Arizona republican., 1899-02-17

tions holding franchises from cities tc
 pay into the city treasury a certain l percentage of it's gross receipts ] By Mir. Williams-To provide for 1 the maintenance of the territorial l prison.
 By Mr. Williams-To reimburse the
 auditor for money spent for clerk hire during the years 1897 and 1893.
 By MT. Williams To provide for
 Improvements and ma5ntenance of the insane asylum
 By Mir. Sc0tt-Making an appr0pria-
 tion of $250 for case for the Rough
 Riders battle f1ag.
 MT. Adams gave n0tics that he would soon introduce another reap portiOnment oil. Ills previous at tempt at legislation of this sort was
 killed in the house Wednesday. MT. Udall presented in the council yesterday what is considered 9 most important bill on the vital question of
 water. Following is the full text:
 Section 1. The board of supervisors
 of each county in the territory of Ari-
 zona are hereby authorized, appointed,
 and empowered to act as Q commission.
 to hear, determine and adjudicate all
 water rights and all question arising
 upon the same, between any and all
 Parties in their respective counties.
 Sec. :. Said commission shall meet in the office of the board of supervisors ot the several counties Of this territory
 at ten o'clock q. Ill. on the first day Of August, 1899, for tho purpose Of hearing the evidence and determining upon any and all questions sha5 may come before item pertaining to, CT in any way effecUing water rights, pro Vided, that they shall accept as final the decisions rendered by any court of competent Jurisdiction of lhis territory prior to August first. 1899.
 See. 3. Said commission shall have the same pCWCr tC. hear evidence. sub pcena witnesses and compel attendance upon it's sess1oi1o, anu send 10. papers as any court of record within the terri tory Of Arizona; and 1t shall be their duty to notify all owners or claimants of water of the time upon which ther particular claims will be adjudicated at least ten days before the date thereof
 Sec. f. Said commission shall meet and adjourn from time to time until all tho water rights in their respective counties have been adiudicated and in the counties Of tLe fifth and sixth class snail complete their lab0rs3 on O. be- fore the thirty-Grst day of December, A D.. 1899, and in all ether counties commission shall have until December thirty-frst. 1900, to perform their la bors as such commission.
 Sec ,. The clerk of the board of su- pervisors of the several counties is hereby appointed clerk Of the comrnis- sicn.
 See. 6. It shall De the duty of the county recorder Of the several counties 70 record in book kept by him for that purpose, all the findings of the said commits sion, and he shall issue to all water owners Q certificate cf the amount of water awarded them by the findings cf sad commission. The of the boards of supervisors, i the county recorders and the clerks of the boards Of supervisors shall receive 1 as compensation for labors performed by them in connection with this com mission the same per diem and the same fees IS are allowed them by law foI other services of like nature, all of which shall be paid out of the general fund of the county interested
 Sec. '. Any claimant may appeal ! from the findings of this commission | to the district ccJJcc of their respective | by giving ir writing. notice hereof, and fling same with the clerk 1 )F the board of supervisors within five | tays after the findings Of said conlmi5- l slon, and filing with the clerk Cf the ! 1ist~ict court, within ten days from the | iatc of the decision Of the commission . ] bond in the sum of one thousand | st,O0G.G9) dollars with good and suf- icicnt sureIies to be approved by the ! said clerk Of the district court.
 Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of said [ commission t0 classify the water rights IS first, second, third. etc. according Q priority Of their rights. and to reg date the same 50 that each right ec- 'ording to it's class may draw from the surplus or flood waters it's rrOr9rtion
 Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of said commission to establish irrigation dis rlcts in their respective counties. and l. iefine the boundaries of the same, ac- -crdinS to tho natural divisions or 'pon petition Of a ma jUrity of the wa CT owners.
 Sec. 10. It shall be the duty Of said commission to hold or cause to be held IT the last Saturday of December. and ach year hereafter g meeting in each # the several irrigation districts of heir respective counties for the pur- 'Jse Of electing for each district Oard of control Due notice being wen CT such meeting by publishing it B three consecutive issues Of q weekly ape~ published within the county shere said distTio5 is situated and by .csting three notices of said meeting n three conspicuous places within the mits cf the districts in which such leetings arc to be held
 Sec. II. The voting at such meetings hall be by ballot. and each owner shall Q entitled to one vote fo- every share , i water owned by him. A share of -ater shall consist If one cubic inch
 Sec. 12- Said board cf control shall