The Delta independent., 1889-12-03
Adjudication ofPrioriuss Of VatsrRighB
STATE OF COLORADO.
DELTA COUNTY
In the District Court.

III the D1str1ct Court
In the matter Of the petitlon Of John Garrsn,
Of pri6rities of water rights in Water District
and not yet adjudicated.is
! On the 18th day Of June. 1889, at the February
named petitioners and present their petition
| representing that the rights to the use Of water
by and through the holes and Mandey Ditch, OF
pears by the statement Of claim thereof. on file
| herein, have never been adjudicated, and 1t
sRGFs sam that % said Boies and Manney Ditch Is sup
pied with water from the unconpahgre Rivers
pearing s from ' said petition and statement that
said ditch claims the priority of right number
ten in the decree Of priority heretofore rendered
in said Water District and said petitioners
II ssa shs .has hs @AS 70 Vi Which,
Is Justly entitled upon terms ms sf ao,r notice to
FUZZY f % advised in ' the premises doth order and
adjudge that said petition be permitted to be
filed in this Court, and that said petitioners and
other parties interested may come in upon the
terms herein contained aud make proof Of their
priorities of right to the u.e of wafer. in Water
adjudication shall be porne pro-rata by the
parties making proof Of their rriorities That
asep psafct shall BE- made al least twenty days
prior to the time set for the taking of testimony.
and such personal service may be made by the
dents owners or claimants of bitches in said dis
trct shall be served with notice by publication,
at least once week. for four successive weeks,
| in . weekly newspaper published In the town of
| Delta, said County, and by a like notice pub
weeks. in the town of Montrose County of Mont
rose said State and the affidavit Of personal ser
] vice and the affidavit OF the publishers shall be
the evidence Of service Of notice herein. and II
being impracticable for the testimony herein to
be taken in open Court it is ordered that Thomas
J. Black, of the County Of Montrose: said State,
| be and hereby is appointed as referee In said
matter Of adjudication, to whom is referred the
said petition and statement Of claim. and all
| statements of claim of the use OF water frcm the
natural streams in said Water Districts. and said
| referee shall take and conside all evidence in
| such matter. make an abstnct of the ame, make
therefrom findings Of fact and also drait decree
| and make his final report to this Court on or
before the first day ofthe next regular term of
| this Court sitting in and for said Delta county.
And said referee shall have all powers and per
form all duties given to and required Of referee
| in the statutes COVE rning the matter herein.
The said referee shall before entering upon the
duties Of his Office and within twenty dnys hereof
| file his written acceptance and oath of ONCE
| with the clerk of this Court, and it Is furthur
ordered that said referee may begin the taking Of
testimony herein at a date by him appointed,
due notice thereof Leing given, as by law and this
order required. and in such notice laid referee
shall state the times and places he will take
| testimony, the names of petitioners and the
object of their proceedings.