General And Special Irrigation Laws Of The State Of Texas

Author : Texas Board of Water Engineers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331212195
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book General and Special Irrigation Laws of the State of Texas written by Texas Board of Water Engineers and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from General and Special Irrigation Laws of the State of Texas: December 1, 1920 "An Act to provide a more adequate system of laws relating to irrigation and declaring the unappropriated waters of the State the property of the State; authorizing their appropriation, storage and diversion for beneficial uses; perpetuating the Board of Water Engineers and prescribing its powers, duties and compensation; defining water rights and prescribing the method of acquiring, perfecting and preserving same; requiring application to be made to the Board of Water Engineers for permits to construct storage, diversion and distribution works, and prescribing the method thereof; limiting the right to the waters of the State to beneficial uses, and declaring forfeiture for abandonment of use; prescribing standards for the measurement of water; providing a method for the determination of water rights by the Board of Water Engineers; authorizing appeals from the decisions of the State Board of Water Engineers, and regulating the manner thereof; prescribing the method of serving notices on claimants and appropriators of water, and declaring the effects of failure to observe the same; authorizing the issuance of certificates of water rights and the recording thereof; fixing certain fees; creating the office of Water Commissioner and prescribing the duties and compensation thereof; authorizing the appointment of special assistants and prescribing their duties and compensation; dividing the State into water divisions and providing for water districts; prescribing the method for determining and recording titles to irrigation works, and establishing the period of limitation to quiet titles thereto; regulating partnership ditches; conferring the right of eminent domain in aid of construction of irrigation works; prohibiting the seeding of Johnson grass or Russian thistle on irrigation canals; prescribing penalties for violation of the provisions of this act; requiring the making of annual report to the Board of Water Engineers; requiring the control of flowing artesian wells; authorizing the chartering of corporations to construct and operate irrigation and other works; authorizing contracts for the supply and delivery of water, and creating liens to secure payment thereof; authorizing the acquisition of lands by irrigation companies, and requiring the alienation thereof; repealing all laws in conflict herewith and declaring an emergency." Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas: Section 1. The unowned and unappropriated waters of the ordinary flow and underflow and tides of every flowing river or natural stream, of all lakes, bays or arms of the Gulf of Mexico, collections of still water, and of the storm, flood or rain waters of every river or natural stream, canyon, ravine, depression or watershed, within the State of Texas, are hereby declared to be the property of the State, and the right to the use thereof may be acquired by appropriation in the manner and for the uses and purposes hereinafter provided. Sec. 2. The storm, flood or rain waters described in the preceding section may be held or stored by dams, in lakes or reservoirs, or diverted by means of canals, ditches, intakes, pumping plants, or other works, constructed by any person, corporation, association of persons, or irrigation district created under the Statutes, for the purpose of irrigation, mining, milling, manufacturing, the development of power, the construction and operation of waterworks for cities and towns, or for stock raising. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com