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Show 546 States relating to the control, appropriation, use, or dis- tribution of water used in irirgation or for municipal or other uses, or any vested right acquired therein. National Parks.-Another restriction on use of water for water-resource projects arises from legislation concerning the national parks. The express purpose of such parks is:276 to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations. In 1921, Congress reinforced this purpose by prohibiting the issuance of licenses for nonfederal development under the Fed- eral Power Act in the case of "existing national parks and na- tional monuments." 27T Similarly, Congress has in certain cases prohibited interstate compacts from affecting such areas.278 On the other hand, legislative permission has been granted in some cases for power and for reclamation.279 Interstate Compacts.-We have previously referred to the increasing use of interstate compacts as a means for accomplish- ing an apportionment of the waters of interstate streams.280 Interstate water compacts involve matters of mutual concern and interest to the United States and the affected states. It is accordingly important that the provisions of such compacts a7s Act of August 25, 1916, § 1, 39 Stat. 535, as amended, 16 U. S. C. 1. 877 Act of March 3, 1921, 41 Stat. 1353. For a partial listing of later acts applying specifically to subsequently created parks or lands acquired there- for, see Federal Power Act, Federal Power Commission, App., p. 54, n. 3 (1940). 374 See, e. g., Act of June 3,1948, 62 Stat. 294; Act of June 2,1949, 63 Stat. 152. 270 For example, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to permit use of rights-of-way through specified national parks for designated power, irri- gation, and other facilities. Act of February 15, 1901, 31 Stat. 790, as amended, 43 U. S. C. 959. In the case of the Rocky Mountain National Park, express authority is provided for utilizing "for flowage or other purposes any area within said park which may be necessary for the development and maintenance of a Government reclamation project." Act of January 26, 1915, §1, 38 Stat. 798,16 U. S. 0. 191. 280 See supra, pp. 65-66. |