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<br />I..' <br /> <br /> <br />In giving the 1889 Colorado decree, the Court <br />fixed one second toot tor 40 acres or land as the duty <br />of Water. Consequently, to reconcile these two decrees, <br />it iS3 necessary to cut the Colorado priorities established <br />by the 188':> decree in halt. <br />In Civing the 1905 decree, however, the Colorado <br />,court fL~ed one second foot for SO acres ofe land as the <br />duty Of water. This PJ.'oV1sion is found in th!> Eighth <br />subdiVision of th!> 1905 decree end a copy of this sub- <br />division is attaohed hereto as Exhibit A. <br />Cons!>quently, no J.'econciliatlon is necessary <br />betw!>en the !lew Mexico decree~ of 1911 and the Colorado <br />decree of 1905, as the same duty of water is used in <br />both decrees. <br /> <br />As hereinbefore pointed out, the AO!>quia Madre <br />head gate is at a point where the Costilla River lea~es <br />the mounteins aIm emerges onto the open San Luis Valley. <br />Above this point, and in what is known as Costilla CanYon, <br />there is a small settlement, now- known as Amalia. In <br />this settlement, and within Costilla Canyon, thereeare quite <br />~. <br />" <br />a number of small dHch!>s. In p);'actice, hO'Never, these <br />ditches in the cnYoh ~ave been disregarded in considering <br />problems'concern1ng the Costilla River. This haa been be- <br />caus!> of the following factst <br />(a) These ditches are very small! <br />(b) They wate" only a faw acresl <br />(c) The canyon is So narrow that these ditches never <br />get far away from the stream and, consequently, all the <br />water that S8!>];lS frolll thelll gets bacX immediately into th!> <br />strealll! <br />(d) These ditches have no storage rights. They take <br /> <br />-5- <br /> <br />.,'^ <br />~' <br />l <br />it__ <br />1<' <br />,-' <br />~.' <br /> <br />~: <br /> <br />~-,_: L'_ <br /> <br />;~~*', <br />";,t:;j~ <br /> <br />k;- <br />