46-205.First appropriators; date of priority.The priority of an appropriation shall date from the filing of the application in the office of the Department of Natural Resources.SourceLaws 1895, c. 69, § 31, p. 254; R.S.1913, § 3373; Laws 1919, c. 190, tit. VII, art. V, div. 1, § 5, p. 832; C.S.1922, § 8410; C.S.1929, § 46-505; R.S.1943, § 46-205; Laws 2000, LB 900, § 94.