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Show OREGON 625 powers and duties have been discussed above. Other public agencies at the State and local level having some interest in the development or conservation of the State's water resources include the: (1) State game commission;68 (2) State fish commission;69 (3) State land board;70 (4) State marine board;71 (5) State highway department-parks and recreation divi- sion ;72 (6) State department of agriculture;73 (7) State forestry department;74 (8) State soil and water conservation committee;75 (9) irrigation districts;76 (10) drainage districts;77 (11) domestic water supply corporations;78 (12) diking districts;79 (13) water improvement districts;80 (14) water control districts;81 (15) corporations for irrigation, drainage, water supply, or flood control.82 3. Surface Waters The acquisition of water rights pursuant to the appropriation doctrine has been of dominant interest in Oregon since 1909, when legislation was enacted making the appropriation doctrine the system of water rights in the State. However, since riparian rights could be acquired prior to that time, it is necessary to consider both types of rights in order to understand the water right structure in Oregon today. 3.1 Method of Acquiring Rights a. ACQUISITION OF RIPARIAN RIGHTS A riparian right is acquired as an incident of the ownership of land which is adjacent to a watercourse. The right is annexed to the land itself and is considered to be a part of the realty.83 A riparian right is acquired as an incident of the purchase of riparian land, and the Oregon court has held that such a right cannot be severed and transferred to other lands.84 As pointed out above, the riparian doc- trine was totally superseded by the adoption of the appropriation 68 Sees. 496.010 et seq. 88 Sees. 506.010 et seq. to Chap. 273. i Sec. 488.825. «Chap. 366. ra Chaps. 561-75. ™Chap. 526. ^ Sec. 568.230. ™Chap. 545. "Chaps. 547-548. 78 Chap. 264. 79 Chap. 551. 80 Chap. 552. si Chap. 553. * Chap. 554. 88 Shively v. Hume, 10 Or. 76 (1881) ; Weiss v. Oregon Iron & Steel Co., 13 Or. 496, 11 Pac. 255 (1886) ; In re Willow Creek, 74 Or. 592, 144 Pac. 505 (1914). <* Norwood v. Eastern Or. Land Co., 112 Or. 106, 227 Pac. 1111 (1924). |
