Show ENGINEER ONLY CAN MAKE APPOINTMENT Cl Cluff ff Says District Court Has No Jurisdiction District courts o of the state have havo no authority to appoint water commissioners commission ers era the authority to to d do that being vested vested vest vest- ed in the of office of the state engineer engine r. r This is the opinion of Attorney General H. H H. H Cluff given to the state en en- en Ineer Opinion was asked regarding the right of the court to appoint a water commissioner for the Sevier Se river system system tem tern as was done by Judge Erickson of the Sixth district The attorney general general general gen gen- eral holds that this right is absolutely vested in the state engineer and he also albo holds that the order of Judge Brickson Erickson Erickson Erick Erick- son made on March 10 HI 1921 appointing appoint appoint- ing Lewis W. W Jones water commissioner commission commission- er is null and void He also holds that the water commissioner commissioner com corn missioner so appointed by the court would have no right power or author anth- authority ity to fix assessments against wat water r users neither would he have the right to collect such assessments the law lav providing specifically that this is the duty of the state engineer and it is for him to prorate the expense fix Ix the assessment and collect it from the water users |