Upon the adjudication of the rights to the use of the waters of a stream system, a certified copy of the decree must be prepared by the clerk of the court at the cost of the parties, and must be filed in the department. The decree must declare the water right adjudged to each party, the priority, amount, purpose, and place of use, and, as to water used for irrigation, the specific tracts of land to which the right is appurtenant, with any other conditions necessary to define the right and the priority of the right.
61-03-20. Cooperation with United States geological survey in making topographic maps. The department may confer with the director of the United States geological survey and may accept the cooperation of the United States to execute topographic surveys and maps of this state. The department may arrange with the director or other authorized representative of the United States geological survey concerning the details of the surveys or maps, the method of execution, and the order in which the surveys and maps of different parts of the state are undertaken.