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Show -112- beneficial use of the unapportioned water of the Colorado River System, as mentioned in paragraph (f), subject to the legislative ratification of the signatory States and the Congress of the United States of America, ARTICLE IV' (a) Inasmuch as the Colorado River has ceased to be navigable for com- merce and the reservation of its waters for navigation -would seriously limit the development of its basin, the use of its waters for purposes of navigation shall "be subservient to the uses of such waters for domestic, agricultural, and power purposes. If the Congress shall not consent to this paragraph, the other provisions of this compact shall nevertheless remain binding. (b) Subject to the provisions of this compact, water of the Colorado River System may be impounded and used for the generation of electrical power, but such impounding and use shall be subservient to the use and consumption of such water for agricultural and domestic purposes and shall not interfere with or prevent use for such dominant purposes• (c) The provisions of this article shall not apply to or interfere with the regulation and control by any State within its boundaries of the appropri- ation, use, and distribution of water. ARTICLE V The chief official of eaoh signatory S^ate charged with the administration of water rights, together with the Director of the United States Reclamation Service and the Director of the United States Geological Survey, shall cooperate ex officioj (a,) To promote the systematic determination and coordination of the facts as to f*low, appropriation, consumption and use of water in the Colorado River Basin, and the interchange of available information in such matters* (b) To secure the ascertainment and publication of the annual flow of the Colorado River at Lee Ferry. (o) To perform such other duties as may be assigned by mutual consent of the signatories from time to time* ARTICLE VI Should any claim or controversy arise between any two or more of the signatory States (a) with respect to the waters of the Colorado River System not covered by the terms of this compact; (b) over the meaning or performance of any of the terms of this compact; (c) as to the allocation of the burdens incident to the performance of any article of this compact or the delivery of waters as herein provided; (d) as to the construction or operation of works within -the Colorado River Basin to be situated in two or more States, or to be constructed in one State for the benefit of another State; or (e) as to the diversion of water in one State for the benefit of another State; the Governoxs of the States affected, upon the request of one of them, shall forth- with appoint Commissioners with power to consider and adjust such claim or controversy, subject to ratification by the Legislatures of the States so af- fected. : |