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Mr* *f» 1* iouse I heeemfeer 21, 1951 account ©f the water* produced tram ipl# well# I ** not .sertaln why as approprtatie® w#.e net filed. However 1 I p l l a w it mm Oaammma M w m mm mm uncertainty as to whether it « aoeoaoery to appropriate the *mt®r tram the m i l . Section 7ft? of the i?ev#d* Compiled k « pro- ¥ld«8 *S follOWSI •ill underground water* , sow* and except pa«tr weheli#cthi ng water, the ooura* end feesnaarie* ere 'ineapafele of 4stomt»«t i on, are hereby declared,to fee subject t© approprie-tic ® snider the leas a t the otat© relating t© the appropriation end «»• ©f water.* It has never bee® legally determined vbetber the waters la the lee ?#t»s Arteel#® Be*la are pereeletiag water*, the ©our#© end boundary a t which are iaeajNifel® a t deter-siaatios, end therefore I am mm morning, that it nay have fee#® tfemmcht that- 1% tip not *i©*©»*«ry to file *a appro­priation f«f this well. | flr»a fro® our file* that ©ur Weired* attorney, too lie Kane#» first raised the toasties of the doalrefeilitp af protectlac water supply fey appropriation® In 19*4 ar* ter the Sailread $»# first developed a very large flow of water from Artesian '?-•?ell s#.* 1 located near the Sig Spring®. Since that time the 8 # U w « i » *s well a® ethers, hae fol— lmm®, the praettee- of preteetiag water dee*loped fro® well® fey appropriation» Heetien 7944 of the f e m l s com­piled !#»« prevides that any person deairing to appropri­ate any of the pufelio water* o r . fe© change tfe*...Plfce of diversion. meaner of eye or rleee et*ySS^of...Jgter ijg ready' 'lmtwrairK"^am^m% 1 as** ea eppX lee tie® I# ta* State fnglni'er 'for * peimit# this is the sestlen usher whiefe we have preeeedsd to asulss original appropriation* and X tee n© reason why we should w l fee efele to secure the trttosfer at m r ©slating; tiailread snprepriation t# the well is the shop ground# if that well m m fee reeeaati-tutsd a# as to provide * suitafele supply. It sight al­ee fee feasible l@ transfer the Isilread appropriation to a new well in «'suitable leestien wfeiefc weuld .develef auf-yjeient water. I eta net Imam m m t tee attitude of the