Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-01-19
RULES agreed ON
BY ATTORNEYS
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water master shall be under the di
rection of the Water Superintendent
as to distribution of water, whose
salaries shall be paid by the company
all headgates shall be supplied with
locks and the keys shall be in the
possession OF the water master OF
ditch riders, who only have authority
under the direction Of the water
superintendent, to open and close
said headgates and regulate the same
THIRD. Water shall be distrib-
uted in turn or by the rotation sys-
TEN as nearly as practicable, as will
best protect and serve the interests
of all the water users.
FOURTH. Water users shall give
written notice to the water master,
at least twenty-four hours in ad-
vance of the time water is required.
FIFTH. When a water user wish
es the water turned off, or change
made in supply, he shall notify the
water master by leaving written
notice in box on such water users
headgate, such box to be provided
by the water user for such purpose,
giving at least twenty-four hours
notice of such desired change.
SIXTH. Water users must use
water at night time as well as In the
day time, and must be prepared to
cover their lands quickly when the
water is available. The water user
must have his bitches and laterals
cleaned out and Of sufficient size to
handle the water allotted to him, and
IL he does not so maintain his bitches,
then the Water superintendent shall
not turn any water into such water
users ditch until such ditch is prop
erly maintained.
SEVENTH. Water shall be ap-
portioned to each lateral by the
Water Superintendent.
EIGHTH. Headgates and meas
uring devices may be installed In the
users bitches or laterals by the water
users at their own expense; provided,
that such headgates and measuring
devices do not unreasonably retard
or unreasonably interfere with the
proper distribution OF the water
from said system.
NINTH. The Water Superinten-
dent shall notify the owners of
eisterns used for storing water for
domestic purposes ten days before
the water Is shut off for the season,
that they may have time to fill the
same.
TENTH. The Company, Its Of
ficers or agents, and the Water Su-
perintendent and his assistants shall
have at all times free access to lands
irrigated from said system for the
purpose Of examining the canals and
bitches, the repair of bitches, apd of
determining whether the water is
being put to beneficial use.
ELEVENTH. Wherever neces-
sary, the Company shall provide
gates along its main canals and lat
erals wherever fence existed before
the putting in of the canal, crosses
the canal, and wherever necessary
the land owners shall construct gates
In all fences built since the construc-
tion of the canal crossing said tow
path, so that the ditch riders shall
follow the canal when best so to do,
and not be compelled to follow the
TWELFTH. Locks shall be main
tanned on all headgates of each indi-
vidual water user in the Companys
lateral.
THIRTEENTH Weed catching
devices shall be maintained and kept
clean in all main canals and laterals.
FOURTEENTH. In the event
that the water supply is short from
any cause, then the remaining water
shall be distributed pro rata, accord
Ing to the acreage receiving water
under the water deeds.
FIFTEENTH. 1t shall be the
duty of the Water Superintendent
to keep a record of the amount of
water used upon each tract of land
under the distribution system.
SIXTEENTH. When requested by
the water user, the Water Superin-
tendent or Company shall inform the
water user the amount of water
which the water user has used up
to the time of such request.
SEVENTEENTH. Water users
water through a COM
munity lateral, in each instance, Sc
lect and appoint some person to
have charge of the distribution and
apportionment of the water through
such lateral and notify the Company
thereof, as provided by Section
1888 OF the Revised Codes of the
State of Idaho, as amended by the
1909 Session Laws at page los.
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