Montana Code Annotated 2005

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     85-5-107. Record of daily distribution of water. Each water commissioner must keep a daily record of the amount of water distributed to each water user and must file a summary of such record with the clerk of the court monthly or seasonally, at the discretion of the district judge during his term of service, showing in detail the total amount of water distributed each day to each water user during such month or season and the amount of cost therefor, based upon the water commissioner's or commissioners' salary per day and other costs of the water commissioner approved by the district judge, and the proportionate amount of water distributed. When two or more water commissioners serve under the same decree or decrees by order of the judge, they may file a joint summary of their record with the clerk of the court, or the chief commissioner, if one has been appointed by the judge, may file a summary in behalf of all of them.

     History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 43, L. 1911; re-en. Sec. 7144, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7144, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 89-1009; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 305, L. 1983.

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