Show 01 et WATER RIGHTS JUNCTION plute plate county march 31 1884 editor deseret news in your semi tuesday february 1884 1881 entitled entitled water ri again you say gilf if meadow redow land laud that has a water rl right t so lonte long iong in the spring as the other crops do not require it etc also again the right to the use of water for meadow land which is usually limited to a certain season of the year vear etc etc will you be to state in relation to hayland hay land rights whether there is any law or whether merely a custom in certain settlements in this county of which much is grass land it is often impossible to obtain water for grain crops during the summer while much hay land is drowned 0 out ut yours truly under the act of thiele the legislature on water rights eights approved feb 20 1880 18 80 claims to the use of water for various purposes are to be determined by a board of F commissioners in each county who two are authorized to issue certificates to persons establishing lishin g their claims in the manner designated in this law section three provides shat bach each of these certificates shall state generally the nature and extent of the right to use water of the person or corporation to whom it is issued and this right is defined and limited in section six 11 to the extent of and reasonable necessity for such use nse thereof in section seven which defines I 1 secondary rights I 1 circumstances cum stances are described has been appropriated by prior claimants from any natural source of supply for a part apart or parts of each year only in which case other persons may acquire secondary rights by subsequent apar appropriation opria tion at other seasons of the year the law was thus framed to accamo datele provisions to local customs which must rule ruie in the determination of either primar primary or secondary rights in ganv V places places le the right to the use of water abr or a part or parts of each year tear e a has been obtained for grass lands and been by settlers and right to the use of the same water during during darlng other periods ol of the year for plowed lands lands has been also obtained and recognized in the settlement of claims by the water commissioners these respective rights ou ought ht to be clearly defined and specified tied in the certificates granted this would prevent disputes and be in accordance cor dance with law and local custom no water right can be lawfully obtained beyond the reasonable necessity for such use thereof v it if this principle Is kept in view and rights are determined ct in accOr accordance dalle dalie with it the owners of grass grassland land who have acquired water rights would be protected in their reasonable use thereof which is usually limited to certain seasons of the year while tile the owners of plowed land lanb land would also be protected in their reasonable use of the water which would be generally at other seasons of the ap vl in ar every settlement there are peculiarities of condition and mhd necessity exists for mutual forbearance and accommodation these must enter into the regulation of affairs as well as the written law particularly in the distribution trib ution of water for irrigation every man must have respect to the rights and necessities of others the law is intended to cover this ground and it should be administered and complied with according accordino to its spirit and intent |