“PETITION OF CITIZENS OF STANISLAUS COUNTY

URGING THE PASSAGE OF ASSEMBLY BE NO. 12,

RELATING TO IRRIGATION.

PETITION.

To the honorable the Senate and Assembly of the State of California :

Gentlemen : The undersigned are freeholders in the County of Stanislaus, and are deeply interested in the subject of irrigation. They pray for such action by your honorable body as will provide for a general system by which the waters of the State may be diverted for irrigation and other useful purposes; and, as more fully meeting with our views and desires, we would ask the enactment of the measure introduced by the Hon. C. C. Wright, of Stanislaus County, and known as ” Assembly Bill No. 12.” The local character of this bill, its recognition of existing rights, and its provision for the equal distribution of the waters, where equal burdens are borne and equal benefits are conferred, renders the system particularly adapted to our wants, and as we believe equally adapted to other localities subject to irrigation. And your petitioners will ever pray.

…Willett Ware…”

Reference Data:

Journal: Appendix. Reports, Vol. 8, by California Legislature, 1887, page 3