It is the policy of the state of Colorado to encourage and improve range conditions for livestock within its borders through the construction of watering tanks, to provide a system of priorities of right of use thereof, and to protect adjudicated water rights and the public interest by providing an official record and reasonable public supervision of such watering tanks.L. 41: p. 525, § 2. CSA: C. 160, § 227. CRS 53: § 8-17-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 8-17-2.
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