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Show 14 1 delivery, and use of water for the generation of power, 2 irrigation, or other uses, and all users of water thus deliv- 3 ered and all users and appropriators of waters stored by 4 said reservoir and/or carried by said canal, including all 5 permittees and licensees of the United States or any of its 6 agencies, shall observe and be subject to and controlled, any- 7 thing to the contrary herein notwithstanding, by the terms 8 of such compact, if any, between the States of Arizona, 9 California, and Nevada, or any two thereof, for the equitable 10 division of the benefits, including power, arising from the use 11 of water accruing to said States, subsidiary to and consistent 12 with said Colorado River compact, which may be negotiated 13 and approved by said States and to which Congress shall 14 give its consent and approval on or before January lit 1, 1929; and the terms of any such compact concluded 16 between said States and approved and consented to by 17 Congress after said date: Provided, That in the latter case 18 such compact shall be subject to all contracts, if any, made 19 by the Secretary of the Interior under section 5 hereof prior 20 to the date of such approval and consent by Congress. 21 (c) Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to waive 22 or change any of the rights or powers reserved or granted 23 to the United States by paragraph 7 of section 20 of the 24 Act providing for the admission of Arizona, approved June 25 20, 1910, and by the tenth paragraph of Article XX of the |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |