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Show -24- feet of water. So the governors said: "Perfected rights must be respected. California has a larger perfected right to the use of water than Arizona. Therefore we will deduct from the demand of Arizona for one-half of the total quantity of the water of the stream, 600,000 acre-feet." Subtracting 300,000 acre-feet for Nevada from seven and one-half million acre-feet, and then dividing the remainder, would give to Arizona 3,600,000 acre-feet and to California 3,600,000 acre-feet. The governors, after careful consideration, recommended that from Arizona's demand of half the water, or 3,600,000 acre-feet, there be subtracted 600,000 acre-feet, leaving 3,000,000 acre-feet for the State of Arizona. They added to the other half of the water 600,000 acre-feet, increasing California's proportion of the water from 3,600,000 to 4,200,000 acre-feet. That was the recommendation of the governors. The State of Arizona, through its legally appointed commissioners, consisting of the governor of the State, five members of the legislature of the State, and two other citizens of the State, by a formal vote, accepted the recommendation of the governors of the upper-basin States, and agreed to accept, out of the main Colorado River, 3,000,000 acre-feet. Mr. Johnson. Is the Senator certain there was no condition attached to that? Mr. Hayden. I can read the last expression made by the Arizona-Colorado River Commission. Mr. Johnson. I am just asking the Senator; is he certain there was no condition attached to it? Mr. Hayden. There were conditions, yes; but nothing of grave importance. I shall very shortly read the last |
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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. |