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Show I APPROPRIATION OF WATER When the supreme rourt of the United States decided in the Laramie ; river case that the doctrine of prior , appropriation govern? on interfilate streams that flow tlirough two or more j slates, tho west waa relieved of muoh uncertainty .This defining of water rights as between be-tween states has a bearing on a possible pos-sible increase in the water supply f or the Weber irrigation project. Sur-j veys have shown that some of the : headwaters of the Bear river can be diverted and impounded so as to be ' available for service in Great Salt lake j valley State lino; virtually are wiped out i and the one test la made prior appro priation If there is surplus water In the drainage of the Dear river, or if there is flood water to be stored, with no tilings on the same, the farmers of this area can file on the flow of the stream and proceed to appropriate The law as construed is fair to all interests No state has any vested rights in the flow of Its streams. |