200 IRKIGATION INVESTIGATIONS IN CALIB'OKNIA. 



Sec. 2. The following rules are hereby established for use of said water: 



First. Said company shall not be required to deliver water for irrigation of lands unless said 

 lands are in proper condition to receive said water without waste or loss of water. Second. Said water 

 shall be used by the consumer for no other i)urpose than the proper irrigation of the land when 

 'purchased for said puriwse. Third. The water shall not be used or turned from the canal for irrigation 

 or for any purpose by a consumer without first making application to the company or its agent to 

 divert the same, nor shall said company be compelled to sell or deliver water to anyone indebted to 

 the company for water until said indebtedness is fully paid, and from any delinquent consumer the 

 company may require payment in advance of the delivery of any water. Fourth. For any violation 

 of the aliove rules during the time of its delivery the water may be shut off and shall not Ise turned on 

 again without satisfactory assurance of an intention on the part of the consumer to comply with the 

 regulations herein stated. 



Sec. 3. Nothing in this ordinance contained shall be construed to prohibit or invalidate any 

 contract already made, or which shall hereafter be made, by or with said Soledad Land and Water 

 Company, or any person, company, association, or corporation having or to have appropriated water 

 for sale, rent, or distribution in Monterey County, relating to the sale, rental, or distribution of water, 

 or to the sale, rental of easements, and servitude of the right to the flow and use of water, nor to 

 prohibit or interfere with the vesting of rights under any such contract. 



Sec. i. This ordinance shall be in force and effect immediately. 



ORDINANCE NO. 296. 



AN ORDIXAN'CE to fix and regulate the maximum rate at which the Spreekels Sugar Company, a corporation, may or 

 shall sell, rent, or distribute water appropriated by said Spreckels Sugar Company, in the county of Monterey, State 

 of California. 



The board of supervisors of Monterey County, California, do ordain as follows: 



Section 1. The Spreckels Sugar Company, a corporation organized and existing under and by 

 virtue of the laws of the State of California, having or to have and hereafter appropriated water in the 

 county of Monterey, State of California, for sale, rental, and distribution, is hereby authorized to sell, 

 rent, and distribute the water appropriated by said Spreckels Sugar Company, in said Monterey County, 

 when not sold within the limits of an}- incorporated city or town in said Monterey County, at a 

 maximuin rate of one dollar and fifty cents per acre for each irrigation of each and every acre of land 

 irrigated by said Spreckels Sugar Company, the irrigation of said land to be according to the rules 

 and regulations of said corporation. 



Sec. 2. Nothing in this ordinance contained shall be construed to prohibit or invalidate any 

 contract already made or which shall hereafter be made by or with the said Spreckels Sugar Company, 

 or any person, company, association, or corporation having or to have appropriated water for sale, 

 rental, or distribution in Monterey County, relating to the sale, rental, or distribution of water, or to 

 the sale of easements or servitudes of the right to the flow and use of water; nor to prohibit or inter- 

 fere with the vesting of rights under any such contract. 



Sec. 3. This ordinance shall be in force and effect immediately. 



COSTBACT. 



To the Salinas Valley 11 nfer Company, Kings City, Cal. 



Gentlemen: I hereby apply to your company for water to irrigate the following-described lands 

 situated in Monterey County, California, to wit, , containing acres. 



I agree to prepare the said land in proper manner for irrigation (under your supervision) and 

 also agree to ase the water with all reasonable economy and at the time or times when you shall 



furnish same, provided, however, that you furnish it between the day of , A. D. 189-, and 



the day of , A. D. 189-; and I agree to have my land ready to irrigate at all times between 



said dates; and I agree to pay the sum of $ per acre for the said land to the said company, 



jnovided said company is prepared to furnish sufficient water to properly irrigate said lands between 

 said dates. 



Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of — 



. [Seal.] 



. [Seal.] 



