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or domestic purposes.
Section 4. That water depositories
or reservoirs may be constructed and
operated with the purpose Of selling,
leasing, renting or dispOsing OF wa
ter for q compensation, provided that
said repositories OF reservoirs shall
be filed from the volume Of storm
or superfiuous food water In excess
or the normal flow Of said rivers OF
| streams from whence they may be
supplied, after all persons who pos
sess prior rights to the waters OF
said rivers and treams for a~gricultur-
al, mining or domestic purposes may
have received the quantity of water
to which they are entitled by virtue
of said original prior corporation.
Section 5. Nothing in this act shall
| be construed to impede the 8 OF
water in rivers or streams, for the
purpose of operating flour or, grist
mills: provided that the use Of the
water for such purpose shall not ob-
| struct or interfere with the rights Of
any person who may use the same for
agricultural; mining OF domestic pur-
poses.
Section 6. That hereafter any res
ervoir OF deposit of water nay be
1 6uRRl1Cu Dy tuO WdtCI6 " 0Ay AlVCA
OF. natural stream Of water, said res
ervoir shall be supplied in such man.
ner that during the agricultural sea-
son, that is, from the time of planting
to the time of harvesting, a sufi-
cient how OF water shall be permit
ted to pass, in said river, or stream,
to supply all the water which may
be, or may have been appropriated to
the beneficial use, by the persons,
owners of land, who dwell along the
streams Oh rivers or who may have
interest In land down and along the
stream or river, for said agricultural,
mining or domestic purposes and in
no event shall any person ever be de-
MED the right to apply to any bene-
fetal use any such water to which he
has acquired a right, without his di-
rect permission o. personal consent
thereto. No one shall be permitted
to change the natural established
course of idtches and laterals nor the
number of days water service allot-
ted to each piece Of land, as origin
ally appropriated and distributed by
the first settlers along such river or
stream. tSi
Section Z. All persons aggrieved I'M
der the provisions of this act, shall
have the right to recover damages
before any court of competent juris-
diction against the party who causes
such damages, or who violates this
act, in the sum of four times the
amount of such damages, and the
court trying such ase will grant to
the person or persons complaining,
q reasonable compensation besides,
for attorneys fees, which shall be
taxed as costs in case he obtains
Judgment in his favor.
Section 8. Any person, company
association or corporation, by the
principal or agent who violates any
OF the provisions of ,Ais act, shall
be considered guilty of a misdemean-
or and on conviction thereof shall be
fined in a sum not less than one hun !
dred dollars, nor more than one thou i
san dollars for each offense, or by
imprisonment for not less than three |
months, o more than one year in
the county jail; and all such offenses
may be prosecuted on information
hat the attorney may have, who has
charge OF prosecutions on behalf of
the Territory, or on the sworn aff- |
davit OF any person who may have
knowledge of the facts.
House bill No. 56,by Mr.. Vargas Of !
RIO Arr1ba, was also passed by a unanf- |
nous vote. This bill relates to the
distribution of he water of bitches |
by commissioners or superintendent. |
The bill was so amended as to except |
community bitches in the Rio
Grande valley, San Juan and La
Plata valleys.
G. S. for C. B.. No. 80 was also pass
ed. This bill relates to eminent do
main, suits to partition real es-
actions to quit title. sale of real es-
tate OF infants and married women
and perpetuating testimony.
The telegram printed in Mondays
Optic from Delegate B. s. ROdey was
to h house, and was referred
to the joint committee ON statehood.
Today the plan to create Sandoval
county out Of northern and western
BernalillO county was abandoned by
those interested in the matter. Just
what the compromise was cannot be
learned.
The following resolution will be In
trOduced to the house tomorrow:
h council concurring that the
committee on Judiciary of both houses
be and they are hereby requested at
the earliest possible date to hold a
joint meeting for the purpose Of con-
sidering the ACCESSIBILITY of preparing
act to be presented to the legis-
lative assembly Of this 35th legisla-
tive session whereby If in the opinion
OF the said joint committee it is prac-
teal to use the cOnvicts imprisoned
In the Territorial pe~nitentiary for the
purpose of constructing q Dad be-
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