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lateral or the laud to be watered by the sakiyeh without injury to those using water 

 from the same ranal below. 



The chief engineer shall first require the applicant to agree to pay all expenses 

 incident to and judged necessary for the regulation of the flow of water into the 

 lateral and the maintenance of the banks of the canal in good condition. He shall 

 designate the location of the lateral or sakiyeh. 



Regulations for establishing fixed or portalile elevating machines operated by 

 steam, Avind, or water power are set forth in the decree of Man-h 8, 1881. 



It will not be allowable in any case to install a sakiyeh or a tabout without first 

 securing a jiermit. This permit will V)e furnished free of charge. 



CLOSIXi; A DITCH TO PREVENT IX.JIKY TO AD.JACENT LAXDS. 



Article 18. When, u[>ou the claim of the owners interested or their legal repre- 

 sentatives, the inspector of irrigation finds that a ditch is useless for irrigation, an 

 obstacle to the drainage of bordering lands, that it al)sorbs water from l)ordering 

 lands or loses it in transit, or, in fact, that it is a detriment to agriculture in any 

 way, he should, after consulting the governor aiid after the latter has lieard the 

 interested ])arties, communicate his recommendations to the minister of public 

 works, wlio will order the canal to be closed at the end of the harvest and will per- 

 mit the adjoining property holders to fill it up if it be shown that the land irrigated 

 by the ditch can be watered from another without injuring lands or agriculture in 

 any way. The tract of land occupied by the ditch thus filled in shall be subject to 

 the laws relating to such land. 



INCREASING OR DIMIXISHIXCi THE SIZE OF THE HEAD tiATE OF A DITCH OK CHAXfilNf; 



THE LEVEL OF THE BOTTOM OF THE SAME. 



Article 14. If the inspector of irrigation l)elieves that a head gate of a ditch is too 

 large or that its flow iiermits the passage of a volume of water in excess of that needed 

 by the land irrigated by the ditch, he should so inform the governor, who will invite 

 the parties interested, or their legal representatives, to meet him on a certain day. 

 After having the opinion of the inspector stated to them, they will fix, if they approve 

 the recommendations of the inspector, the time when changes may be made. The 

 time should be so chosen that crops Avill not need irrigation while the work is being 

 performed. 



If the parties object to the recommendations of the inspector, the case will l^e 

 referred by the governor to the minister of public works, Avho will act as he deems 

 expedient regarding the proposed changes. 



If it is necessary to enlarge the head gate of a ditch tjr to lower the level of the 

 bottom of the same so that sufficient water may be delivered, a certain time shall, 

 in like manner, be fixed for the alterations. 



In all work of this nature the government will l)ear the expen.se. 



DRAINS PASSING THROUCiH LANDS OF PARTIES NOT BENEFITED. 



Article 15. "Where, in order to drain his farm, a party has to construct a channel 

 across the land of another, and the i:iarties can not come to an amicable agreement, a 

 complaint should be presented to the governor, who will transmit it, accompanied 

 with his recommendations and advice, to the inspector of irrigation. The latter will 

 fix the course of the drain; the governor and the inspector of irrigation shall agree 

 as to how the land for the drainage channel shall be acquired. If they fail to agree, 

 the case shall be submitted to the minister of public Avorks, who, if he approves of 

 the construction of the drain, shall take such steps as he may deem necessary to 

 accomplish the Avork. All expenses thus incurred and the indemnity charged must 

 l)e paid ])y the parties benefited. The construction of the drain shall not in any Avay 

 injure land through Avhich it passes. 



