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Show navigable on a map there reproduced 220 ) was in dispute , ( mem- mem ) bers of the Court were unanimous in their opinion that the law of Illinois with reference to the rights of riparian owners was controlling but disagreed as to whether that State had or had not adopted the common law . Mr . Justice Gray , although disssenting from the majority view that the common law was in force in Illinois , expressed his ( agree- agree ) ment with the prevailing opinion as to the controlling effect of the local law as follows : ( ''Beyond Beyond "Beyond Beyond ) all dispute the settled law of this court , established by repeated decisions , is that the question how far the title of a riparian owner extends is one of local law . For a determination of that question the statutes of the State and the decisions of its highest court ( furnished urnished ) the best and final authority . " Also see : St . Anthony Falls Water Power Co . V . St . Paid Water Commissioners , 168 U . S . 349 at 358 ; Packer v . Bird , 137 U . S . 661 . \ At stated many years ago in Vol . ( 1 IL ) of Kinney on ( Irri- Irri rr7i- rr7i ) ( gallon gation ) and Water Rights , at pages 545-6 , in Utah as well as in other western states there referred to , ( "the the ) common law of riparian rights is rejected in toto . " Also see : State of Utah v . Sylvester Rolio , 262 Pac . 987 . EFFECT OF UTAH STATUTES . Chapter 9 of the Session Laws of Utah , 1927 , reads as follows ( we omit the title and enacting clause ) : ( "SECTION" SECTION "SECTION SECTION ) 1 . COLORADO RIVER IN UTAH AND GREEN RIVER IN UTAH DECLARED TO BE NAVIGABLE STREAMS . That the State of Utah does hereby declare that the Colorado River in Utah and the Green River in Utah from time ( im- im ) memorial and at the time of the admission of Utah into the Union as one of the States of the United States of America were and ever since have been and now are navigable streams . ( "SEC SEC ) . 2 . TITLE TO BED OF ALL ( NAVI NAVI- NAVI ) GABLE RIVERS VESTED IN STATE OF UTAH , , ( WHEN-EXCEPTIONS WHENEXCEPTIONS ) . That the title to the beds |