A treatise on the law of irrigation and water rights : and the arid region doctrine of appropriation of waters as the same is inforce in the states of the arid and semi-arid regions of the United States : and also including an abstract of the statutes of the respective states, and the decisions of the courts relating to those subjects / by Clesson S. Kinney.

San Francisco : Bender-Moss, 1912 (San Francisco : William Printing Co.)

2nd ed., rev. and enl. to October 1, 1912.

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Irrigation laws -- United States.

Water rights -- United States.

Water -- Law and legislation -- United States.

V. 1. pt. 1, Economic questions relating to irrigation and waters. pt. 2, Ancient and modern irrigation. pt. 3, Classification, definitions, and the nature of waters. pt. 4, Rights of the public in water and water courses. pt. 5, Acquisition and disposal of lands and waters by the United States. pt. 6, Common law governing water. pt. 7, Civil law governing water. pt. 8, Appropriation of water for beneficial use

v. 2. Two theoris as to legal right ... pt. 9, Nature, extent and character of rights acquired to water ... pt. 10, Subterranean water and rights acquired thereto

v. 3. pt. 11, International, interstate, federal, state, district, and municipal control. pt. 12, Control by private water companies. pt. 13, Adjunction and protection of rights ...

v. 4. pt. 14, Special features and statutory laws of the arid and semi-arid states.

Includes index.

Reproduction of original from Harvard Law School Library.

RLIN, CTRG97-B1186

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2004. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2004 miunns

Making of modern law online collection.

4 v. ; 24 cm