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books in the order of permit numbers. Applications for original con- 

 struction and those for enlargements are kept in separate books. In 

 these record books and on the face of the recorded permits record is 

 made of all subsequent action under the permits. Such notes as 

 ''Notice of expiration sent November 1, 1901," ''Canceled," "Com- 

 pleted, proof submitted October 15, 1904," "Certificate issued Jan- 

 uary 1, 1905," appear on these records. Maps received with applica- 

 tions are kept with them until given a j^ermit number, when they are 

 folded and filed in cases by the permit numbers. 



All records are indexed on cards by streams and by the legal sub- 

 divisions in which the works are located. The cards of the stream 

 index have at the head the name of the stream from which water is 

 taken and the name of the stream of which this is a tributary. On 

 the cards are columns for permit numbers, names of applicants, names 

 of ditches, dates of filing, location of head gates, and priorities (date). 

 The land description cards have at the head the township, range, and 

 division numbers and columns for the sections, permit numbers, 

 names of streams, ditches, and applicants. In each case the permit 

 number is sufficient reference to the other records of the office. 

 Adjudicated territorial rights are also included in this index. All 

 correspondence is card-indexed by the name of the correspondent, 

 and on these cards are placed the permit numbers if the persons are 

 appropriators of water. The records are therefore indexed by the 

 name of the person, the name of the stream, and the location of the 

 land reclaimed. 



There are on file in the engineer's office, in addition to the maps 

 submitted with applications, maps made by the engineer in adjudicat- 

 ing territorial rights and taking proof under permit. From all of 

 these the engineer is making township plats on the scale of 2 inches to 

 the mile, showing the ditches and the lands irrigated by each. These 

 are made on tracing linen, and the lands irrigated by different ditches 

 are shown in different colors. It is the intention to make these cover 

 the entire State, and as new ditches are built they will be placed on 

 these maps. 



All fees received by the engineer are entered in a book as thej^ are 

 received, deposited in a bank, and turned over to the State treasurer 

 at the beginning of each quarter. 



The records of the board of control consist chiefly in the minutes of 

 the meetings of the board, containing all orders made by the board, 

 and the proofs of a])propriation taken by the superintendents. The 

 proceedings of the board are indexed only in an ordinary aljihabetical 

 index. The proofs of appropriation are .given numbers and are filed 

 by these. From these the superintendent makes a tabulation for sub- 

 mission to the board. These tabulations are made in loose leaf books 

 having columns showing general priority number, stream priority 



