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Show 314 INTERSTATE COMPACTS Fork Section' and to construct, maintain and use reservoirs within said area and to construct ditches and other diversion works to con- duct the water from such reservoirs to the place of use, whether within Wyoming or Idaho, and within said area the citizens of either state shall have the same rights for the purposes above enumerated, as the citizens of the other. "4. That whenever citizens of either state shall undertake to con- struct reservoirs on Salt River or its tributaries in the 'South Fork Section' to provide water for lands in either State and it shall be practicable to extend the benefits of such storage to lands within the watershed of Salt River other than the land specified in the applica- tion for permit originally filed, the owners of such other lands as might be benefited shall have the right to participate in the benefits of such reservoirs, by assuming their proportionate share of t(he cost of construction, operation and maintenance of such reservoirs prior to starting of construction. "5. That Wyoming retains, for the use of lands within Wyoming, Twin Lakes and the storage and development of waters therein, except as to any rights that may have, at the present time, been acquired in said lakes by citizens of Idaho. "6. Wyoming grants and agrees that the United States and the citizens of Idaho shall have the continued and undisputed use of Jackson Lake in Wyoming for the purpose of impounding and storing the waters in Wyoming, flowing into said lake and releasing them into the Snake River for the irrigation of lands in Idaho. "article v "1. The following streams shall be known as 'Interstate Streams.' "(a) Teton Creek, Spring Creek, Bear Creek, their tributaries and all other streams and creeks except Teton River, having their sources within the Teton Section, the waters of which are directly diverted from said streams or creeks and used in the irrigation of lands and for domestic purposes in both Wyoming and Idaho. "(b) Salt River from its source to its mouth near Alpine, Idaho, together with all of its tributaries and subtributaries in Idaho and Wyoming. "2. All adjudicated water rights in Idaho and Wyoming within the areas directly served from said Interstate Streams are hereby rati- fied and confirmed with respect to the areas of land irrigated and priorities of the rights. The priorities of said water rights shall pre- vail in the administration and distribution of waters so appropriated regardless of whether the areas irrigated are in Idaho or in Wyoming. As soon as practical, and within six months, after the ratification of this compact, the State Engineer of Wyoming shall certify to the Commissioner of Reclamation of Idaho a full, true and complete tabu- lation of all such water rights in Wyoming, and the Commissioner of Reclamation of Idaho shall in like manner certify to the State Engi- neer of Wyoming, a like tabulation of all such water rights in Idaho. Thereupon the said State officers shall compile a tabulation of all of said adjudicated water rights in the order of their priorities for use in the administration of said streams. |