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therefor., together with a statement upon a form to be furnished by <br />the State'Engineer, showing the general location of such pro posed <br />'dam with reference to section, township and range; location and - dir n- <br />°sions of spillway -and the - number, location- andsize- ofrdams_ already <br />constructed within the watersheds`of the dry channel on which such <br />dam Is` proposed to be built. NotAtg contained in this paragraph <br />shall be construed to specify plans and specifications of such tech- <br />nieal.detail or nature Aa to require preparation by an engineer or. <br />construction of such. stock water tanks under the supervision of an <br />engineer, it being the intent and purpose of the provisions hereof <br />that the State Engineer shall be apprised by the statement of the <br />applicant,.and -- -the accompanying plans and - specifications, of per - <br />tinent information sufficient to. enable him to ascertain the goner= <br />al location of the water 'tank, its operation in relation to tanks <br />already constructed, its relative priority rights, its effect on <br />existing appropriations of water, its capacity, its-dam dimensions <br />and necessary and reasonable factors of safety and its compliance <br />with the ,provisions of this ':Act, <br />SECTION 7 , The State Engineer shall examine such plans and <br />specifications and, if•he approves the same, shall: return one copy <br />of each of such plans, drawings and specifications with his approval <br />thereon to the person submitting the same and file the other in his <br />office:. If the State Engineer disapproves such plans'and specifica- <br />tions, or any part thereof, he`shall return the same for correction <br />*And revision. In cases where he deems it necessary he may, before <br />approval: thereof, inspect the proposed water tank site and make such <br />independent investigation as he dooms necessary: Whether the State <br />Engineer approves'such plans and specifications, or in the event he <br />disapproves their and returns the sabi6 for correction and revision, <br />he shall act within fifteen (15) days after the statement, plans <br />and•specifleations are submitted to him * - Until the approval by the <br />State Engineei, of plans and specifications has been obtained, the <br />construction of such dam is prohibited. The of this <br />.Section 7 and Sections 8 and 12, specs f'ki.ng. approval- by the State <br />Engineer. and providing a fee therefor, shall-not apply to dams hav <br />ng a vertical height not exceeding five (5) feet•from the bottom of <br />the channel to the bottom of the spillway and which impound not more <br />than two (2) acre feet of water; provided, however, that any one Pro- <br />posing to construct a dam for the-creation of a livestock water tank, <br />as described in'Section 4 hereof, shall comply with Section 6, and <br />every owner of an existing dam-used to impound water for livestock <br />watering purposes, shall comply with Section 13 of the Act for the <br />purpose of providing a record in the State Engineer's office of ally <br />such structures in the State of Colorado; and provided further, that <br />every owner of a proposed or existing reservoir for stock watering <br />purposes who desires to obtain a priority number for such structure, <br />as hereinafter provided, shall comply fully with all`pertinont proms <br />visions of this Act. <br />SECTION 8. 'When , such dam is completed the State Engineer shall <br />be notified of�suoh completion and may within fifteen (15) days after <br />-2 <br />