The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-30
IRRIGATION BILL
INTRODUCED IN THE COUNCIL BY
MR.. LUND.
1t Provides for the Appointment of
Territorial Engineer, Estab-
Ifshment of Districts, and a
Bureau

Following is the full text of the bill
introduced in the Council by Mr.. Lund,
entitled an "A bill for an act to pro-
vide for an appointment of a Terri
torial engineer, and the establishment
of irrigation districts and the creation
of an irrigation bureau
Be 1t enacted by the governor and
Legislative Assembly of the territory of
Utah:
Sec. / That for the more economic
regulation of distribution OF water for
irrigation and other purposes, among
the several bitches, canals and reser-
Volrs, into which water may be taken
to be conveyed or stored, that the
following irrigation districts are now
created.
Sec. 2. All the lands now or here
after watered from the waters 0f the
Sewer river and its tributaries, or
from springs or creeks, or artesian wells
within the drainage of the said Sewer
river and its tributaries shall conS1-
tute the Sewer valley district.
Sec. 5. All the lands now or here
after watered from the waters of the
Beaver river, ana its tributaries, or
from springs, creeks or artesian wells
within the drainage Of the said Beaver
river, and its tributaries shall consti-
tute and be named the Beaver valley
district
Sec. 4. All the lands now or here
after watered from the waters Of the
several streams flowing into Utah
Lake or from springs, creeks Or ar
tesian wells within the drainage Of the
said Utah lake, shall constitute and be
named the Utah valley district.
Sec. 5. All the lands now or here
after watered from the waters of the
Jordan river and its tributaries and
from springs. creeks and artesian wells
within the drainage of said Jordan
river, and its tributaries, shall con-
stitute, ard be named the Jordan dis
trict
Sec. 6 All the lands lying along the
shore of the Great Salt Lake, between
the drainage of the Jordan river and
watered by the waters of a.rtesian
wells, springs and the several streams
and creeks flowing from the Wasatch
range of mountains shall constitute,
and be named the East shore district.
Sec Z. All the lands now or here
after Watered from the waters of the
Ogden and Weber rivers, and their
tributaries, or from springs, creeks or
artesian wells within the drainage of
the said Ogden and Weber rivers shall
constitute and be named the Ogden
district.
Sec g. All the lands now or here
after watered from the waters Of the
springs, creeks and artesian wells h
in the drainage of the said Bear l. sr
and its tributaries shall constitute and
be named the Bear river district.
Sec. 9. All the land now or here
after watered from the waters of the
Price and San Refael rivers and the;r
tributaries or from springs, creeks
and artesian wells within the drainage
of the said Price and San Rafael
rivers and their tributaries, shall con-
Nstitute and be named the Castle Valley
district.
Sec 10 All the land now or here
after watered from the waters of the
Virgin river and it's tributaries, or
from springs, creeks or artesian wells
within the drainage of the said Virgin
river and its tributaries shall consti-
tute and be named the st. George dis
trict.
Sec. II The governor may at any
time, upon petition Of citizens, create
a new district.
Sec. r. The governor shall appoint
a territorial engineer who shall hold
his office for a. term Of two years and
until his successor is appointed and
qualified. The governor may, at any
time, upon good cause shown, remove
said territorial engineer. No person
who has not a theoretical knowledge
OF hydraulic formula. or who has not
been engaged in the actual designing
and construction OF irrigation e.,... F.,
shall be appointed to the office of said
territorial engineer
Sec. Is. The said territorial engineer
shall have general supervision over all
storing and diverting of water for irri-
cation and other purposes.
Sec. IA He shall either in person or
by assistant engineer, make an official
inspection once in. each 80 days during
the irrigation season, of all reservoir
dams and river dams used for raising
and diverting the water from the river
channels, and all other artificial struc-
lures used for impounding bodies of
water. and he shall furnish to any
party or parties interested his official
certificate Of his findings in the prem
iseS for which he shall receive no .
compensation from the party or par
ties thus furnished.
Sec. 10 The said territorial engineer !
shall examine and give his official GER
tificate of approval or rejection of all
plans, drawings and specifications, of
reservoir dams, river dams, and fumes
and all other like structures of dan
gerous character that may hereafter
be constructed in the vicinity Of a
town, village or settlement.
Sec. IS. Said territorial engineer !
shall each year during the season of
irrigation, visit either in person or by /
assistant engineer, every section of the
OASAlAtb Nucic water Is uSeQs ne snail
carefully examine each source of SUD-
ply and measure and ascertain the
volume of its flow in cubic feet per I
second. He shall furnish all wafer
masters, in tabulated form, the guam
titles of water that viii pass over each
weir at the different depths of the
stream; he shall also examine the area
of land watered from each source of
supply and he shall compute and file
on the records of his office. the duty
placed upon the water of each source.
Sec II. The said Territorial engineer !
shall have power to appoint and re-
move, one assistant in each irrigation
district, whose duty it shall be to
gather. during the season of irriga-
ton, and record, under the instrIlc-
tons IF said Territorial engineer. the +.
lengths, widths, depths, condition and
carrying capacity of all canals and
bitches that carry a utilized supply of
two cubic feet or more per second. in
his district; he shall also gather notes
of the exact location of sources of sun
ply. and of all main canals and bitches
and their principal divisions that carry
utilized supply of two cubic feet or
more per second: he shall also gather
accurately the acreage watered by the
waters of each source of supply.
Sec Is. Said Territorial engineer
shall at any time furnish to any head
watermaster or water commissioner. a
certified copy Of any information that
NAV be upon file in his office, he shall
also upon request OF any court of law
70 make an examination OF any mat
ters pertaining to the use of water.
Sec. 10. 1t shall be the duty Of said
- - t-T