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Only one or two applications hnxc Ixhmi made thus far and these 

 liavc j)ass('(l tlirouuh only the jiroliniinary sta*j:os. The enjj;ineer has 

 propaivcl blank forms of applications, proofs of publication, etc., but it 

 is not expected that any works will come to the stage where proofs of 

 completion or of the application of water to a beneficial use w^ill be 

 sul)mitted for some time, and forms for such proofs and for the license 

 have not been prepared. 



DISTRIBUTION OF WATER. 



The State is divided into four divisions, and for each division the 

 o;overnor may appoint a water commissioner, who is to have supervi- 

 sion of the distribution of the water within his division according to the 

 licenses issued by the State engineer or the adjudications made by the 

 courts. No water commissioners have yet been aj^pointed, as there 

 is nothing for them to do. The four water commissioners and the 

 State engineer constitute the board of water commissioners, w^hich has 

 "general supervision of the apportionment of the waters of the State." 



Divisions may be divided into districts, as the necessity arises, and 

 water masters may be appointed by the water commissioner on approval 

 by the State engineer. Water commissioners are to have immediate 

 charge of distribution of water in their respective districts, and may 

 appoint assistants. Water commissioners are to receive $10 per day, 

 not to exceed two hundred days in one year, paid by the State. 

 Water masters are to receive $4 per day, to be paid by the counties, 

 but collected by them from the ditch owners, in proportion to the work 

 done "as to each ditch and water right." The engineer receives a 

 salary of $2,500 per year. 



FEES. 



The fees collected by tlie engineer are turned into the State treasury. 

 The fees allow^ed are as follow's : 



Examining application with maps, etc., $5; recording permit, certificate, etc., $1 for first 

 100 words and 15 cents for each additional 100 words; filing any other paper, $1; issuing 

 certificates of constraction or license, $1 each; making copy of any document, 1.5 cents for 

 each 100 words; blueprints, 10 cents per square foot; copy of drawings, cost of making; 

 certifying to copies, $1. 



For examining and approving in connection with water right applications, plans, and 

 specifications for any dam, not exceeding 10 feet in extreme height from the foundation, 

 $10; for a dam higher than 10 feet and not exceeding 30 feet, ?20; for a dam higher than 30 

 feet and not exceeding ,50 feet, $30; for a dam higher than 50 feet, $50; or for a canal, or other 

 water conduit of an estimated capacity exceeding 50 and not more than 100 cubic feet per 

 second, $20; for an estimated capacity exceeding 100 cubic feet per second, $30. 



For inspecting dam sites and construction work when required by law, or when neces- 

 sary in the judgment of the State engineer, $10 per day and actual and necessarj^ traveling 

 expenses. The fees for any inspection deemed necessary by the State engineer and not 

 paid on demand shall be a lien on any land or other property of the owner of the works, and 

 may be recovered by the State engineer in any court of competent jurisdiction. 



Rating ditches or inspecting plans and specifications of works for the diversion, storage, 

 and carriage of water, at the request of private parties, not in connection with an applica- 



