Water Laws of the State of Oregon Author:Oregon Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: porations, or associations who may desire to contest the claims or rights of other persons, corporations, or associations, as set forth in the proofs or establis... more »hed by the board, shall proceed in the manner provided for in Sections 6643, 6644, and 6646; provided, that contests may not be entered into and shall not be maintained except between claimants who were not parties to the same adjudication proceedings in the original hearings. [L. 1909, c. 216, p. 329, § 35.] (c) Distribution Of Water. § 6615. Districts. The Board of Control shall divide each water division into water districts, and said water districts to be so constituted as to secure the best protection to the claimants for water and the most economical supervision on the part of the State; said water districts shall not be created until a necessity therefor shall arise, but shall be created from time to time as the claims thereof from the streams of the State shall be determined. [L. 1909, c. 216, p. 329, § 36.] § 6616. Water Master, How Appointed. There shall be appointed by the Board of Control, one water master for each water district, who shall be a resident of the district he is appointed for and who shall have been a resident of said district for one year immediately prior to the date of his appointment, shall be selected from persons recommended by the superintendent of the water division in which such water district is situated. Each water master shall hold his office until his successor is elected and shall have qualified, and the Board of Control shall, by like selection and appointment, fill all vacancies, which shall occur in the office of water master. [L. 1909, c. 216, p. 329, § 37.] § 6617. Duty of Water Master. It shall be the duty of the said water masters to divide the water of the n...« less