3334. Application of fees. SEC. 170. The amount credited to the gauging fund created as hereinbefore provided shall be available for the payment of expenses and salaries required for work of gauging streams, rating ditches, making seepage measurements, or other work proper and necessary to the administration of the state engineer's office. Warrants for the payment of such salaries and expenses shall be issued by the auditor of state upon presentation of vouchers properly drawn and approved by the state engineer. [Laws 1911, S. B. No. 537, § 2.] 3334-A. State engineer record data as to water supply. SEC. 170a. That the state engineer shall make hydrographic surveys and investigations of each stream, system and source of water supply in the state, beginning with those most used, and obtaining and recording all available data pertaining to the water supply of this state. He is hereby authorized to co-operate with the United States geological survey for this purpose. [Laws 1909, p. 162, § 1.] VI. IRRIGATION DIVISIONS-DIVISION ENGINEERS. Section. 3335. Appointment of division engineers-Boundaries of irrigation divisions. 3336. Jurisdiction of irrigation divisions Nos. 4 and 5. 3338. 3339. Application for appointment as division engineer. 3340. Examination of papers-Rating certified to governor. Term of office of division engineer. 3341. 3342. Salaries and expenses of engineers. 3343. Oath of office-Bond. 3344. Powers and duties of engineer-Appeal from rulings. 3345. Charges against water commissioner-Trial-Suspension-Re moval. 3346. Certified copy of priority decree furnished engineer. 3347. Meeting of division engineers-Reports. 3348. Report of water commissioners-Contents. 3349. Clerk furnish copies of decrees to division engineer. 3350. Commissioners report to engineer. 3351. Owner report failure to receive water-Duty of engineer. 3352. Fees of district clerk. 3335. Appointment of division engineers-Boundaries of irrigation divisions. SEC. 171. The office of the superintendent of irrigation is hereby declared abolished, and in place of such superintendents the governor shall, subject to confirmation by the senate, appoint an irrigation division engineer for each irrigation dvision now existing or which may hereafter be created. Each person so appointed shall have been a resident of Colorado for at least five (5) years, and shall have been a resident of the division, over which he shall have jurisdiction, for at least two (2) years prior to his appointment, unless there shall have been no applicant who is qualified for appointment in said division, in which case any qualified resident of any other irrigation division may be appointed. One of said officers shall have jurisdiction over irrigation division No. 1, comprising all water districts now or hereafter to be formed, consisting of lands in the state of Colorado irrigated by water taken from the South Platte river, the North Platte river, the Big Laramie river, the North and Middle forks of the Republican river, Sandy and Frenchmans creeks, and the streams draining into the said rivers and creeks; one over irrigation division No. 2, comprising all water districts now or hereafter to be formed, consisting of lands irrigated by water taken from the Arkansas river, the South Fork of the Republican river, the Smoky Hill river and the Dry Cimarron river, and the streams draining into the said rivers; one over irrigation division No. 3, comprising all water districts now or hereafter to be formed, consisting of lands watered from the Rio Grande river and its tributaries; one over irrigation division No. 4, which is hereby created, comprising all water districts now, or hereafter, to be formed, consisting of lands in the state of Colorado watered by the San Juan river and its tributaries, and, also, all water districts now, or hereafter to be formed, consisting of lands in the state of Colorado watered by the Grand river and its tributaries, below the mouth of Roan creek, including water district No. 42, and one over irrigation division No. 5, which is hereby created, comprising all water districts now or hereafter to be formed, consisting of lands in the state of Colorado watered by the Grand river and its tributaries above and including Roan creek and water districts Nos. 39 and 45, and, also, all water districts now, or hereafter to be formed, consisting of lands in the state of Colorado irrigated by water taken from the Green river and its tributaries, respectively. The office of the irrigation division engineers of the several divisions shall be located in the following cities: for division No. 1 at the state capitol building in Denver; for division No. 2 in Pueblo; for division No. 3 in Alamosa; for division No. 4 in Montrose; for division No. 5 in Glenwood Springs; for any division which may hereafter be created, in such place as may be designated by the act creating the division. The secretary of state shall provide a suitable office for each division engineer and shall supply him with suitable furniture and office equipment for the proper transaction of the business and preservation of the records of the irrigation division. Such office and equipment shall be used exclusively for the conduct of business of the state of Colorado and for no private business of any character. The office shall be open during all ordinary business hours except when the duties of the division engineer require his absence, in which instance notice of his whereabouts shall be posted at said office. [Laws 1911, S. B. No. 531, § 1.] 3336. Jurisdiction of irrigation divisions Nos. 4 and 5. SEC. 172. Said water districts Nos. 39 and 70 shall be and remain in irrigation division No. 5 and said water district No. 42 shall be and remain in irrigation division No. 4. [Laws 1905, p. 243, § 4.] 3337. Examination to fill vacancy. SEC. 173. The state engineer shall hold examinations whenever a vacancy exists, and such examinations shall be held in at least one place in the territory comprising the division, or divisions, where any vacancy or vacancies exist, and twenty days prior to the date fixed for any such examinations he shall cause notices, for a period of one week, to be inserted in one daily paper of general circulation in any irrigation divisions where any vacancy or vacancies exist; or, if there be no daily paper, then in one weekly paper in the said division. [Laws 1903, p. 282, § 2.] 3338. Application for appointment as division engineer. SEC. 174. Any person desiring the appointment of irrigation division engineer may file with the state engineer a request for an examination as to his qualifications, and the state engineer shall thereupon notify the applicant of the time and place where the next examination is to be held, at which place the applicant must present himself at the time specified, prepared to take such examination. [Laws 1903, p. 282, § 3.] 3339. Qualifications of applicant. SEC. 175. Such examinations shall be for the purpose of determining the qualifications of applicants, and shall comprise: First-Questions on the measurement of water, which shall include tests in the actual measurement of water in the field, on a basis of 30 per cent. of the total. Second-Questions on the laws and customs relative to irrigation and water rights in Colorado, and including questions relating to the local conditions of the division for which the examination is being held, on a basis of 30 per cent. of the total. Third-Questions on his experience and the extent of his practice in matters relating to the use of water in irrigation or for other beneficial purposes, on a basis of 40 per cent. of the total. [Laws 1903, p. 283, § 4.] 3340. Examination of papers-Rating certified to governor. SEC. 176. The state engineer shall examine and rate the examination papers of each applicant, and shall certify to the governor a list of names of all those receiving a rating of 70 per cent. or over, together with the markings of each, and from this list the governor shall, subject to confirmation by the senate, appoint persons to fill vacancies; Provided, That such list shall hold good for a period of two years from the date of its certification to the governor, but no longer; And, provided, further, That nothing herein contained shall prevent any candidate from taking later examinations for the purpose of reinstatement or of improving his rating. [Laws 1903, p. 283, § 5.] 3341. Term of office of division engineer. SEC. 177. Any irrigation division engineer appointed as hereinbefore provided, shall hold office for a term of four years, or until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified, and shall be removed only for malfeasance in office, incompetency, or neglect of duty. Laws 1911, S. B. No. 531, § 2.1 3342. Salaries and expenses of engineers. SEC. 178. The division engineer for each of divisions No. 1 and No. 2 shall receive a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per annum, and the division engineer for each of divisions No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 shall receive a salary of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per annum, payable monthly in equal installments, upon vouchers approved by the state engineer, drawn upon the auditor of state, by whom warrants shall be drawn upon the state treasurer therefor. He shall also receive reimbursement for all actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties, which expenses shall not exceed the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars per annum, and such expenses shall be paid monthly upon vouchers, approved by the state engineer, drawn upon the auditor of state by whom warrants shall be drawn upon the state treasurer therefor. [Laws 1911, S. B. No. 531, § 3.] 3343. Oath of office-Bond. SEC. 179. Before entering upon the duties of his office the irrigation division engineer shall subscribe to an oath before the |