Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-04-10

pass with conveyance of the land for
which the right of use is granted. And
the right to continue the beneficial use /
of such water shall never be denied nor
prevented from any cause other than the
failure on the part of the user or holder
of such right to pay the ordinary charges |
or assessments which may be made or
levied to cover the expenses for the deli |
very or distribution OF such water, or
for other reasons set forth in this act
Provided, That when water is used for
irrigation, nosuch Ice Use ur d cree o. the
court alloting such water shall be issued
confirming the right to the use OF more
than one second-foot of water for each
fifty acres OF land SO irrigated, and neith-
er such license nor any Que Calming d
right under such decree shall at any time
be entitled to the use of more alter than
can be beneicialIy applied on the lands
for the benefit of which such right may
have been confirmed, and the right to
the use OF such water con firmed by sucn
license shall always be held subject to the
| local or community or customs rules aud
regulations which may be adopted from
time to time by a majority OF the users
| from a common source OF supply, canal
or lateral from which such water may be
taken, when such rules and regulations
have for their object the economical use
OF such water"
All rights to the use OF water acquired
under this act or otherwise, shall be lost
and abandoned by failure, for the term
of two years. to apply it to the benficial
use for which 1T was appropriated and
| 4La ~ a4ot~ tkrll 1Nn
lost through non-users or abandonment,
such right to such water sha revert to
the state and be again subject to appro-
priation under this act, provided, how
ever, that any person owning any land
to which water has been made appurte-
nant either by a decree OF the court or
under the provisions of this act, may vol
untary abandon the use OF such water In
whole or In part ON the lard which is re-
, ceiving the benefit OF the sale and transfer
the same to other lands. Such persons
desiring to change the place of use oi
b such water shall first make applica tion
: to the state engineer, stating fully III
: such application the resons for making
e such transfer.
t Division Mol consists OF lands drained
; by the tributaries as far west as Alneri
a can Falls, the Bear river and it's branches
and by other streams flowing on the
j. slope of the Salt Lake Basin.
g water commissioner shall be ap
e pointed for each district by the cover
nor whose term shall be for six years a.
y $40 per day, not to exceed $50 days Il
!" any one year, and shall be paid by th
r counties In which they are employed
y except that they may meet once a yea
y for q session of not over five days an,
'e In conjunction with the state engineer
y formulate rules for distribution anu mea
le surement of water, to the end that a uni
g form system may obtain over the entir
a state. Water masters on the stream
le will be under the supervision OF the com
IL missioner, and, as at pre-ent, will be pal
a. by the users of water. The commission
d. ers will have charge of the distributio
"a of the water from the streams In hi
n district, and must 1--we I'm the division 10
Ia which he is appointed. The board OF II
TO igation, consisting OF the state engin ee
ns and the three water commissioners sha
It divide the state into water districts t