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Decreed rights to iruter from Laramie River, in Colorado. 



"All this acreajie is in district '.i and the entire approjjriation is for Laramie River 

 ditch. Water from other sources also is used in the irrijration of tliis land. 



Rights to the Laramie River in Wj^oming were adjudicated in 1003. 

 According to the usual practice in W^'oming, the decree determined 

 the areas irrigated by the various chiimants, and these chiimants are 

 entitled to sufficient water for the tracts irrigated, with a limit of 1 

 cubic foot per second for 70 acres. The following table gives the 

 areas and the volumes to which thev are entitled on this basis: 



Rights to Laramie River in 'Wyoming. 



NEBRASKA. 



Nebraska, like "Wyoming, grants sufficient water to irrigate a given 

 area rather than a fixed volume of water. The rights to the North 

 Platte were adjudicated soon after the passage of the law of 1895. 

 The owners of ditches commenced prior to 1895 filed claims under 

 the law of 1889. Those commencing ditches after that date had filed 

 applications with the State board and received permits to proceed 

 with the work. The secretary of the board and his assistants made 

 surveys and prepared maps of the river, the ditches, and the irrigated 

 lands. Hearings were then held at various points by the secretary 

 of the board. At these hearings, in addition to the submission of the 

 sworn statements of claims, evidence was introduced by the various 

 parties. When a ditch owner had filed a claim in accordance with 

 the laAv Qf 1889, his right was held to date from the filing of the 



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