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Show 82 Table 5 31 Water Applications, Dams Approved, and State Engineers Date Number of Water Number of dams State Engineer Applications Approved Dates Served 1921- 22 495 + 14 R. G Caldwell 1921- My 1924 1923- 24 411 + 7 LLoyd Garrison 1924- April 1925 1925- 26 * + 8 George M. Bacon 1927- 28 * + 0 1925- April 1933 1929- 30 * + 0 1931- 32 452 + 0 1933- 34 387 ( 28) 7 T. H. Humpherys 1935- 36 719 ( 310) 6 1933- Aug 1941 1937- 38 653 ( 232) 13 6# 1939- 40 1137 ( 690) 14 6# * Number of applications per year unavailable. In 1925, however, the Utah Supreme Court ruled that water rights could only be obtained by application. As a result, those who had not filed ( most commonly on the Weber River Drainage System) had to file applications. 0 Number of water right applications which were for groundwater rights in each year. + During these years there were a total of 32 groundwater applications filed, though the law did not require it. Between 1903 and 1934 a total of 60 ground water right applications were filed. A In 1935 the legislature specifically required groundwater users to file applications with the State Engineer. # Twelve plans for dams previously built were received. They were merely filed for record. Therefore, during 1937- 38 and 1939- 40 there were respectively only six and seven sets of construction plans approved for new dams. The State Engineer's main problem during the 1920s was water user resentment over the control of appropriation. Some water users felt that the power granted to the State Engineer was unconstitutional and refused to recognize the State Engineer's actions. In the landmark case of All information contained in Table 5 was taken from State of Utah, " Thirteenth Biennial Report of the State Engineer to the Governor of the State of Utah for the Years 1921 and 1922," Public Documents through State of Utah, " Twenty Second Biennial Report of the State Engineer to the Governor of the State of Utah for the Years 1939 and 1940," Public Documents. |
