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ter, should, by a tax levied thereon, pay for the construction of, and 

 keeping in repair, the canals and other means of conveying the wa 

 ter, and for that purpose each district should be authorized to issue 

 its bonds. And further, that in order to secure the inhabitants of 

 this State in their right to the use of the inland waters therein, the 

 Legislature should, at its next session, provide a way for condemning 

 every and all actual asserted or pretended prior right, privilege or 

 franchise to, or in the use of any of the inland waters of this State, 

 whether held or claimed by individuals or corporations, and the 

 same should be condemned to the public use of supplying the lands 

 and mines of this State with water, and the price of the thing con 

 demned should be paid out of the District fund. 

 All of which is respectfully submitted. 



H. B. JOLLEY, 



WM. M. JxiCKsoN, 

 EDWIN B. STILES. 



Brother Stiles offered the following resolutions : 



Resolved 1st. That the Committee on Irrigation proceed, im 

 mediately after the adjournment of this State Grange, to provide or 

 cause to be provided, for presentation to the Legislature of the State 

 of California, at its coming session, a bill founded upon the general 

 principles laid down in their report, this day offered to the State 

 Grange, providing for a general system of Irrigation throughout 

 the State. 



2d. That the said Committee be, and are hereby instructed, to 

 provide printed petitions asking the Legislature to pass a law for a 

 General System of Irrigation throughout the State, and cause the 

 same to be distributed throughout the State to the Subordinate 

 Granges, and that each Subordinate Grange be requested to appoint 

 a committee to circulate the same, and obtain the largest amount of 

 signatures possible to the same, and that the same be returned to the 

 Worthy Secretary of the State Grange, prior to the 25th day of 

 November, 1873, and by him returned to the Committee on Irriga 

 tion. 



3d. That it be made the special duty of each Master of Subor 

 dinate Granges to impress upon the members of his Grange the 

 great importance of immediate action; to the end that any bill pre 

 sented to the Legislature may have the full benefit of all the influ 

 ence which this State Grange can exert, and an influence which even 

 political demagogues dare not disregard. 



On Friday, 17th, the election of officers for the ensuing two 

 years was held, and resulted as follows : 



Master J. M. Hamilton, Guenoc, Lake County. Overseer O. L. 

 Abbott, Santa Barbara. Lecturer J. W. A. Wright, Turlock, Stan 

 islaus County. Steward N.L.Allen, Salinas. Asssistant Steward 

 Wm. M. Jackson, Woodland. Chaplain I. C. Gardner, Grayson. 

 Treasurer W. A. Fisher, Napa. Secretary W. H. Baxter, Napa. 

 Gate Keeper R. E. Warder, Waterford, Stanislaus County. Ceres 

 Mrs, G. W. Davis, Santa Rosa. Pomona Mrs. S. C. Baxter, 



