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Show -27- THE LA PLATA RIVER COMPACT * CHAPo 110 - An Act Granting the consent and approval of Congress to the La Plata River Compact. BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, That the consent and approval of Congress is hereby given to the compact signed by the commissioners of the States of Colorado and New Mexico at the city of Santa Fo, on the 27th day of November, 1922, and approved by the Legislature of the State of Colorado,, by an act entitled "An Act to approve the La Plata River compact/' April 13, 19£3.» and bv tne Legislature of the State of New Mexico by an act entitled "An act ratifying and approving the La, Plata compact;" approved February J, 1923, which compact is as follows: "The State of Colorado and the State of New Mexico, desiring to provide for the equitable distribution of the waters of the La Plata River and to remove all causes of present and future controversy between them with respect thereto, and being moved by considerations of interstate comity, pursuant to Acts of their respective legislatures, have resolved to conclude a compact for these purposes and have named as their commissioners Delph. E, Carpenter, for the State of Colorado, and Stephen B. Davis, junior, for the State of New Mexico, who have agreed upon the following articles: "ARTICLE I. "The State of Colorado, at its own expense, shall establish and maintain two permanent stream-gaging stations upon the La Plata River for the purpose of measuring and recording its flow, which shall be known as the Hesperus station and the interstate station, respectively. "The Hesperus station shall be located at some convenient place near the village of Hesperus, Colorado. Suitable devices for ascertaining and recording the volume of all diversions from the river above Hesperus station shall be established and maintained (without expense to the State of New Mexico), and whenever in this compact reference is made to the flow of the river at Hesperus station it shall bs construed to include the amount of the concurrent diversions above said station. "The interstate station shall be located at some convenient place within one mile of and above or below the interstate line. Suitable devices for ascertain- ing and recording the volume of water diverted by the Enterprise and Pioneer Canals, now serv&ng approximately equal areas in both States, shall be established and maintained (without expense to the State of New Mexico^, and whenever in th-is compact reference is made to the flow of the river at the interstate station it shall be construed to include one-half the volume of the concurrent diversions by such canals, and also the volume of any other water which may hereafter be diverted from said river in Colorado for use in New Mexico. "Each of said stations shall be equipped with suitable devices for recording the flow of water in said river at all times between the l^th day of February and the 1st day of December of each year. The State engineers of the signatory States shall make provision for cooperative gauging at two stations, for the details of the operation, exchange of records and data, and publication of the facts. * Sixty-eighth Congress, Second Session, (S. 1656), Public No. 3I46 - JLl3 Stat. 796 |
