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Show 221 of said rivers and of each of them , as well as the title to the beds of all other streams and lakes which at the time of said admission of Utah into the Union were navigable in fact , vested in the State of Utah at the time of its said admission into the Union and said title has at all times thereafter been and now is vested in the State of Utah , except such portion or portions thereof as may have been heretofore disposed of by the State of Utah pursuant to law , by express grant . ( "SEC SEC ) . 3 . INTENT WITH RESPECT TO ( PARA PARA- PARA ) GRAPH ( a ) OF ARTICLE IV . OF THE COLORADO RIVER ( COMPACT-COLORADO COMPACTCOLORADO ) RIVER ( NAVIGA NAVIGA- NAVIGA ) BLE FOR ( INTRA-STATE INTRASTATE ) COMMERCE . That the State of Utah does hereby declare that its adherence to paragraph ( a ) of Article IV . of the Colorado River compact as set forth in Chapter 5 , Laws of Utah , 1923 , which paragraph reads as follows : ' ( a ) Inasmuch as the Colorado River has ceased to be navigable for commerce and the reservation of its waters for navigation would seriously ( limit lirnit ) the development of its Basin , the use of its waters for purposes of navigation shall be subservient to the uses of such waters for domestic , agricultural and power purposes . If the Congress shall not consent to this ( para- para ) graph , the ( other otlier ) provisions of this compact shall nevertheless remain binding , ' was not and is not intended as and shall not be construed to be a declaration or admission that the Colorado River in Utah has ceased to be navigable for ( intra-state intrastate ) commerce ; nor was said paragraph or any language therein contained intended as , nor shall it be construed to be , a relinquishment or waiver of any right , title or interest of the State of Utah in or to the bed of the Colorado River in Utah . ( "Approved Approved ) February 26 , 1927 . " In United States V . Holt State Bank 270 U . S . 49 , it is clearly announced that navigability , when asserted as the basis of a right arising under the federal constitution , ( "is is ) necessarily a question of federal law to be determined ( ac- ac ) |