IRRIGATION. 



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some use double this quantity ,while other good managers, by using 

 the water at night as well as daj^ can get along with from i^ to % of 

 an inch per acre. 

 A miner's inch is defined by statute in Montana, as follows : 

 "The measurement of water appropriated under this chapter shall 

 be conducted in the following manner : A box or flume shall be 

 constructed, with a head gate placed so as to leave an opening of 

 six inches between the bottom of the box or fluine and lower edge 

 of the head gate with a slide to open at one side of and of sufficient 

 width to close the opening left by the head gate, by means of which 

 the dimensions of the opening are to be adjusted. The box or flume 

 shall be placed level and so arranged that the stream in passing 

 through the aperture is not obstructed by backwater or an eddy be- 

 low the gate ; but before entering the opening to be ineasured the 

 stream shall be brought to an eddy and shall stand three inches on 

 the head gate and above the opening. The number of square inches 

 contained in the opening shall be the measure of inches of water.'' 

 The following cut illustrates the above method of measurement: 



eo,ti.tilsJtyt, 



The form hereunto attached is a copj^of the notice by which water 

 is taken up or claimed, and is made legal by claimant duly execut- 

 ing and filing with the proper office of record: 



NOTICE OF WATER RIGHT. • , 



STATE OF MONTANA, I „„ 



County of Gallatin. ( 

 To All Whom These Presents May Concern: 



Be It Known That of in said county and state, do — 



hereby publish and declare, as a legal notice to all the world 



I. That ha... a legal right To the use, possession and control of, and 



claim inches of the waters of in said county and state, for 



irrigating and other purposes. 



II. That the special purpose for which said water is intended to be used, and the 

 place of intended use is 



III. That ha taken said water out of, and diverted it from said 



by means of which said is inches by 



inches in size, and carries or conducts inches of water from said ; 



said taps and diverts the water from said stream at a point upon its 



bank thence running, or to run, to and upon said described land (and 



through said land, if so desire, to any requisite point of final discharge). 



IV. That appropriated and took said water on the .day of 



A. D., 189 by means of said.. 



V. That the name of the appropriator of said water 



VI. That also hereby claim said ditch and the right of way therefor, 



and for said water by it conveyed, or to be conveyed, from paid point of appropriation 

 to said land or point of final oischarge, and also the right of location upon any lands 



of any dams, flumes, reservoirs, constructed or to be constructed, by in 



appropriating and in using said water. 



VII. That also claim the right to keep in repair and to enlarge said 



means. of water appropriation at any time, and the risht to dispose of said right, 

 water, ditch, or said appurtenances, in part or wliole, at any time. 



Claiming The Same, All and singular, under any and all laws, National and State, 

 and rulings and decisions thereunder, In the matter of water rights, and specifically 

 under sections 731 to 735, inclusive, and 738 and 741. General Laws, Laws of Montana, 

 Revised Statutes of 1879, or as amended, and under an act of the Legislative Assembly 

 of the Territory of Montana, entitled "An Act relative to Water Rights," approved 

 March 12th, A. D., 1885. 



Together with All and Singular, The hereditaments and appurtenances there- 

 unto belonging, or appertaining, or to accrue to the same. 



Witness hand at State of Montana, this day of 



189.... 



