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Show 20 1 entitled "An Act to permit a oompaot or agreement between 2 the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New 3 Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming respecting the disposition, and 4 apportionment of the waters of the Colorado River, and for 5 other purposes,9* is hereby approved by the Congress of the 6 United States, and the provisions of the first paragraph of 7 article 11 of the said. Colorado River compact, making said 8 compact binding and obligatory when it shall have been 9 approved by the legislature of each of the signatory States, 10 are hereby waived, and this approval shall become effective 11 when at least six of the signatory States, including the State 12 of California, shall have approved or may hereafter approve It* said compact as aforesaid and shall consent to such waiver. 14 (b) The rights of the United States in or to waters of 15 the Colorado River and its tributaries howsoever claimed or Hi acquired, as well as the rights of those claiming under the 17 United States, shall be subject to and controlled by said 18 Colorado River compact. ]<) (c) Also all patents, grants, contracts, concessions, 20 leases, permit*, licenses, rights of way or other privileges 2J from the United States or under its authority, necessary or 22 convenient for the use of waters of the Colorado River 28 or its tributaries, or for the generation or transmission of 24 electrical energy generated by means of the waters of said 25 river or its tributaries, shall be upon the express condition |
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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. |