Udy v. Cassia County

March 2, 1942, M. M. Ward, one of the respondents herein, was elected watermaster of District No. 8-C, Malta, for the irrigation season of 1942, “at a salary of $7.00 per day and supply himself for the time actually spent in the discharge of his public duties.” Instructions from the Department of Reclamation, in the form of a letter dated April 7, ’42, were received by Mr. Ward, as to his duties, which read in part as follows:

“Application in writing, signed by three purported water users in your district, requesting that you begin your duties has been received in this office.

“You will…