The Glenwood post., 1915-07-17
DON'T SPOIL
PUBLIC ROADS
II You y tIe Sheriff Wih ct
You aad YOu Mn b nats
to Respect Tie New Law
the Law IS DRASTIC

Have you given way to the same
old carelessness by permitting irriga-
tion water to get away from you and
run down and across the public high.
way to their great damage and in cou-
flict with the law! 1t goes without
saying that someone has been guilty.
of this offense for one can scarcely
travel any road out of Glenwood for
considerable distance without being
furnished with ocular demonstration OF
some one = violation of the law which
provides . severe penalty for damage
to roads by water flowing from bitches
or laterals.
In . majority of cases, in fact in
almost every case this violation 10 due
to thoughtIessness and negligence, and
yet the law holds the guilty party
liable just the same - though the in
fraction were premeditated and done
from q destructive motive.
There is little encouragement tor
county conmissioners to spend the
money contributed by all the people
for tie building of good roads, only
to find that . very few Of the people
are 30 disloysl to the laws and 50
Ahoughtless as 10 the demands asd
needs Of the community Is to ruin these
roads by waste irrigation water which
lltAs-hs@Aakoe y tasis arty te TAX
care Of.
Fortunately these infractions are few
and far between, and yet they are ai
together more numerous than they
should be. 1t is very easy matter
for a farmer to plow furrow or dig a
ditch or otherwise prevent any surplus
water from his field from finding it,
way to the county road and cutting
out and destroying the same.
The last session of the Legislature
passed law which If enforced should
be sufficient to put stop to the alto
gether too prevalent practice of some
farmers of turning their irrigation
water loose as soon as they have used
it, without any apparent care as II
where it goes or how much damage II
NAV do. The county commissioners de
clare that they will protect the county
roads to the extent, if need be, o,
prosecuting those who violate the pro
visions of the new law, which is IA
follows:
Senate Bill No. ls By Sen, H. W. klug'
A BILL
FOR AN ACT TO PREVENT PER
; SONS FROM FLOWING WATEt
OR ALLOWING WATER TO FLOW
Upon PUBLIC ROADS AND HIGH
WAYS. AND FIXING A PENALTY
THEREFORE,:
8 Be II enacted BY the osasrA As'senl'
D of the ssass Of Colorado:
Section /. That no person, person
!. or corporation shall willfully or negi'
n gently cause or allow water to ho'
s from any ditch, lateral, canal vast
y ditch, reservoir, pond, drain, hume
> other artificial wstercourse, in or upo
y any public road or highway % as
j. damage the same or to cause the SAN
. to be inconvenient for travel.
0 Any person, persons or eorporsti'
Q 70 s6endins shall, upon eonvietien' pa
4 \ Ane Of not less than ten dollars (sie
It nor more than three hundred doala'
y t1soo) or Be committed to the eoss'
}. Jail for . psrisd Of not 70 exceed tar
months. Each day that water u
N |lswed to Aow apoa any public roed
% lhiehway shall be deemed 70 b ssP
10 rate o1ssss.
esetio. 4 Justices Of tAe Peees
y tie eesnty wherein any Of The easss
No herei. described nay b es0nits'
Il I,han have Jurisdiction Of esoPaai,
). coming With. TIE Previsaoes Of Il
IL Act.
nj Section 3. All acts and PaRt Il ~
iii, conflict herewith are hersoy
Is peaIed.
la Ap,csvsl: GEORGE A. CARIeo
- kDass: March Z, 1918 0svsra'
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