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The cards in the stream index have on the top Hne the name of the 

 stream and the coimty, and in cohimns the names of the holders of 

 the rights; for decreed rights, the volumes and pages where they are 

 recorded and the quantities in cubic feet per second; for rights 

 acquired under the i)resent law, the numbers and quantities of the 

 applications, the numbers and quantities of the permits, the numbers 

 and quantities of the licenses; and, finally, for both classes, the month, 

 day, and year from which each right dates. In the land index are 

 o-mde cards showing the townships and ranges and a card for each 

 section in each township. On the latter cards are columns for the 

 descriptions of the lands, the names of the owners; the volumes and 

 folios where the rights are recorded if decreed by a court; the applica- 

 tion numbers, the permit numbers; the numbers, volumes, and folios 

 where the licenses are recorded; the numbers, volumes, and folios 

 where transfers are recorded, if there are any; the volumes of the 

 rights in cubic feet per second, and the dates of the rights. Many 

 of the decrees do not describe the land irrigated, but in many cases 

 the court records show this, and the index is being made up from these 

 where the decrees do not show it. 



Licenses when issued are entered at length on the records. 



A miscellaneous index includes maps filed under the Carey Act, pro- 

 ceedings regarding irrigation districts, and miscellaneous work of the 

 engineer's office. 



UTAH. 



In the early history of the Territory of Utah there was a consider- 

 able degree of public control of the use of water for irrigation, but there 

 came a period of indifference to this, due probably to the settlement of 

 controversies by the church authorities. This had become so marked 

 at the time Utah became a State (1896) that efforts to secure thorough 

 State control of irrigation resulted only in the recognition of existing 

 rights to water. The next year the office of State engineer was cre- 

 ated, but he was given no control of the water supply. He was to 

 examine and report on reservoir sites for the State board of land 

 commissioners, submit plans and estimates for reservoirs, supervise 

 the construction of reservoirs by the State, and examine and pass upon 

 all other irrigation work in which the State had an interest. He was 

 also to keep a record of stream gaugings, and inspect all dams over 10 

 feet high, and require repairs on those considered unsafe. However, 

 there was in this no element of State control. 



In 1901 the duties of the engineer were considerably enlarged, and 

 the authority of the State to regulate the use of water was recognized. 

 Provision was made for the distribution of water by connnissioners 

 appointed by the county commissioners, and the State engineer was 

 given supervision over these and required to instruct them in the 



