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Show 190 4,200,000 acre-feet to California, 3,000,000 acre-feet to Arizona, and 300,000 acre-feet to Nevada."51 Thus Senator Pittman used Article III (a) to define the area against which the limitation was to operate. He did this in apparent misunderstanding of the governors' recommendation. All subsequent discussion in the Senate flowed in the same channel. One of the major issues in the Senate debates (Section 4(a) was adopted on the floor of the Senate and was not debated in the House) was whether California should be limited to 4.6 or 4.2 out of 7.5 million acre-feet per annum. This dispute was finally compromised at the enacted limitation of 4.4 million acre-feet. Throughout the debates on this subject the Senators clearly revealed an understanding that this limitation was to be applied against the 7.5 million acre-feet which they identified by reference to Article III (a). "Article III (a)" became a shorthand expression for the quantitative measurement of 7.5 million acre-feet. Similarly, the Senators participating in the debate used "Article III(b)" as a shorthand method of designating a quantity of one million acre-feet of water. The debates indicate that the Senate considered the water designated by "Article HI (a) and (b)" as being undifferentiated. For example, Senator Hayden stated: "Mr. Hayden. I shall offer the amendment in a few moments. "At the time to which I have just referred the Senator from Nevada stated that at a conference held in the city of Denver during the summer of 1927, at the instance of the Governors of the States of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming, there were present governors and commissioners from the States of Nevada, Arizona, and California. The subject of paramount importance, the subject |
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Original Report: State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Imperial 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 |