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Show -62- "North Fork of the Republican River drainage basin in Colorado, 11,000 acre-feet; "Frenchman Creek (River) drainage basin in Nebraska, 52,800 acre-feetj rRock Creek drainage basin, hM®® acre-feet; "Arikaree River drainage basin, 3*300 acre-feet;, "Buffalo Creek drainage basin, 2,600 acre-feet; "South Fork of the Republican River drainage basin, 800 acre-feet; "Driftwood Creek drainage basin, 1,200 acre-feet; "Red Willow Creek drainage basin in Nebraska, J4.,200 acre-feet; "Modecine Creek drainage basin, l4.,6OO acre-feet; "Beaver Creek drainage basin, 6,700 acre-feet; "Sappa Creek drainage basin, b,800 acre-feet; "Prairie Dog Creek drainage basin, 2,100 acre-feet; "From the North Fork of the Republican River in Nebraska/ the main stem of the Republican River between the junction of the North Fork and Arikaree River and the lowest crossing of the river at the Nebraska-Kansas state line, from the small tributaries thereof, and from water supplies of upstream basins otherwise unallocated herein, 132,000 acre-feet. "The use of the waters hereinabove allocated shall be subject to the laws of the State, for use in which the allocations are made. "ARTICLE V. "The judgment and all provisions thereof in the case of Adelbert A, Weiland, as State Engineer-of Colorado, et al., v. The Pioneer Irrigation Company, decided June 5, 1922, and reported in 259 U. Se j+98, affecting the Pioneer Irrigation ditch or canal, are hereby recognized as binding upon the States; and Colorado, through its duly authorized officials, shall have the perpetual and exclusive right to control and regulate diversions of water at all times by said canal in conformity with said judgment. "The water heretofore adjudicated to said Pioneer Canal by the District Court of Colorado, in the amount of fifty (50) cubic feet per second of ti^e is included in and is a1 part of the total amounts of water hereinbefore allocated for beneficial consumptive use in Colorado and Nebraska. "ARTICLE.VI. . ' "The right of any person, entity, or lower State to construct, or participate in the future construction and use of any storage reservoir or diversion -works in an upper State for the purpose of regulating water herein allocated for beneficial consumptive use in such lower State, shall never be denied by an upper State; provided, that such right is subject to the rights of the upper State. "ARTICLE" VII. . . ... "Any person, entity, or lower State shall have the right to acquire necessary property rights in an upper State' by purchasing, or through the exercise of the power of eminent domain, for the construction, operation, and maintenance of storage reservoirs, and of appurtenant works, canals, and conduits, required for the enjoyment'of the privileges granted by Article VI |