Graham guardian., 1906-03-09
pOwtRsAAU DUTIES OF WATER COMMISSIONER

For the purpose of carrying into
effect this decree Albert |. Cotton IS
hereby appointed Commissioners of this
Court, to hold said Office rnd exercise
the powers and duties thereof, herein,
after prescribed, until further order
of this Court.
The said Commissioner shall have the
power, at all time, when it shall be
proper and necessary in the discharge
of his duties, to enter upon any and all
of those certain canals and bitches
known as the Brown, ST. nchez, Mejia,
Graham, Central, Oregon, Smithville,
Bryce, Dodge, Nevada, Curtis, Kemp
ton, Zeckendorf- Clavenger, Reid, Fort
Thomas, Zeckendorf. Collins, Thompson,
Military, Saline, and upon each and
every part thereof, and upon all the
dams, gates, fumes, and other structures
and appliances, for the obstruction,
diversion, or conveyance of water from
said Gila river for the irrigation of
lands under any or all of said canals, or
bitches, and have supervision and di-
rection of the placing of, changing,
closing or opening, of the same for the
purpose of the discharge Of his duties,
and to direct the placing of proper
gates, dams, or other means for the con.
troll of the water of said river at the
heads of the canals or other points on
the banks of said canals as he may
direct, at the expense OF the parties
hereto interested therein, and to make
such rules and regulations as he may
deem proper and expedlent, to be OBJ
served by the parties hereto, for the
distribution and use of said water.
And it is further ordered that said
Commissioner shall in person, with the
assistance of such help as he may need
superintend and control the distribu-
ton and use of water, by the parties
hereto, and by the proper practice di-
rect the diversion of such water, from
said river and ITS conveyance to the
place of use by whatsoever means he
NAV deem best to secure the greatest
economy therein. In the service of
said water he shall direct the distribu-
ton thereof in accordance with the
rights of the parties as to extent of land
irrigated and order of priority of time
of appropriation as in this decree estab-
such water the Commissioner shall take
as basis of the supply necessary for
the cultivation of said lands one-half Of
a miners inch constant flow for each
acre of land, or at that ratio, reckoning
forty miners inches as the equivalent
to flow of one cubic foot per second,
provided however that no land shall be
served with an amount Of water 10 ex-
cess of that beneticially used thereon,
In measuring the water so supplied the
measure shall be taken for the water
supplied to the several canals at the
point of diversion from the river.
The Commissioner shall report, from
time to time, to the Court as to his action
in the premises and shall, whenever he
needs the same, apply to the Court for
further directions as to bis powers and
duties to make this decree effective.
Any of the parties TO this suit may
apply TO this Court for any proper
modification OF this order or in the sup.
ervision and direction of the Com
missioner.
The compensation of said Commits
sioner shall be one hundred and fifty
dollars and twenty cents (Sl50.20) per
month and shall be paid by the parties
hereto in proportion set out in the fol-
loving table, to-wit
A table designating the amounts to
be paid by the water users under the