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<br />THE LAWN RFSERVOB
<br />Priority No. 14, Water District No.4.
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<br />1. Tr.e cla.i.mant of this reservoir is the F!lXlOOrl B Irrigating Ditch and Res-
<br />ervoir C=pany, a corporation organized under the laws of the' State oJ: Colorado.
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<br />2. '"his reservoir "as constructed and it has been operated for storage for
<br />agricultutal purposes.
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<br />er"loir,
<br />River.
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<br />The na-:ural stream, the waters of which have been in:nounded in thi.a ras-
<br />:!.s ftoa:-ir.g For:'::, a branch oJ: Fall River, a tribut.a..ry of the Big Th=paon
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<br />4. 1'"ni3 reservoir is located on portior.s of $actions twenty-fcur (24) and
<br />t~nty-five (25), in ~CWTI3hip six (6) North, Range seventy-four (74) nest o~ the
<br />6L~ P.~. Its area, at high water line, to-wit I the twenty-four (24) ~oot con-
<br />tour is forty-seven and o,".a-tenth (47.1) acres, and a.t low water line it is sL-
<br />teen and ~o=-temhs (16.4) acras. Its available storage capacity is estimaUld
<br />at thirty-three million eighty-eight thousand one hundred U3,C88,100) cubic feet.
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<br />5. 3ei:-...i2: ccrlStruCT..9C in the G!~a..na"1el of said R.oaring Fork, this reservoir -""
<br />is wittout an artificially CCn3t~ctGd feeder.
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<br />6. :r~ work of CG~3tructi0~ of th!s reservoir was co~e~ced on the 10th
<br />day of ;~~e, ~~J2, fL~ it was prosecuted to completion with re8Sor~ble diligence.
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<br />7. ;lii ":.;..i.r~ a :-95.5Cnable tiriH a.f~er completion of t.r-...is re3er/oir, ULappro-
<br />pria~d ~a~e~, not needed for iF~diate ~e for domest~c or ~r~aticr. ~~~032S,
<br />sufficient 1.0 fill -:.he 5&,0<), was diverted and stered there!..") and the s=e was
<br />thereafter a~plied to agricultural purposes.
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<br />3. ~ a c~t1.er of law, the cla~ant is en1.itled te a decree to the ef~ect
<br />tts.t, .fer a,sr:..c"J.ltur3.1 ~1J.rPose3, and ~d8r 8.:'.Q t;:: virtue of a..pprcpriat:.cn as b:.-
<br />original cons1.ructio~, sufficient water, not needed fer ~diate use fer domes-
<br />tic or l..~igation purposes, te fill it once a year to the height of twenty-four
<br />(24) feet, measuring from the b01.tom oJ: the outlet, in quantity est1matad at
<br />thirty-three c.illion eighty-eight thoU3and or.e hWldred (33,088,100) cubic feet,
<br />rr.ay be iI::pounded therein with Reservoir Priority No. 14, dating from ti:e 10th
<br />day oJ: JlL-::e, 1902.
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<br />IT I3, cr-:E..'\EFORZ, J;.D.JU~ Al.D DECB"''''n EY ~ COURT, that for storage for
<br />agricultural purposes and under and by virtue of appropriation as by original con-
<br />struction, ar,d for the benefit of tt.e party or parties entitled to the enjaj'ment
<br />thereof, there be permitted to fiow out of said Roaring Fork into this reser'/oir.
<br />suf!icient water not needed for imn~diate use for domestic or irrigati~ purposes,
<br />to fill the said reservoir once a year to the Might of twenty-four (24) feet,
<br />measuring frOrI'. the bottom of the outlet pipe or tube, - in quantity estiJr~ted at
<br />thirty-three million eighty-ei{;ht thousand one hnnd1-ed U),C88,100) cubic i'eet, _
<br />with Res9r"loir Priority No. 14; su::,ject to the' general and para:;;cur.t provisions 01.'
<br />this decree, the appropriation of which water ~' be deemed to have taken effect
<br />on, and said Reservoir Priority No. 14, to date from the 10th day of ';t:..~e, 1902.
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