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Show 14 such works as may be necessary for that purpose; that if such application is rejected, the applicant shall take no steps toward appropriating such water or constructing such works; that when any such application, or the proposed use of the water sought to be appropriated, is a menace to the safety or against the interests and welfare of the public, it shall be rejected; that all dams shall be under the jurisdiction of the State Engineer; and that it shall be unlawful to construct, operate or maintain any dam except upon the approval of said Engineer. Under and by virtue of said statutes, all of the unappropriated water of the Colorado River and its tributaries, aggregating 9,000,000 acre-feet annually, was on June 25, 1929, ever since has been, and is now, subject to appropriation in Arizona. Said water cannot, nor can any part thereof, be lawfully appropriated, stored, diverted, used or disposed of, except as provided in said statutes. XIII Legislation was enacted in the year 1921 by the legislatures of the States of Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming and by the Congress of the United States, providing for the appointment of commissioners by the Governors of said States and by the President of the United States, and authorizing such commissioners to negotiate a compact for the equitable apportionment of the water of the Colorado River and its tributaries, and to submit such compact to the legislatures of said States and to the Congress of the United States. Such commissioners were appointed and did draft and submit to said legislatures and to Congress a proposed compact entitled and hereinafter referred to as the Colorado River Compact, a copy of which is appended hereto at page 50. Said compact provides that, |
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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] : |