Show AN ORDINANCE ITO regulate the canal and through it and to provide for keeping the said canal in repair SEC 1 be it ordained by the city council of edca city that it shall be the duty of the city under the direction of the city council to superintend j the weber canal suid its branches and to have supervision and control of the waters flowing through them it shall be the duty of said to examine and report to the city council before the first day of april of each year or at such other time an he may be required by the city counsil or the mayor of said city what re pairs are necessary to be made ou the cabal aud its branches or sub canals and the probable cost thereof including the wafer masters compensation which shall be deemed a partied the expense of keeping said canal and its branches in repair he shall also report at the game time the probable num berof acres of farming land and of city lota that will during the year water from said canal for irrigating purpose SEC 2 after the report of the has been received it shall bethe duty of the city council to determine the rate of water tax to be assessed ou each city lot or fraction thereof and on each acre of farming laud to be irrigated from the said capal tho of farming land or their tenants shall receive water for irrigation from the main canal into ditches of their own construction which they aro hereby required to keep in good repair the owners of city lots or their tenant shall receive wa e r for ino main canal or fromang fro many of its branches or sub canals which aro most conveniently situated and shall pay a pro rata proportion for keeping the branch or in repair SEC 3 persons desiring to use water from the weber cabal for irrigation shall make application to the in writing stating the number of acres of farming land or city lota they wish to irrigate during the season and diall agree to pay before the ath day of may nest the amount staled heredo here oo and designated by the city council as the rate to be and collected the shall nut distribute water to any person who has not complied with the requirements of this section SEC 4 at tho time of taking the application provided for in atio preceding section the shall deliver to each applicant for water a written notice of the of water tax duo from sai d applicant and staling thereon that it may bo paid in labur on the canal at such time and place kashah be designated in said notice it said tax is not paid in labor it must to tho iu money on or before tho day of may of that year provided that each applicant shall have at least three lays notice of the time and place labor on the canal may be performed and ho shall ho paid labor at the rate of one dollar and fifty awta per day for an ordinarily good hand capable of doing a mans work 5 it shall be the duty of the to regulate the time and amount of water each acre of farming land and each city lc ba entitled to and he shall shall take lna liia part dart of the water ft f any applicant tor water shall fail to pay the charged against him on hia written application harfore on or the day of may of each year the shall not distribute any water to said applicant after that date sec 6 if any person shall tako water from the weber canal or any of its branches at any time ex copt the same has been duly distributed tri buted to such person by tho be shall be liable r fine not exceeding fifty dollars passed april 1886 DAVID H attest mayor THOMAS J city recorder w I 1 hereby certify that the foregoing in a true and correct copy of an ordinance to regulate the weber canal and the waters flowing through it and to provide for keeping the said canal io repair passed by the city council 0 ogden city on the day of april A D as appears of record in my office witness my hand and the cor borato abal city atna day of april THOMAS J STEVENS seala city recorder |