| Show IRRIGATION LAW I Hints to the Legislature by Judge Snow I SALT LAKE CITY January 13th 1880 Editors Herald During the past summer certain portions of our counties have not hud a sufficient supply of water for culinary culi-nary and irrigating purpoaf This is wall known j but how t3 remedy the evil is the question Many of these places lave appropriated water and subsequently ether persons have settled in tbe vicinity and ustti the water to such an extent as to cause a conflict of rights There is not in my opinion sufficieLt legislation on this subject By 182 section 7 Compiled Laws pagel24tho county courts are to have the control of water privileges or any watercourse or creek and arc to exercise their powers and iud ment in euch a manner as shall in their judgment boat serve tbe lute eats of tho settlements in the distribution distri-bution of the water for irrigation and other purposes By 2192 section 362 Compiled Liws page 643 any perdou who < hpge3 the flow of tho water used for irrigation purposes may be punished pun-ished Tneee enactment are not quite sufficient as it seems to me During last summer a congressional committee com-mittee was in the city one of whom Mr Brilton showed me the constitution constitu-tion of the State ot Colorado and a law passed by that stato on tho subject ject of water These I subsequently sent for and obtained I have caused copies to be made and now lay them before you for examination and il i you think best for publication Yours truly Z SNOW |
