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6 1 The term expenses referred to in this section shall include •2 salaries, equipment, including necessary automobiles, and 3 supplies incidental to the proper administration and' distri­ct: button of water. 5 Se c . 3. Section 53 of the above-entitled act, being sectipn 6 7938 Nevada Compiled Laws 1929, is hereby amended to read 7 as follo w s; 8 Section 53. The state engineer shall divide the^state into 9 w ater districts/to he, so constituted as to in ju re the Best pro- 10 • tection fo r the w ater users, and the m ost econom ical w ater 11 supervision on the p art of the state. Said w ater d istricts 12 shall not be created .until a necessity therefor shall arise' and. 13 shall be created from time to time as the priorities and claims 1 4 . to the stream s Of the,, state shall Be determ ined ; provided, 1 5 that upon the creation of- a water district- the’ state engineer- 16 may appoint an advisory., board of representative citizens. 1 7 within the: district to assist him in formulating plans and prdr 18 jects for the conservation of the water resources and the use:--. 1 9 thereof in such district:-. . The per diem and necessary travel 2 0 and subsistence expenses of the appointive, members of Such 21 board shall be paid from the water distributism fund pro- 22 vided for such district in:section-52-of this act;! provided, the 23 - total annual1-per diem, travel, and subsistence expenses of 24 such mend)ers for. each district.shall not exceed eight hundred. 25 dollars ($800). The state engineer may call suchmedPings-of 26 the. board as. in his. Opinion may be necessary and expedient. 2 7 ; Se c . 4. Section 56 of the. above-entitled act/ Being section 28 7941 Nevada Compiled Law s 1929, is hereby amended to . 2 9 , read a s . follow s: 60 ' Section 56. The owner or owners o f any ditch or canal 3 1 .sh a ll m ain tain to the satisfaction of the state engineer [o f- 32 the division in which the irrigation works are lo c a te d l a 7 % 1 . s u b s t a n t i a l h e a d g a t e a t o r n e a r t h e p o i n t w h e r e t h e w a t e r i s . 2 , d i v e r t e d , w h i c h s h a l l b e o f s u c h c o n s t r u c t i o n t h a t i t c a n b e 3' l o c k e d a n d k e p t c l o s e d b y t h e w a t e r c o m m i s s i o n e r ; , a n d s u c h 4 o w n e r s s h a l l - c o n s t r u c t a n d m a i n t a i n , , w h e n r e q u i r e d b y t h e 5 s t a t e e n g i n e e r , s u i t a b l e m e a s u r i n g d e v i c e s a t s u c h p o i n t s 6 a l o n g s u c h , d i t c h a s m a y b e n e c e s s a r y f o r t h e p u r p o s e o f 7 a s s i s t i n g t h e w a t e r c o m m i s s i o n e r i n d e t e r m i n i n g ; t h e a m o u n t 8 o f w a t e r t h a t i s t o b e d i v e r t e d i n t o s a i d d i t c h f r o m t h e 9 s t r e a m , o r t a k e n f r o m i t b y t h e v a r i o u s u s e r s . ’ A n y a n d e v e r y 1 0 o w n e r o r m a n a g e r o f a r e s e r v o i r l o c a t e d a c r o s s , p r u p o n t h e 1 1 b e d Of a n a t u r a l s t r e a m , o r o f a r e s e r v o i r w h i c h r e q u i r e s t h e 12 u s e o f a ; , n a t u r a l s t r e a m c h a n n e l , s h a l l h e r e q u i r e d t o c o n s t r u c t , 1 3 a n d m a i n t a i n , w h e n r e q u i r e d b y t h e s t a t e e n g i n e e r , a m e a s u r - 1 4 , , i n g d e v i c e o f a p l a n t o b e a p p r o v e d b y t h e s t a t e e n g i n e e r , 15 b e l o w s u c h r e s e r v o i r , a n d a m e a s u r i n g d e v i c e a b o v e s u c h 16 reservoir, on each or every stream or Source of su p p ly 17 d i s c h a r g i n g i n t o s u c h r e s e r v o i r , f o r t h e p u r p o s e o f a s s i s t i n g 18 ? t h e s t a t e e n g i n e e r o r w a t e r c o m m i s s i o n e r s i n d e t e r m i n i n g t h e 19 a m o u n t o f w a t e r t o w h i c h a p p f o p r i a t o r s a r e e n t i t l e d a n d 2 Q t h e r e a f t e r d i v e r t i n g i t f o r s u c h a p p r o p v i a t o r s ’ u s e . W h e n i t 21 m a y b e n e c e s s a r y f o r t h e p r o t e c t i o n o f o t h e r w a t e r u s e r s , t h e 22 ' s t a t e e n g i n e e r m a y r e q u i r e f l u m e s t o b e i n s t a l l e d - a l o n g t h e , 2 3 l i n e o f a n y d i t c h . I f a n y s u c h o w n e r o r o w n e r s o f i r r i g a t i o n 2 4 w o r k s s h a l l r e f u s e o r n e g l e c t t o c o n s t r u c t a n d p u t i n s u c h 2 5 h e a d g a t e s ; f l u m e s , o r m e a s u r i n g d e v i c e s , a f t e r t e n ( 1 0 ) d a y s ’ 2 6 ? n o t i c e , t h e s t a t e s e n g i n e e r m a y c l o s e s u c h d i t c h , a n d t h e s a m e 2 7 s h a l l n o t b e o p e n e d o r a n y w a t e r d i v e r t e d ; f r o m t h e s o u r c e 2 8 o f S u p p l y / u n d e r t h e p e n a l t i e s p r e s c r i b e d b y l a w f o r t h e 29 " o p e n i n g o f h e a d g a t e s , l a w f u l l y c l o s e d , u n t i l t i e r e q u i r e m e n t s 3 0 o f t h e s t a t e e n g i n e e r a s t o s u c h h e a d g a t e , f l u m e , o r m e a s u r i n g 31 d e v i c e h a v e b e e n c o m p l i e d w i t h , a n d i f a n y o w n e r o r m a n - 3 2 a g e r o f a r e s e r v o i r , w h i c h r e q u i r e s t h e u s e o f a n a t u r a l s t r e a m