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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />AFTER THE SPLIT SCEDC WILL CARRY NOT TO EXCEED (10) CUBIC FEET OF <br />SUCH INDIAN WATER PER SECOND Of TIME OUT OT SAID FORTY (40) <br />CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, FOR A FURTHER DISTANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED <br />FIVE (5) MILES. <br />THE $100.00 ANNUAL PAYMENT TO BE MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT <br />INTENDED TO AND SHALL COVER ALL COSTS AND CHARGES FOR <br />MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND OPERATION AND ALL OTHER COSTS AND <br />CHARGES, AND LESSEES AND PURCHASERS OF INDIAN ALLOTMENTS ARE <br />RELEASED FROM ALL FURTHER LIABILITY TO THE PINE RIVER CANAL <br />COMPANY AND SPRING CREEK EXTENSION DITCH COMPANY. SIGNED <br />MARCH 25,1929. <br /> <br />ADJUDICATION PROCEEDINGS IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LA PLATA <br />COUNTY, WHICH WERE OPENED UP IN 1928, A FINAL DECREE WAS <br />ENTERED ON JUNE 12, 1934, FIXING THE RIGHT OF ALL DITCHES AND <br />WATER USERS DIVERTING WATER FROM THE PINE RIVER AND ITS <br />TRIBUTARIES, OTHER THAN INDIAN DITCHES. THE PINE RIVER CANAL <br />COMPANY, WHICH WAS REPRESENTED, BOTH IN FEDERAL COURT AND IN <br />THE STATE COURT PROCEEDINGS, WAS AWARDED PRIORITY NO. 43 IN <br />WATER DISTRICT NO. 31, WITH A PRIORITY DATE OF OCTOBER 1,1900, FOR <br />143.9 CUBIC FEED OF WATER PER SECOND, FOR THE IRRIGATION OF 10,072 <br />ACRES OF LAND LYING IN COLORADO. <br /> <br />THE PINE RIVER CANAL IS AN ENLARGEMENT OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE <br />SPRING CREEK DITCH" WHICH IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED BY <br />THE GOVERNMENT ABOUT 1895. <br /> <br />THE PINE RIVER CANAL COMPANY IS A MUTUAL DITCH COMPANY, ALL OR <br />SUBST ANTIALL Y ALL OF THE STOCK OF WHICH IS OWNED BY THE <br />FARMERS WHO USE THE WATER. <br />