Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-02
WATER RIGHTS.
Report - Be Acted Upon Next
Week.

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Week. So
Committee No. Z of the Freeholders
has prepared the following chapter on
water rights, which will be acted upon
on Tuesday next:
SECTION I. There is hereby granted
to said corporation, the full, free and
exclusive right to all the water flow
ing in the river Los Angeles, at any
point from its source or sources, to
the intersection OF sold river with the
southern boundary of said city, also
the ownership and the right to de-
velop, economize, control, use and
utilize all waters flowing beneath the
surface in the bed of said river at any
point or points between the points OF
termini above named, provided that
said corporation shall not in any
manner dispose of, TRANSFER, lease or
convey any portion of said water, or
any any right to develop or use the
same or any portion thereof to any
corporation, association, individual or
other person to be used in any way
prejudicial to the use thereof, for ir-
rigation, domestic and culinary pur-
poses within the limits of said city, or
who might or would at any time for
any good or valuable consideration
sell or any way dispose of to any
person natural or artificial, any inter-
est therein or right to the use thereof.
SEC. 2. Under said corporate name
the said corporation shall have full,
free and exclusive right and power to
construct, maintain and operate wa
ter works, dams, reservoirs, bitches,
canals and other means to supply the
city and its inhabitants with water for
the purpose OF domestic use and OF ir-
rigation, and to distribute such water
either in zanjas, bitches, pipes or
otherwise into, upon and over the
lands within the limits OF said city, or
for either of said purposes, provided
that hereafter the better to protect
said city and its inhabitants from loss
by fire, there shall not be laid in any
of the streets of said city now dedi-
Gated or hereafter to be Dedicated for
public use. water mains of less Ca
pacity of four inches and all water
mains hereafter laid in said city shall
be OF such material and of such Ca
pacity as shall be prescribed by the
Governing Board of said city.
Sed. 3. The rates or compensation
to be collected by any person, COM
pany or corporation i'll sain city, shall
be fixed annually by the Governing
Board of said city, by ordinances or
otherwise, in the manner that other
ordinances or legislative acts or reso-
lutions are passed by such Board, and
shall continue in force for one year
and no longer, such ordinances or res
olutions shall be passed in the month
of February of each year, and take
effect on the first day of July there
after. Should said Governing Board
fail to pass the necessary ordinances
or resolutions, fixing water rates
within the time hereinbefore pre-
scribed, it shall he subject to pre-emp-
tory process to compel action at the
suit of auy. party interested, any per-
son, company or corporation other
than said city collecting water rates
within said city, otherwise than so es-
tablished, shall forfeit the franchises
and water works of such person, COM
pany or corporation to said city for the
public use, and in addition thereto,
shall be liable to the party aggrieved
for any excess over the established