Show 4 STATE irrigation TION L LAW A W under the above title llie free lance will publish excerpts from tile the state stale irrigation law and mahe such ox alwi actions and commenia com menta as will enable I 1 our farmer friends to noder understand tho law jaw some moina portions or of the law aru are merl 0 torinus tori torio tui but much of it is in tho the ex extreme at the time of its pae stige stAge by tile the late unlamented legislature the F free re 11 lance denounced nort portions ions of the law as being despotic and taint it would he be a grevious a and nd unnecessary expense to those in ili whose interest ostensibly the law was made since then lien we have given the law careful and unbiased study and tile the wore more it considered is the more pronounced 6 the contempt for bior those members of the li it who permitted n L Cole coseriu 10 oi politicians and job hauters to force i ut at the last moi moment nent abid practically no consideration a bill of if fat far reaching consequence ii down the lie throats of the la luw w amli ers who hi itra ox ax peeled to between tile the eis und and organized political icil greed troed POWERS CF THE STATE section 1 of the law for the ing by tile the governor ut of n statu ei 9 gincer incer who shull haye general gen enil apt r of the of the yente ino of their apportion binl and tia tion and of till all division superintendents idt apet disora lin HK I yav y T TO 0 AND 11 SUCH AND regulations KEGU LATIONS AS HI HH MAY neolis bucit S 8 ity TIME TO TIME TO FULLY VILE THE provisions af tins ACT mid and lair tai apportionment of the water according to the respect respective ivo liah to tors this Thi buu stuat appointed appoint edby by till any an governor and liable to change with the ebb and ilow how of if political control Is made the waster master olevery of every fa lamer fainer la mer iner iu in tile the state the law not ilot only I 1 invests sta the 01 eu e gincer ineer with absolute judicial a and nd executive at autive powers but in iii unit that portion of the above extract pl printed illtyd in capital letters it confers on oil him despotic legislative power that is is entirely aileon 1 and opted ed to lo tile the sill spirit rit of our institutions that 1 th lip I 1 I 1 tamers awers and tie elers of t ile bill intended to declere and hoodwink hood wink the average there were many under the average members of the legislature is proven by ane fact that tha instead of the B engineers Engi n fincers neeri powars so ao that thai the reader raight more easily g grasp haq 1 tho bho full ine meaning aning of the law in that T they cunningly C the bill and aavo the nied med Loine in ili broleen br olcen dobes dhaes 1 after del defining laing certain powers and duties in to 10 inclusive t tho subject is shelved aud again ap a pears in section 24 27 and is as follows them shall be it t superintendent of each witter wider division who shall be appointed p hinted by the state stale engineer Engine ew with 1 the comme consent bitof of the governor and SHALL HOLD HIS 1118 POSITION X THE UKE OF tim TIIE the super in shull have power with tho the consent odthe of the Eagin engineer eer to appoint a supervisor for each wate antor I 1 district iwais in alp division who shall be i a i i a v y resident of the it in which he la IS 10 lo 0 serve I 1 HOLD 1101 HIS 11 1 19 POSITION DURING THE OF SEC W 2 1 8 the faeh water division have control of ilie district dia brict super supervisors and of the of the water in the several districts distri ets of bin division THE or OF till STATIS TTE lik HE SHAT SHALL J TIM LA LAWS OF THE 3 A af E ENFORCE till ellk olride IF ENGINEER relative 0 to o tile he of vater and perform uch auch other duties as shall tie be signed assigned as wi tuf to him by tile engineer mider whose general supervision lie he ahall aoi aci it under tho dork freeo t Sag section even the local r e 0 ry u I 1 a hon of water is wrenched from froin the kocra and is placed within the hands choin hie thel engineer tin gincer appoint they ire are wily only to the engineer li for th alie e faithful discharge f their duksey ind and no bonds tire are required rc of df them they ire are simp lythe ema cr natures tures of tile the engineer 4 will and may inay be probably will lie be givan those in py pity ment of political debts or s of if future support nowhere in the law if ie ehtee uny tiny provision pro cislon for foi loual local supervisors or ni tivo tin people will ivill live to foght Z it out ninon ahm or while amur sin arting ting under till nil injustice inaus lice perpetrated by tile the district supervisor t appeal todie to die state engineer who is inner th thin sole ole s jt ahe wi na drovitz provi Dro provided deI d fp i pr in ill yi 81 of the y ater ta 0 of lt J the che and ahil le abat 1 om foolery js IM ru L aci timy be 13 ing for w ichla ald to be |