The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-11
BIG IRRIGATION
BILL Is PASSED
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lCOtnu6d from rage I'D
o'clock last evening. In order TO make
sure that the measure would be before
that body Austin had introduced IL as
a house bin early I'm the day. When the
senate bin came in il was substituted
for the house duplicate
Petitions from Lehi and RlvertOn in
favor Of the bin and from Provo
against 10 We're read. The reading OF
the bin Itself occupied about an hour.
When that fOrmality was completed
Austin rose 90 make the opening speech
I'm It's favor lie stated that the COM
mittee had been working on the pro-
posed law for six weeks that every eff
fort had been made TO protect existing
rights as we'll as 90 provide for new
rights.
EFF this measure goes into effect"
said he. while 10 may not be perfect,
10 viii be the foundation of one of the
best irrigation laws of today. We
can't satisfy everybody. The greatest
complaint has been that the state Ell
gineer is given TOO much authority. but
somebody must De at the head. This
is a business proposition. We must have
somebody 20 take this great respon-
siblity.
Eff this law goes into effect. every
RICH. in "a stream viii be recorded. If
there is a surplus. a new man may so
there, provided it does not interfere
with established rights,
what condition would we be in to-
day if the lands of the state had not
been surv yedy We would not know
what we owned That is the condition
in which the waters are today in this
state. lt is just as necessary that rec
of .s.f IaH F..
"In some localities this bin may be
criticised "a little but If we pass it,
We can 90 back 90 our constituents slt-
ished that We VIII be given credit for
a good piece of work sooner or later
Morris took exception 20 the section
requiring the state engineer TO approve
the plans tW all dams over five feet
high lie wanted In changed 90 ten
feet Austin. Wilson ana Cotton ops
posed this while MolyneuX. Mckinnon
and Johnson were for III. The game was
TOO strong for them however. Amend
ments were not 10 De permitted and
this one was voted down.
Chapman offered I'm vain three amend
ments. The first one changed the word
ing of the section providing for the aD-
pOintment of "a county supervisor. The
second tinkered with the section pro-
viding for the division Of the state into
water districts By the state engineer.
Chapman wanted one person from each
judicial district at So "a day and eN-
penses. 90 assist in the division. The
third required that certificates of ap-
preparation should be recorded free. FOr
the last named amendment Chipum
himself cast the only aye"
White announced that he would vote
against The bin because &c makes the
state engineer the Irrigation dictator,
because 10 gives him judicial powers.
contrary to the constitution and be-
cause e would tend to complicate the
system.
A signal flashed from Austin TO P0b-
erts and the latter moved The previous
question. This was ordered and de-
bate was shut of with three or four
members trying % secure recognition,
and Wilson protesting
I'm vOtiug, Morris declared that the
bin was tlIrty-fve pages long. and had
been considered only fOrty-hve min
utes. whom 10 was admitted 10 be fuI
of defects Because of the determipa-
ton OF the majority 90 choke of debate
he voted ia the negative,
81 am in sympathy with the spirit OF
this bin, although } would Ike 10 see
some amendments said Stoker. "hut
don't Ike the gag rule and the att
tempt 90 crowd this thing through.
Therefore I vote SO.
Rollcall resulted as follows.
Ayes-Adams. Anderson Austin. Bar
rett. Brink. Cahoon child. Chapman.
Cotton condor. DCuc. Evans. Fish
burn. Han. Hamlin, Haslam, Ffawley-
Johnson J. T.. Johnson. j. H.. Lg7 Luz
Their. Mcfarland McKinnon. McRae.
Merrill. Nash. Redd. Richards. Rob-
erts, smith, Spry Stewart stone. Iiet-
jen. Watts. Wilson. Huil-34
Nays MetcalL Molyneux, Norris, Pc
terson. Robson. Stoker-l
Absent and not votlng-Coulter, spry.
Stewart. rletien.