§ 41-4-302 — Notice; by publication; contents; taking of testimony; adjournment of hearings generally

The said board shall prepare a notice, setting forth the date
when the engineer will begin a measurement of the stream, and
the ditches diverting the water therefrom, and a place, and a
day certain, when the superintendent of the water division in
which the stream to be adjudicated is situated, shall begin the
taking of testimony as to the rights of the parties claiming
water therefrom. Said notice shall be published in two (2)
issues of a newspaper having general circulation in the county
in which such stream is situated, the publication of said notice
to be at least thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of taking
testimony by said division superintendent, or for the
measurement of the stream by the state engineer, or his
assistant; and the superintendent taking such testimony shall
have the power to adjourn the taking of evidence from time to
time, and from place to place; provided, all places appointed
and adjourned to by the superintendent shall be so situated, as
related to the streams, as shall best suit the proper
convenience of the persons interested in the determination of
such priorities and appropriations.