...that the respondent is a beneficiary of that use. The Constitution (article 14) recites that "the use of all water now appropriated, or that may hereafter...distribution, Is hereby declared to be a public use." In Merrill v. South Side Irrigation Co., 112 Cal. 420, 44 Рас. 720, It was held that "when water...

...for irrigation that, as a part of the bill of rights of the constitution, it is provided: "The use of all water now appropriated, or that may hereafter be appropriated for sale, rental, distribution or other beneficial use, and the right of way over the lands of others, for all ditches,...

...development of the material resources of the state or for the preservation of the health of Its In habitants is hereby declared to be a public use, and subject to the regulation and con trol of the state. * * * " Section 163T, Rev. Codes, is as follows: "The state board of land commissioners...

...would be the law beyond question, that the use of water appropriated for distribution and sale should be a public use, and subject to the regulation and control of the state. But It left to the legislature the power and discretion of regulating the sale of water outside of...

...its fourteenth article that the use of all water appropriated for sale, rental, or distribution is a public use, and subject to the regulation and control of the State. I do not suppose that by this declaration the State intended to take possession of or assert an interest...

...water rights, acquired and necessary for the irrigation of the lands of any district j so formed, is declared to be a public use and subject to the regulation and control by the state in the manner prescribed by law, and the title to such property Is Immediately vested...

...carry out the provisions of this article. ARTICLE XIV. wATER AND wATER RIGHTS. SECTION 1 . The use of all water now appropriated, or that may hereafter...to be prescribed by law; provided, that the rates orcompensation to be collected by any person, company, or corporation in this State for the use of...

...occurs in statutes and decisions. The Constitution of California, Art. XIV, § r, declares that "the use of all water now appropriated, or that may hereafter...distribution, is hereby declared to be a public use." The word '• appropriated " here means " applied," or "devoted," and does not connote any method of...

...neighborhoods with water," etc., and article xiv, § 1, of the Constitution declares, that " the use of water now appropriated, or that may hereafter be appropriated, for sale, rental, or distribution, is hereby delared to be a public use, and subject to the regulation and control of the State in the manner to...

...appropriated, or that water rights may hereafter be appropriated, for sale, rental, or distribu- SnfaSiS tion, is hereby declared to be a public use, and subject to the the state. regulation and control of the State, in the manner to be prescribed by law; provided, that...