<br />COPY'
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<br />IN THE DISTRICT ~OURT IN AND FOR
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<br />WATER DIVISION NO. 2
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<br />STATE OF COLORADO
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<br />CASE NO. W-4649
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<br />IN THE ~~TTEROF THE APPLICATION )
<br />FOR WATER RIGHTS OFI j
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<br />THE COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION )
<br />BOARD ON BE1~LF OF THE PEOPLE )
<br />OF THE ,STATE OF COLORADO I )
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<br />IN ECHO CREEK, A NATURAL STREAM, )
<br />I~ THE WATERSHED OF THE ARKANSAS )
<br />RIVER, ' )
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<br />Filed in the office 01 the
<br />Clerk, District Court Water
<br />Division No.2. State of
<br />Colorado
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<br />JAN 24 1980
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<br />Cerk
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<br />RULING OF REFEREE
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<br />IN LAKE COUNTY.
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<br />Pursuant to Order of Referral filed and entered in
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<br />the above case on December 29, 1977, the undersigned Water
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<br />Referee,having investigajed the matter of the Application
<br />on f,le here,n hereby makes the following findings and ruling
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<br />FINDINGS OF FACT
<br />'1. That the said APJlication was filed on December, 29,
<br />1977. ' l '
<br />2, That the Water Clerk caused publication of such filing
<br />as provided by'statute; tJat the, time for filing Statements of
<br />Opposition'expired on thellast day of February, 1978, and that
<br />such a statement was filed On February 27, 1978, by Howard '
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<br />Holme, Attorney at Law, on behalf of the Southeastern Colorado
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<br />Water Conservancy ,str,ct.
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<br />, 3. That on March l6j 1978, ,the undersigned Water Referee
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<br />,re-referred the case to the Water Judge pursuant to the authority
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<br />granted the said Referee in C.R.S. 1973, 37-92-303(2).
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<br />4. That on December 20, 1979, the said District withdrew
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<br />its objection, and on DeCjmber 28,
<br />manded the case to the undersigned
<br />tion and ruling thereon. I,
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<br />1979, the Water Judge re~
<br />Water Referee for investiga-
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