| Show IN 13 THE constitution the constitutional convention committee on water right irrigation and agriculture has made its report the article on irrigation and waitr wat r rights which it recommends for the constitution having appeared in our evening issue of april 2 since we took occasion to criticise criticism critic ise a former proposed article which had been suggested to the commit committee committie tse we feel that it to is proper to direct some attention to the work which the committee now DOW pre sept sent for the conventions consideration in the now new article the general rules which should govern constitution making have been observed a line ol of state policy has been marked out th the working of details being left to th the legislature As way may be expected in almost every case where this procedure to la followed I 1 the proposed article comes pretty oear near being tue toe right thing it is clear con alge alghani ani comprehensive so toiata should jt it be adopted in its present form or with slight verbal amendments neither legislators nor people will have any in understanding g Us its scope its ito effect is in for the state to assume control of all natural sources of wat waters eiro t ta define the proportionate rights of th the is opp and to ti regulate the distribution trib ution ado division of tae t e waters lot for all purposes to carry out this do de sign ign the legislature is authorized to divide the state into districts as may te be neo esary and to provide for the appointment ot of a state engineer and for the he election of the remaining members of the he state board of control and ot of such other officers moors as an may be necessary thus it 16 will be seen mat hat the objections raised to the be former suggested particle etiole do not apply to tais there is in this thin the declaration of state own but the absolute rint might to theme ulle of va the water all that ever eter did or can belong to the appropriators is expressly essly reserved to those legally anti thereto there is no confiscation whatever the power ot of control now vested in the territory passes panes to thu bu qs and arrangements are made for it exercise in a more defluiter deft def luite bite eylam aido manner madnor than has been the practice heretofore there is the further improve improvement ment on behalf ot of the tors abord and nd users of the water that the legislature legisla ture is inhibited from invading inva dinK rights which under existing have a doubtful doubt lul protection at be beet s t taken as a Q etiole aull a lull discussion of the article in all will show chat is quite satisfactory t those most directly by its provi provision |
