
cal characteristics OF the State are,
and ever have been, such as TO rem
der the common law doctrine of ri.
parian rights inapplicable here.
4. To secure the passage of any
and all other amendments to the
constitution and laws which will con-
tribute to establish the right OF irri-
CATION against the riparian doctrine.
5. TO procure the election OF mem
bers of the Legislature who openly
and without qualification, favor and
will act upon the foregoing principles,
regardless of political affiliations.
q. Tooppose through the ballot box,
and by every other legitimate means,
the election OF any person to office, ex-
eeutive, legislative or judicial, who is
not known to be in full AMI active ac-
cord with every proposition contained
in these bylaws.
7. To obtain confirmation by the
courts and the Legislature as the law
and the fact, that the use OF the
waters OF streams for the purpose of
irrigation is a natural want in this
State, and to be preferred 10 all other
uses.
ARTICLE II.
No person who IL not in full accord
with the purpose and principles con-
tanned in Article l of these bylaws
shall be qualified TO become a MEM
Der of this club.
Every person becoming member
shall sign these bylaws and take and
subscribe to the following pledge
We, the undersigned, hereby
pledge ourselves to use all honorable
means to carry out the purposes of
this club, as set forth in the forego-
ing bylaws. and we hereby declare
that the principles set forth constitute
the first article OF our political creed,
and that no candidate of any party
for office shall receive our vote or our
support, unless he is IA pronounced
believer and advocate of the princi-
pies therein enumerated.
ARTICLE III.
The officers of this club skall be
President, Nice-President, Secretary
and Treasurer, and their duties shall
be such as are usually performed by
such officers.