Show MODEL WATER BILL WILL APPEAR SOON SOONA A final linal draft of or a model mode underground under under- ground round water bill was being prepared Friday for lor introduction In the thc legis- legis lature It w will probably be Intro next week Final approval of oC the tentative law was gained at a meeting of ot of municipalities and other interested representatives Thursday The bill formed along lines sug sui in a b bill prepared by the West West- em ern Association o of State Engineers declares all ll water ither above or below the ground and including drainage drain drain- age water as public property properly and sub sub- to appropriation Priority of ot bene bene- use is upheld with tion o of underground water as well as surface water placed in the hands of the state slate engineer Claimants o of rights must file with wilh the state slate engineer engi neer within n a year car after passage o of the bill bUl or forfeit all claims |