AZ vs. CA:25 California Exhibits, Vol. XXV; Nos. 7501-7859

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23 River for use in the State of California, including all uses under contracts made under the provisions of this act and all water necessary for the supply of any rights which may now exist, shall not exceed 4,400,-000 acre feet of the waters apportioned to the lower basin States by paragraph (a) of Article III of the Colorado River Compact, plus not more than one-half of any excess or surplus waters unapportioned by said compact;" Further, in Section 4, that the States of Arizona, California and Nevada are authorized to enter into an agreement for the apportionment among them, in the proportions and upon the terms and conditions set forth in said Section 4, of the waters of the Colorado River apportioned to the Lower Basin by paragraph (a) of Article III of the Colorado River Compact; In Section 5, that the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to contract for the storage of water in said reservoir and for the delivery thereof for irrigation and other beneficial uses and that such contracts respecting water for irrigation and domestic uses shall be for permanent service and conform to paragraph (a) of Section 4 of said Act. Six states, namely, California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming, having ratified said compact and waived those provisions thereof which required its approval by all the signatory states, and California, by her legislature, having agreed with the United States to limit her use of the waters of the Colorado River as speci-