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1920 - Third Biennial Report Of The State Water Commission Of California
1920 - Third Biennial Report Of The State Water Commission Of California
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The California State Water Commission was created to carry out the terms of the Water Commission Act passed by the Legislature in 1913, and approved under referendum December 19, 1914. This act provides for a definite record of water right titles and constitutes a code of water law governing the use of surface water and underground water :flowing through known and definite channels, based upon rights by appropriation. It is designed to serve three main purposes.
First-To provide a definite system for public supervision of the initiation of water rights acquired subsequent to the adoption of the act and a …