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Show BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF UTAH RESTORATION BY PROCLAMATION PROCLAMA-TION OF PART OF THE BERYL AREA OF THE ESCALANTE DESERT WHEREAS, by proclamation dated April 10, 1946, Herbert B. Maw, Governor of the State of Utah, temporarily suspended the right of the public to appropriate the surplus or unappropriated waters from sources within the following described area: That area bounded on the south and southwest by the water parting between the Great Basin and the Colorado River Drainage which said water parting follows the if regular reg-ular crest of the mountains north of Pine Valley, Santa Clara Valley and Beaver Dam Valley; bounded on the west by a saddle in the neighborhood neighbor-hood of the Town of Modena and the water parting of the extension of the Wah Wah Mountains; bounded on the east by the water parting between be-tween Cedar City Valley and the Escalante Desert, which crosses the Beaver River at the Minersville Dam, and bounded on the north by the township line between Township 30 South and Township 31 South, provided however that there is excluded from this withdrawal order Isolated water holes and springs which do not contribute contri-bute materially to or form a part of the water sources described de-scribed herein and, provided further, that water for domestic domes-tic purposes and for stock watering purposes is excluded from this withdrawal order. WHEREAS, the State Engineer of the State of Utah has recommended recom-mended that the right of the public to appropriate the surplus and unappropriated water from all sources within a portion of the area described above be restored. re-stored. NOW THEREFORE, I, J. Bracken Brack-en Lee, Governor of the State of Utah, pursuant to and by virtue of the authority in me vested by Section 73-6-2 Utah Code Annotated, Anno-tated, 1953, and upon the recommendation recom-mendation of the State Engineer, do hereby restore tn the public the right to appropriate the surplus sur-plus and unappropriated water of all sources within the following follow-ing described area to-wit: Beginning at the Northeast Corner of Township 31 South, Range 13 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, which is on the township line between Township Town-ship 30 South and Township 31 South, running thence west along said township line to the water parting of the extension of the Wah Wah Mountains, thence southwesterly along the water parting of the extension ex-tension of the Wah Wah Moun-tains Moun-tains to the township line between be-tween Township 32 South and Township 33 South, thence east along the township line between be-tween Township 32 South and Township 33 South, to the water parting between Cedar City Valley and Escalante Dessert, Des-sert, thence northeasterly along the water parting between Cedar Ce-dar City Valley and Escalante Desert, which crosses the Beaver Bea-ver River at MinersvilLe Dam, to the township line between Township 30 South and Township Town-ship 31 South, thence west along said township line between be-tween Township 30 South and Township 31 South to the place of beginning. This proclamation shall not become be-come effective until notice thereof there-of has been published at least once a week for three successive weeks In a newspaper of general gener-al circulation within the bound-aties bound-aties of the river system or water source within which the waters so to be restored are situated, provided, that after the first publication pub-lication of notice aforesaid, applications ap-plications may be deposited with the State Engineer and at the time such proclamation becomes effective the State Engineer shall hold public hearings, giving all aorlicants notice, to determine which applications so filed during dur-ing the period of publication of such notice, are most conducive to the public good, and shall file such applications in .the order of priority according to such determination. deter-mination. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Utah Done at the State Capital, Salt Lake City, Utah, this 26th da-of da-of January, 1953. (SEAL) BY THE GOVERNOR, J. Bracken l Governor of Utah Lormont F. Toronto, Secretary of State. (Published in the Iron Own-Record, Own-Record, Cedar Citv, TTtah from Feb. 12 to Feb. 26, 1953). |