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Show IX-32 UPDATING THE HOOVER DAM DOCUMENTS Owner Subdivision and Legal Description Sec. Twp. Rng. Acreage L. M. Hatch Carl M. Donaldson . Mack Johnson .... Chris Dotz........ Roy A. Johnson Ivan and Antone Thygerson John W. Bonine Marion K. Mortenson Total ......., SWV4SWV4 ........................ 32 18S 21W Virden Townsite ...................... ... ... SWV4SEV4 ......................... 12 19S 21W Part NWiANWi/iNEiA ................ 10 19S 21W Part NEV4NWV4NEV4 ................. 10 19S 21W Part NV2NV2SV2NWV4NEV4 ............ 10 19S 21W SEV4SEV4; SWV4SEV4 ................ 3 19S 21W NWV4NEV4; NEV4NEV4 ............... 10 19S 21W NEV4SEV4SEV4 ..................... 4 19S 21W NE1/4SEV4SEV4 ..................... 32 18S 21W SW1/4SE1/4SW1/4 .................... 34 18S 21W SWV4SWV4SEV4 .................... 33 18S 21W 4.40 3.90 3.40 2.80 0.30 0.10 2.66 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 380.81 or on lands or for other uses in the Virden Valley to which such use may be transferred or substituted on retirement from irrigation of any of said specifically described lands, up to a maximum total consumptive use of such water of 838.2 acre-feet per annum, unless and until such uses are adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be an infringement or impairment of rights confirmed by the Gila Decree; and (2) This decree shall not prohibit domestic use of water from the Gila River and its underground water sources on lands with rights confirmed by the Gila Decree, or on farmsteads located adjacent to said lands, or in the Virden Townsite, up to a total consumptive use of 265 acre feet per annum in addition to the uses confirmed by the Gila Decree, unless and until such use is adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be an infringement or impairment of rights confirmed by the Gila Decree; (E) Provided, however, that nothing in this Article IV shall be construed to affect rights as between individual water users in the State of New Mexico, nor shall anything in this Article be construed to affect possible superior rights of the United States asserted on behalf of National Forests, Parks, Memorials, Monuments and lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management; and provided further that in addition to the diversions authorized herein the United States has the right to divert water from the mainstream of the Gila and San Francisco Rivers in quantities reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes of the Gila National Forest with priority dates as of the date of withdrawal for forest purposes of each area of the forest within which the water is used. (F) Provided, further, that no diversion from a stream authorized in Articles IV (A) through (D) may be transferred to any of the other streams, nor may any use for irrigation purposes within any area on one of the streams be transferred for use for irrigation purposes to any other area on that stream. V. The United States shall prepare and maintain, or provide for the preparation and maintenance of, and shall make available, annually and at such shorter intervals as the Secretary of the Interior shall deem |