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= DAiE OF MAILING Filed in The District Court <br />• S"~D - ~ `{ UhtP.rll'niiRipn FnJr <br />DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION FOUR, STATE OF COLORADO ,. - ,; t p 1944; <br />Action Number 93 CW 242 <br />. , <br />FINDINGS AND RULING OF REFEREE AND DECfiEI« --` <br />CONCERNING THE APPLICATION FOR WATER RIGHTS OF.• <br />JOYCE NATION, in Montrose County. <br />Applicant Joyce Nation, 13013 6200 Road (P.O. Box 1465), Montrose, Colorado <br />81401, by her attorneys, Mathis & Masters, P.C., submits the following Findings and <br />Ruling of Referee in support of her Application for Water Rights (Surface) and for Water <br />Storage Rights (referred to herein as the Application) filed with the Court on December 17, <br />1993. Applicant submits the Findings and Ruling of Referee at the request of Division <br />Four Water Referee Aazon R. Clay. <br />FINDINGS OF FACT <br />1. The Referee has jurisdiction of this case, All notices of the Application required by <br />law have been given. <br />2. The time for filing of Statements of Opposition has expired, and no such statements <br />have been filed. <br />3. The Referee has made such investigations as are necessary to determine whether the <br />statements in the Application are true and to become fully advised with respect to the <br />subject matter of the Application. The Referee has consulted with the appropriate <br />division engineer, and taken into consideration the division engineer's report and <br />recommendation. <br />4. The Application involves eight surface water rights, and three storage water rights. <br />In regazd to these various water rights, the Referee makes the following findings. <br />a. Surface water right: Nation No. 1 Springs <br />i. Location: The springs are located in the NWl/4, Section 19, Township <br />49 North, Range 9 West, N. M.P.M., Montrose County, Colorado, and <br />are approximately 425 feet south of the north section line and 65 feet <br />east of the west section Iine of said Section 19. <br />ii. Point and means of diversion: This surface water right involves three <br />springs that issue from the hillside along the west side of a pond known <br />as the Nation No. 1 Pond, (The Nation No. 1 Pond is another one of <br />FINDINGS AND RULING OF REFEREE -PAGE 1 <br />k- >~ <br />