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Show 01. filings, and to allow no ona to divert water in e_s-oess of hi s appropriation, to the detriment o f others. When a number of appropriatora divert water from the same stream, a IrJ'ater Commissioner is appointed by the State Dnginoer, who supervises tha division of the wat ear . In Utah, the V-ater Coeuaisaioner ±3 virtually appointed by the State Engineer, and paid by the County within •which the Irrigation District is Icoated. On tha Uintah iTojeot, where the Indians pa*/ 10 tasas, and hava prior rights in tha atreaaa froa which thoy divert water, tha Secondary appropriators, ro&idants of Duohaane County, '.vera placed in tha peculiar position of being compelled to pay tha salary of a man employed to pravont them from obtaining -water. It i3 hardly neoesaary testate that they ware cot enthusiastic about hi 3 em pi 0721a nt. fthers the water ri *£ita are in litigation as on the Uintah Pro j sot, the Viater Commissioner is appointed by the Court, in this case by tha Paderal Court, and works under its aufcbo 24 ty. FCB Uater Commissiuaer alone haa the power to divert water froa the -stre_aa3 into the 0 ana la. Ho supervises the distribution of the wat«r in accordance 81 |
