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<br />m' <br />"".l' <br />'Iol <br />N <br />l~) <br />{~-\ <br />'l>-.' <br /> <br /> <br />"OJ, <br /> <br />" '. <br />:, ";t'O. .-,.". <br /> <br />"; -- <br /> <br />" <br /> <br /> <br />t7nde1- 4&1oe or Ji:me J.41lb, J.8S9, _ 8Dilered It. decree <br />by the oourte of Colorado, fol' water, :'181'1t8 iJ1 wba" is knOWD U <br />f::::.t0r D1striC't rro. 24. wh1ch d1atr1O'\ 1no~u4eG the C08tUla <br />River a.s it 1'lm8 thro-a.:;h a portion ot Colorado. In thls decree <br />the rightll were baaed ap,rox1.,-,ate~ on <me 8eoond :toot O:f' _tor <br />for eaob 4.0 BOres of land 1rr18ated, with the otatement t:ha.t no <br />part of the deorae ahou14 be taken as a4.twl81ng to ~ "la"-...... <br />t!1e right to an exoessive use,. or we.ate ot water whatever.' <br />. ':rc.b18 VII gives the priority numbers s.nd dates. namDl!I. <br />1l1'!101l.'1ta deoreed, aores t be i:oriented and the (l,ore t3et O:f' water <br />th:'~t wOl1ld ~'Ji] used in n 120, dA;r irrigation season. for those <br />priorities deriving thaiI' aup;1~ trau the Costilla River, as <br />set forth in the Colorado decree. Also. there has been oOm- <br />puted and included in this table the MOlmt in seoond toet and <br />the water that would be used in a :L30 Ua.7 season if' t.he l'18hta <br />wore baaed IOU ~:ne second foot to oighty acres of 18.nd. lrr1gated <br />as was done under tho r:OW Mexico deoree. <br /> <br />Tho last two oolumns in this taole. baaed on a. du1l7 <br /> <br />of ono 080000 foot 1'0:' eiGhty acres. are added. tor the purpose <br />of comparison with the d.ata. f'r0!!l tho :law Uex1eo deoreo. It <br />ohows tn'it on t!1n.t 00.313 the total. ::.tlOlmt deoreed t1onld. hnvs <br /> <br />boon ~3.721 seoond foot instead c~ 7ry.o. and that fo~ a ]:;0 day <br />::leason thora \7o"ud be reo::;.ui...-ed 8025.60 aore foet instead of <br />1".799 acre foet. It o.l:Jo nhOWs that in thnt length of t1ll18 <br /> <br />- ~4 - <br />