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Show 2 1 *'* ITntil a division of the waters of the Colorado River 2 system available for use in the States of Arizona, California. 3 and Nevada shall have been agreed upon by compact bc- 4 tween said States and approved by the Congress of the 5 United States, sueh waters shall be, and hereby are, divided 6 as follows: Of the seven million, five hundred thousand acre- 7 feet annually, allocated by paragraph (A) of Article III of 8 the Colorado River compact to the lower basin, three million 9 acre-feet to the State of Arizona, 'our million, two hundred 10 thousand acre-feet to the State of California, three hundred 11 thousand acre-feet to the State of Nevada, the said appor- 12 tionment in each instance to be for exclusive beneficial con- 13 sumptive use and in perpetuity. 14 "(2) The said States shall each have the exclusive 15 beneficial consumptive use of the tributaries of the Colorado 16 River within their respective boundaries before the same 17 enter into the main stream, and the waters of such tributaries 18 shall never be subject, except as hereinafter provided, to any 19 diminution whatever by any allowance of water which may 20 he made by treaty, or otherwise, to the United States of 21 Mexico: Provided, That the division of the waters of such 22 tributaries as arc situated in more than one State shall be 23 left to adjudication or apportionment between said States in 24 such manner as may be determined upon by the States 25 affected thereby. 2Compare Senator Ashurst's view of the power of the federal government, Cal. Exh. No. 2015, pp. 28-29. |
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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] : California exhibits. |