Any division engineer, or his deputy or assistant, who willfully neglects or refuses, after being called upon, to promptly measure water from the stream or other source of supply into the irrigating canals or ditches, in his division, according to their respective priorities, to the extent to which water may be actually necessary for the irrigation of lands under such canals or ditches, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to the same penalty as provided in section 37-84-121.
Source: L. 1887: p. 305, § 5. R.S. 08: § 3258. C.L. § 1737. CSA: C. 90, § 135. CRS 53: § 147-7-23. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-7-22. L. 69: p. 1222, § 14.