Show ONLY CITIZENS OP OF UNITED STATES APPROPRIATE WATER VATER I Many thousand acres of land will willbe willbe be Irrigated eventually each year with the theater water ater saved by the operation opera opera- t tion Oil of the water rights law which be bo- became came canle efe effective with the passage of Senate Bill No by the house on March 13 according to George F. F McGonagle state engineer The Ther r if j ure was drawn up by the water rights rights commission commission appointed by the legislature ture last year and after considerable considerable con con- l revision Introduced by the Joint committee on agriculture The benefits to be derived from the law lawwill lawwill will increase yearly In the opinion of Mr McGonagle until the maximum results have been obtained Eight Bight million acre feet of water has been heen used in the Irrigation of acres of land Mr McGon- McGon said The same acreage can be Irrigated with acre feet of water after the full application of the powers given the state engineering department by tho the water rights law ho said While he has granted requests for water the state engineer previously had not the power to appoint water commissioners which Is given him by hy the water rights law Deputies were formerly chosen by the county commissions being paid by the irrigation Irrigation Irrigation gation companies as they will be under under under un un- un- un der the present law but were not under under under un un- der the Jurisdiction of the state engineerIng engineering engineering en en- department Water commissioners commissioners commissioners commis commis- who have havo proved efficient will willbe willbe willbe be retained Mr McGonagle said Use Uso Is Limited The state of Utah is made a party to all suits concerning water rights by the provision of the law so that tho the state staLe engineer may have notice of all water litigation and any records it that he may a have will be bo available For the first time the law provides that no person unless li He Is a citizen of of the United States or has filed flIed his declaration to become such can appropriate appropriate appropriate ap ap- any of the public waters of Utah Although several years ago a law lawr r was passed authorizing the state engineer engineer en- en to make hydrographic surveys surveys sur sur- ve veys s 's of the various various rivers of tho the state and present his findings to tho the district court for the purpose of adjudicating adjudicating ad ad- and quieting title to the rights of the various users no funds were appropriated for the purpose and the law became a dead letter leUer one It Is expected that the revolving fund of which was appropriated appropriated to the state engineering department department de do- will remedy this difficulty Mr 1 McGonagle said and that disputes dis- dis Put s among water users will be finally finally finally fin fin- ally settled Users Pay Expenses Expenses of surveys are aro to bo be charged against those benefiting from them through the use of waters and the money collected will be returned to the fund of the engineering depart depart- ment meat The costs of determination and adjudication adjudication adjudication ad ad- of rights ts by the court will be assessed against tho the water users interested and the amount recovered recovered re ro- covered by the tho state paid Into the revolvIng revolving revolving re re- re- re fund On streams on which court decrees decrees decrees de de- crees have been entered prior to March 13 no changes will be made unless proof is brought by th the state engineer or interested water users that the water has not been beneficially beneficially benefi benefi- ci used A substantial and a measuring measuring measuring meas meas- device must be maintained by any ny corporation person or association at the point where water Is to be di diverted diverted dl- dl or turned into canals from main streams Owners must also install measuring devices or canals to 10 assist the state engineer In ascer ascer- I taming the amount of f water In the ditch wherever considered necessary In tile the event the owner of water refuses refuses re re- re- re fuses to construct devices they may maybe maybo maybo bo be built bum by the state and the cost of construction becomes a lien Hen against the water user Plans and specifications for building build build- I sing ling dams more than t ten m feet In height or less than this tills number which will impound m more re than acre feet of water shall bo be submitted to the state engineer for approval and he has the authority to keep an Inspector on any dam during its construction the cost Inspection to be bo paid by the owner Authority also Is raven given the state to ta order construction work stopped and rand to prevent Impounding of any water until the law regarding the building of dams Is complied with |