Page:Idaho State Constitution 1889.pdf/135

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improvements; but whenever the supply of such water shall not be sufficient to meet the demands of all those desiring to use the same, such priority of right shall be subject to such reasonable limitations as to the quantity of water used, and times of use, as the legislature, having due regard, both to such priority of right, and the necessities of those subsequent in time of settlement or improvement, may by law prescribe.

Sec. 6. The legislature shall provide by law, the manner in which reasonable maximum rates may be established to be charged for the use of water, sold, rented, or distributed, for any useful