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<br />MR. PETERSON: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. PETERSON: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. L. WILLIAMS: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. PETERSON: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />or disturbance of water from its natural loca- <br />tion or presence of artificial control facilities <br />shall not be a necessary test of application to <br />beneficial uSe'. Now the reason this provision <br />is in here - normally to appropriate water you <br />must exercise some affirmative act to put that - <br />water under control; that is, you must construct I <br />a ditch or a headgate or a reservoir or something <br />which indicates your intent to put that water to <br />beneficial use; under this act, however, nothing <br />would be necessary except that the Game and Fish <br />Department would simply make a filing. They <br />would go to the State Engineer's office and say <br />'We hereby appropriate 100 feet of water out <br />of the Colorado River for game and fish pur- <br />poses'. That would require no other affirmative <br />act. Under this bill that filing would consti- <br />tute notice that 100 feet of water out of the <br />Colorado River, or whatever other stream it <br />might be, was hereby reserved in the future to <br />flow in the stream for game and fish purposes." <br /> <br />"Mr. Chairman." <br /> <br />"Mr. Peterson." <br /> <br />"I would like to move that the Water Board <br />not be in sympathy with this bill." <br /> <br />"It has <br />Board go on <br />this bill. <br />a second?" <br /> <br />been regularly moved that the Water <br />record as not being in sympathy with <br />So that we can discuss it, is there <br /> <br />"I'll second it." <br /> <br />"Mr. Williams has seconded it. I'm not <br />sure I know the meaning of the motion." <br /> <br />"well, I can put it a little bit stronger <br />by saying that we should go on record as being <br />opposed to this bill." <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />"By your motion do you indicate that you <br />would request Mr. Kuiper as our representative <br />to inform the sponsors of this bill - what <br />