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Article 3. All machines for elevating water, whether stationary or movable, must 

 be so installed as not to interfere with travel along the banks or the navigation of 

 the canals, to respect all existing rights, and not add to the expense of maintenance 

 of the canals or their banks, or to the defense of the country against inundation. 



Article 4. In case the aijplicant fails to comply with the conditions and obliga- 

 tions imposed by the permit, it will be canceled without any claim on the govern- 

 ment on account of such procedure as it may deem necessary to reimburse itself for 

 such damage as may be done. 



Article 5. A site for the installation of a machine at a certain place may not be 

 changed except by the issuance of a new permit, which will be granted without 

 requiring the payment of additional fees. 



Article 6. The Government retains the right, whenever a public utility may 

 require, such as the execution of public works dangerous to the dikes, irrigation 

 works, etc., to cause any authorized pumping plant to be removed. 



Article 7. The permit given for the installation of an elevating machine, whether 

 stationary or movable, carries with it only the right for the applicants to install the 

 plant in order to take water from a canal or the Nile. It carries with it no assurance 

 from the government of a supply of water for the machine, nor does it insure a 

 passage for the water elevated by the machine. The applicants must come to an 

 understanding with their associates, or the people whose land they must cross, with- 

 out interfering with the government in any way. In order to conduct water over 

 waste or other land of the government, the applicant must secure a special permit. 

 It is prohibited to make ditches to bring the water along the l)anks of the canals or 

 of the Nile, as well as upon the roads or slopes of the banks. 



Article 8. The ditches or conduits for carrying the water from the machines to 

 the land will be constructed in such a manner and be of such a kind as not to inter- 

 fere with travel, the flow of water, or with irrigation, according to the rights reserved 

 by the people to whom the applicant alone remains responsible. The government 

 willallow such construction as it deems safe and necessary for permitting the passage 

 of conduits under dikes and roads and under or above canals. 



Article 9. For the general good, in case of exceptional low water, or when the 

 flow of the canal becomes greatly inferior to the needs of the agriculture which it 

 serves, the public works ministry, in accordance with a measure generally applicable 

 to canals or a single reach of a canal, may order the immediate closing of the elevating 

 machine, or reduce the capacity of the same in accordance with its location, the 

 relative importance of the machine, the area of the land which it irrigates, and in no 

 case will the government incur any responsibility for damage caused to agriculture. 



Article 10. Un<ler the provisions of article 7, the ministry of public works is, under 

 certain conditions, authorized to permit the use of a pul)lic Nili canal for carrying 

 water from the elevating machine to the land to be irrigateil, under the following 

 reservations: 



(1) Such permission will be given only during the season of low water and ends 

 when the water of the Nile will flow freely in the canal. 



(2) Permission will be given only when the proprietors of the land who use the 

 Nili canal have given their general consent. 



(3) If it is found necessary to construct dams to maintain the level of the water 

 along a Nili canal, these must be of earth and they must be built by the owner of the 

 machine, in case of necessity, by the government, but at the expense, risk, and i)eril 

 of the proprietor, before the water of the Nile can flow freely into the canal. 



(4) Finally, the owner of the machine is alone responsible to the people for all 

 damage occasioned by the breaking of dams, percolation, and delay in building the 

 dams at the time the supply of water is available. 



Article 11. Any person who, contrary to the foregoing provisions of this decree, 

 may have installed a stationary or a movable machine without receiving a permit, 

 must, before August 31, 18S1, apply for a permit under the conditions prescribed by 



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