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The su])orintendents of the four water divisions are appointed hy 

 the frovernor with the consent of the senate, serve four j^ears, must 

 reside within their respective divisions, and receive salaries of $1,200 

 per year and necessary travehng expenses, paid by the State since 

 1903. Before that they received $8 per day for the time actually 

 employed. Until 1903 the superintendent of Division No. 1 was also 

 secretary of the board of control and received a salary of SI, 500 per 

 year. As the work of the board increased it was necessary to have 

 some one constantly in the ollice of the board, and the office of secre- 

 tary of the board was created. The salary is $1,200 per year, paid b}^ 

 the State. 



Water commissioners are appointed by the governor from lists of 

 persons submitted by the superintendents of the divisions where they 

 are to serve, and must be residents of their respective districts. The 

 term is two j^ears, and the pay $5 per da}^ for each day actively 

 employed in the duties of the office. This is paid by the counties, 

 each county pa3nng for the work done within its limits. Commis- 

 sioners have power to appoint suitable assistants, who receive .$4 per 

 day, but ma}^ not receive pay for more than thirty-five days in any 

 one year. The superintendents have repeatedly recommended that 

 the provision that commissioners must be residents of their dis- 

 tricts be repealed, because they have found difhculty in finding suit- 

 able persons who would accept the office, but this has not been done. 

 In a number of counties commissioners have been put on salary of 

 $75 per month by agreement between water commissioners and 

 county commissioners. Districts are being divided to avoid the 

 necessity for traveling long distances to do a very little work. 



RECORDS OF OFFICES OF STATE ENGINEER AND BOARD OF 



CONTROL, 



When an application for permit is received in the ofRce of the State 

 engineer it is filed and a receipt is sent to the applicant. The filing 

 books are numbered, and the pages each contain spaces for the 

 records of six applications, showing the name of the stream, the name 

 of the ditch or reservoir, the name of the applicant, his post- 

 office address, and the disposition made of the application. On its 

 receipt an application is recorded in such a book* and given a tempo- 

 rary number, which shows the book, page, and position on the page 

 where it is recorded. It is then placed in a case w4th all other applica- 

 tions from the same division which are not yet acted on. Upon 

 examination the}'^ are placed in another case of ''Applications for 

 approval." When approved they are filed in a third case awaiting 

 recording. They are then recorded, given a number, and mailed to 

 the applicant. The pages of the record books are similar to applica- 

 tion blanks (see p. 25), and the applications are copied into these 



