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<br />That the work of the extension and enlargement of said <br />ditch was commenced on the 16th day of April, 1882, from which <br />time the appropriation of water therethrough, by reason of said <br />extent ion and enlargement, should date; that said work of e~- <br />tension and enlargement was prosecuted and completed with reason- <br />able diligence. <br />That the construction end enlargement of said ditch wsa <br />for diverting and applying water from said Rio Las Animas and <br />said old. channel (locally referred to as Stephens Creek) for use <br />:~ <br />in direct irrigation; and that within a reasonable time after <br />the completion of the same, respectively, water was diverted <br />throup~h said ditch and t:sough said enlargement and extension <br />_ and applied to such beneficial use. <br />~ 5 That through said ditch as originally constructed, <br />the owners thereof have appropriated and applied vrater to the <br />actual irrigation of twenty (20) acres of land lying under the <br />same; that said land is of such character and of such slope as <br />to require a large head of water in order to properly irrigate <br />the same; that the amount of water so used and necessary for <br />the purposes herein mentioned, is one and one-Quarter (1-1~4) <br />cubic feet of water per second of time, during such period as <br />the same may be necessary for the proper irrigation of the said <br />lands. <br />That through said ditch as extended and enlarged, the owners <br />x- thereof have appropriated and applied water to the actual irri- <br />gation of twelve hundred and fifty (1250) additional acres of <br />land lying under the same; that the amount of vrater so used <br /> <br />and necessary for the purposes herein mentioned, is thirty-nine <br />71 <br />