The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-05-10
Rules of Weiser Water COMPANY,

AT a meeting of the board of trustees OF
the Weiser Water Co., held April 81 1890,
the follwing rules and resolutions, for the
distribution and measurement of water.
were established;
All taps must be at least four feet long,
with upright posts at upper end three feet
in height, with cross bars at top The
boxes must be substantially built and
securely imbedded in the bank, and in all
cases, except at the lower end of the ditch,
must be at least eightinches above bottom
grade. All taps must be provided with
locks If more than one tap is used by
one person or company, extra locks must
be provided by those using the water.
The measuring boxes must be at least
four feet long; may have a declension of
one-sixtecnth of an inch to the rod; must
be provided with upright slides placed at
least two feet from lower end of the box.
The product of the width by the length
Of the or6ce will be the number of inches;
when the opening is one inch wide, and
the water four inches in depth above the
proporlionate allowance must be made for
increased pressure and less relative friction.
The measurement to be made and tap gates
set only when there is fair and uniform
flow of water in the ditch. No deduction
will be made by decrease caused by breaks
sudden fall of the river, or criminal or
illegal acts of others.
A reward of fifty dollars will be given
to any person who will furnish evidence
which will convict any person of violating
sections 7lG2 and 1887 of the revised stat
utes of Idaho.
No water will be sold to any person
who has an unsettled account with the
Weiser Water company.
No water will be sold or issued torrent
ers OF land or to owners of land encum-
bered without satisfactory security Oh
payment in advance.
We will hold owners of reservoirs
strictly responsible for damages caused
by running water or mud into our ditch
by breaks in their bitches or reservoirs.
The manner of delivering, measuring
and regulating the supply to the purchase
shall be prescribed by the company anc
shall at all times be under its control
Purchasers of water shall not PERM
said water, or any portion thereof, to rul
into roads or streets or upon contiguous
lands. or spread out in low places, or il
any manner to run to waste, and we retail
the right to shut off water from thos
persisting in so doing.
Special terms to those using water o
lots or blocks.
t No water will be sold to anyone foun
changing gates or putting in dams,
i directing or permitting minor children
/ do so, or who refuses to place in the ban
!, such tap boxes as required.
Z The water will be sold at 81 so per incl
one-half due and payable when the watt
is turned into the lateral ditch, and on
e half the first Saturday in August
= The water issued to any one person wi
be about one inch to each acre he has I'll
der cultivation, if so much is called TO
0 The company reservng the RICH to redu'
e the amount in time of scarcity as the la
/ requires.
s We earnestly desire all who can to tai
e water out in one lateral ditch and u
> the water in turn, thereby savir
:. much from evaporation and seepage, b
= sides securing full head, which is alwa.
J. necessary in an arid porous soil.
J. We also advise all who can to bui
II storage reservoirs below the ditch, fro
which a full head may be taken when
lie rgation is necessary. If reservoirs a
re not constructed, or if different sections
70 not mutually unite in using the wat
t. alternately, the company reserves I
Id right to divide the land into irrigat
. districts and turn the water out in ea
70 division alternately. If such a measu
as becomes necessary no reduction will
In made to those who refuse to use
er water. or fail to provide for the distrit
n ton of the same when so diverted.
BY order of the directors.
O. ALFRED EoFF,
OF II. HAAS.
Oh W. B. KURTz.
,r. n. f. KIMBALL.
m THOs. GALLOWAY
ell Application to be made to Thos.