Utah exhibits [of the] State of Arizona, complainant, v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Imperial Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, City of San Diego, and County of San Diego, defendants, United States of America and State of Nevada, interveners, State of New Mexico and State of Utah, parties

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IN THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY WASHINGTON, STATE OF UTAH. R. E. Caldwell, State Engineer of Utah, Plaintiff, vs. Brigham Carpenter, Ben Harris, ffyrum Leany, Leeds Water Company, Ira McMullin, Oscar McMullin, M. L, McAllister, Geo# C. Naegle, Purgatory Irrigation Co., John A. Parkefc, et al., R. C.Savage, Thomas Stirling, Hn. D. Sullivan. Walter H. Slack, Edwin A. Vincent, Vfen. E. woodbury, D.V. Harris, P« E. Harris, et al., Defendants* DECISION OF COURT Temp. Exhibit No..... Utah Exhibit No, Ident.........................Adm. On. March 2, 1923 a decree was entered and filed in this Court in the above entitled case which said decree provides in part as follows t "This ca»e having been duly submitted to the court on stipulation signed by all parties, and it appearing from said stipulation and from the records of this case that all parties have consented to the determination of water rights as made by the State Engineer of the State of Utah unimr the provisions of Chapter 67, Session Laws of 1919* State of Utah, and have consented that the provisions of said determination be made the decree of this court, and it further appearing that it is the ctesire of all parties that this court retain jurisdiction of the waters of Quail Creek for a period of five years from the date hereof for the purpose of determining the proper duty of water." The duty of water fixed by said decree is 55 acres to 1 c, f. of water per second of time. Immediately prior to the date of the expiration of the said five year period the Leeds Water Company and several of the other parties to the said decree filed in this court their petitions praying that the original decree be amended to change the duty of water from 55 acre feet to 35 acre feet per second of time. To these petitions some of the water owners on said stream and answers have been filed on the part of/the State Engineer acting for and on behalf of the State of Utah, and the issues thus being made up came on for hearinp: before the court. At the conclusions of the hearing the court was taken to vfcew the wiers, canals, ditches and lands of the party in order that it may be better advised and informed as to whether or not there was a necessity of amended said decree to cfafcnpe the duty of water fixed therein, , 4s-