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Applications should be made out in detail on the form prescribed by.the State Engineer. Applications should be typewritten or filled out with ink. An application is not a permit to appropriate water until after its approval by the State Engineer. Upon approval (or rejection) of any application, a copy of the original application with such approval or rejection endorsed thereon, will be returned to the appli­cant. The terms of the permit will show on the endorsement, and be a guide for the applicant. The following rules should be complied with in making application: Under Question No. 1—Where the source of the water desired is from more than one stream, lake, spring or other body of water, separate applications must be made out for each source; provided, however, that when the numerous surces have their confluence above the point of diversion one application will serve to appropriate the water, by giving the name of the main stream at the point of diversion. The application should state the name of the stream, including its tributaries. Under Question No. 2—The amount of water applied for should be limited to the amount that can be put to beneficial use. The Statute provides that this amount shall not exceed three acre-feet per annum in districts where irrigation is carried on for the six months beginning April 15 and ending October 15 of each year; and where irrigation is carried on for a longer period each year, one-half of one acre-foot per month for each additional month is the maximum quantity allowed. Therefore, there shall be allowed a con­tinuous flow of one second-foot of water for each one hundred acres of land irrigated. The amount should be stated in cubic feet per second instead of in miners’ inches. (One cubic foot per second equals forty miners’ inches.) (One acre-fsot of water is equal to 43,560 cubic feet, or the amount of water necessary to cover an acre of ground one foot deep.) Under Question No. S—Ordinarily only one use of water can be named in each application. If domestic purposes is included, however, two uses can be named. For instance, if the application stated “ For Irrigation and Domestic Purposes” it shall be allowed; but if “Power and Irrigation” are named in one application it shall not be allowed, but the application will be returned for correc­tion. In certain cases where water is to be stored in a reservoir, and where the water is conveyed from the reservoir in a ditch owned by the same party, two uses, “ Power and Irrigation,” might be named, where power can be generated from the ditch, but in such cases it must be clearly shown how the two uses can be completed. Under Question No. 4—The point of diversion is one of vital importance in the application, as upon the location of the point of diversion depends the question of interference with prior rights. The point of diversion must be stated as being within the forty-acre legal subdivision, or, if on unsurveyed land, it must be tied by the course and distance to the nearest corner of a legal subdivi­sion, if such corner is within six miles. If no corner is found within six miles, the point of diversion should be tied to some definite and fixed monument or object. Except under special conditions, there shall be accepted only one point of diversion in each application, for the reason that an entire stream could be covered by one application if more than one point of diversion were permitted to be named in each filing. In cases where the diversions, if there be more than one, are on the same 40-acre tract, and are required to economically handle the water, the application for more than one point of diversion will be considered. Under Question (a )—The total number of acres of land should be stated with reasonable accuracy. The quantity of water allowed in the application, endorsed thereon by the State Engineer, is determined by the number of acres to be irrigated as well as the amount of unappropriated water in the stream. Under Question (6 )—There should be given a description of the land to be irrigated by legal subdivisions. In the event that the land proposed to be irrigated is unsurveyed, then give the approximate location of such land, together with the township and range wherein such land is situated. Under Question (c )—Give the time when the use of water for irrigation purposes will begin, and also when it will end. Under Question (d )— If the application is for power purposes, give the theoretical horsepower to be developed, and the vertical head under which the power is to be developed. Under Question ( e) — If application for power purposes, give a description of the location of the proposed works, by legal subdivi­sions, or tie by course and distance to a section corner, as required in answer to Question 4 above. Under Question (/)—Where water applied for is to be returned to the stream, give a description of the proposed point of return, as described in answer to Question 4 above. Under Description of Proposed Works—Under description of proposed works, state by what means the water is to be diverted from the stream, whether by dams, ditches, pipe lines or other conduit. Give the size of such ditches, pipe lines, etc., and the proposed grade that each will have from the point of diversion, to enable this office to determine the capacity of each. The size of the ditch should be consistent with the amount of water applied for under Question No. 2. If the water is to be stored in a reservoir, give its location with reference to the legal subdivision or subdivisions. I f the reservoir is to be located on unsurveyed lands, the rules and regulations of the Department of the Interior should be followed precisely. Such rules and regulations are embodied in a pamphlet, furnished by the Department of the Interior, called “Regulations Concerning Right of Way Over Public Dands and Reservations for Canals, Ditches, and Reservoirs,” approved by the Secretary of the Interior, June 6, 1908. The maps and field notes of such reservoir should conform strictly with these regulations and a copy filed with the office ot the State Engineer. Applications for permit to store water shall conform with the above rules, except that the description of the lands to be irrigated shall not be required. If, however, the description of the lands is known and can be listed, the number of acres and location should be given, * • . . . * ? , «-;. . . - The application shall bear the signature of the applicant, his agent or attorney. INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS -nq 0- " FEES The following fees shall be collected by the State Engineer in advance, and shall be accounted for and paid by him into the General Fund of the State Treasury, on or before the 10th day of each month; provided, however, that the fees named in subdivision (c) of this list shall not apply to permits for underground waters; , (a ) For examining and filing an application for permit to appropriate water, fifteen dollars ($15), which shall include the cost of publication, which publication fee is hereby fixed at ten dollars ($10). (b) For examining and filing an application for. permit to change place of diversion, manner of use, or place of use, twenty-five dollars ($25), which shall include the cost of permit should the same issue thereunder, and the cost of publication of such application. (c) For issuing and recording permit to appropriate water for irrigation purposes, five cents per acre for each acre to be irrigated, up to and including one hundred acres, and three cents for each acre in excess of one hundred acres up to and including one thousand acres, and two cents for each acre in excess of pne thousand acres. (d) For issuing and recording permit for power purposes, twenty-five cents for each theoretical horsepower to be developed, up to and including one hundred horsepower, and fifteen cents for each horsepower in excess of one hundred horsepower, up to and including one thousand horsepower, and ten cents for each horsepower in excess of one thousand. (e) For issuing- and recording permit to store water, two cents for each acre-foot of water to be stored, up to and including one thousand acre-feet, and one cent for each acre-foot in excess of one thousand. ( f ) For issuing and recording permit to appropriate water for any other purpose,’ $5 for each second-foot of water applied for, or fraction thereof. Minimum fee for issuing any permit, $5. (g) For filing secondary permit under reservoir permit, $5; for approving and recording secondary permits under reservoir per­mits, $5. (h) For filing proof of commencement of work, $1. (i) For filing proof of completion of work under any permit, $1. (j ) For filing any protest, affidavit, or any other water-right instrument or paper, $1. (k) For making copy of any document recorded or filed in his office, one dollar for the first hundred words and twenty cents for each additional one hundred words or fraction thereof; where the amount exceeds $5, then only the actual cost in excess of that amount shall be charged. (l) For certifying to copies of documents, records or maps, one dollar for each certificate. (m) For blue-print copy of any drawing or map, ten cents per square foot. (n) For such other work as may be required of his office, actual cost of the work. No instrument will be received for filing in the State Engineer’s-office, unless the fee for recording the same, as above provided, shall accompany such instrument. In cases where no fee accompanies the'instrument tendered for filing, such instrument shall be returned to the sender forthwith. Where copies of any instrument of record in the office of the State Engineer is desired, a sufficient amount to cover the approximate cost of same must be forwarded with the application for such copies. When such copies are prepared, any surplus over and above the statutory cost for copying such instrument or instruments shall be returned to the party requesting such copies. Remittances should be made by draft or postal or express money order payable to the order of the State Engineer, Carson City, Nevada. Where personal checks are sent, certification by the bank upon which they are drawn is required. Foreign checks, in addi­tion to certification, must include the exchange charge of the local bank. -The State Engineer reserves the right to hold all applications, accompanied by uncertified checks for filing fees, without filing, until collection is made on such checks.