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Show Lions' Club Eat and Discuss Water The Lions Club met at the Atkin Cafe dining room and after disposing of the regular business eating and quarreling Carlton read a copy of the New Mexico law regarding underground un-derground waters. The law is printed print-ed here in full: Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico: Section 1. That all waters in this State found in underground streams, channels, artesian basins, reservoirs, or lakes, the boundaries of which may be reaonably ascertained by scientific investigations or surface indications, are hereby declared to be public waters wa-ters and to belong to the public, and subject to appropriation for beneficial benefici-al uses under the existing laws of this State relating to appropriations and benficial use of waters from surface streams. Section 2. The State Engineer shall have supervision and control of all such underground waters and of the method and manner of appropriation and uses thereof, under the laws of this State. Section 3. All waters of such underground under-ground streams, channels, artesian basins, reservoirs, or lakes, now being be-ing used for beneficial purposes, are herby recognized as valid appropriations appropria-tions of such waters and hereby confirmed, con-firmed, and such use shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the State Engineer under the laws of this State. Section 4. This act is not intended !o apply to the construction of wells hy persons, corporations, or municipalities munici-palities to obtain waters for domestic watering purposes. Section 5. Upon the passage and approval of This Act, the State Engineer En-gineer of the State of New Mexico shall proceed to the administration of the same a3 to anf particular underground under-ground stream, channel, artesian basin, reservoir, or lake as defined in Section 1 hereof, upon a petition being be-ing presented to him requesting him so to do, signed by not less than ten per cent of all the users of waters of such defined underground streams, channels, artesian basins, reservoirs, or lakes. Section 6. That it is necessary for the preserfation of the public peace, health and safety of the inhabitants of the State of New Mexico that the provisions of this act shall become effective ef-fective at the earliest possible time, and therefore an emergency is hereby here-by declared to exist and this Act shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. After considerable - discussion a committee composed of Carlton, Sam Cline and Prfrrish, was appointed to study the question and publish in the News, articles relative to the matter. Upon request, M. P. Lemis, Town Clerk, gave a statement concerning funds in the town treasury for paying for the new cast iron water pipe now being laid. His figures showed that there was about 82,910 in the general fund over and above the interest fund, sewer fund and the sidewalk interest fund and the total cost of the new water main was estimated at $3000. The total deposits in the Milford State Bank on October 1st, 1927 amounted am-ounted to $20,791.95. On Oct. 1, 1925 the total deposits were $17,650.83. No new obligations have been incurred during the past two years and $19,000 of indebtedness had been paid and the town tax rate had been reduced from 12 to 9 mills. The only outsanding obligation against the town is the 1921 issue of S60.000 water bonds on which the town is paying $3,600 in- terest every year, these bonds cannot be retired before 1931, at which time the town board erpects to have money to retire at least one-half, reducing , j the interest by $1,800 per year. |
