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PRIEST, PEND D'OREILLE, AND COEUR D'ALENE LAKES -- APPROPRIATION
OF WATERS IN TRUST FOR PEOPLE. The governor is hereby authorized and directed
to appropriate in trust for the people of the state of Idaho all the
unappropriated water of Priest, Pend d'Oreille and Coeur d'Alene Lakes or so
much thereof as may be necessary to preserve said lakes in their present
condition. The preservation of said water in said lakes for scenic beauty,
health, recreation, transportation and commercial purposes necessary and
desirable for all the inhabitants of the state is hereby declared to be a
beneficial use of such water.
No fee shall be required in connection with said appropriation by the
governor or the permit issued in connection therewith, and no proof of
completion of any works of diversion shall be required, but license shall
issue at any time upon proof of beneficial use to which said waters are now
devoted.
Each succeeding governor in office shall be deemed to be a holder of such
permit, in trust for the people of the state.

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