§ 36-8-305 — Adjudication of water right for flow of Big Horn Hot Springs

The legislature of Wyoming, by enacting W.S. 36-8-304,
appropriated and set aside for the state of Wyoming, board of
charities and reform, the total flow of the Big Horn Hot Springs
at Thermopolis, Wyoming, which was estimated to have been
thirteen and one-tenth (13.1) cubic feet per second in 1896.
That legislation was intended to be and is hereby declared to
have been an application for a permit to appropriate in behalf
of the board of charities and reform the total flow of Big Horn
Hot Springs at Thermopolis, Wyoming, in compliance with W.S.
41-4-501 through 41-4-506 and 41-4-517. The bathing, medicinal,
irrigation uses, and the maintenance of flow of water over the
terrace between the springs and the Big Horn River are all
beneficial uses and are hereby declared to be beneficial uses.
The state board of control is directed to adjudicate a water
right in favor of the board of charities and reform, its
successors and assignees, for the flow of the Big Horn Hot
Springs at Thermopolis, Wyoming, with a priority date of
February 17, 1899. The actual flow for adjudicated purposes
shall be determined by the state board of control by established
procedure. The department of state parks and cultural resources
is designated as successor to the state board of charities and
reform and the recreation commission under this section.