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Show -65 b- contiguous lands lying on either side of the boundary, "between the citizens and water users of one State and those of the other; and to place the "beneficial application of water diverted from Costilia Creek for irrigation by the water users of the two States on a common basis. The physical and other conditions peculiar to the Costilia Creek and its "basing and the nature and location of the irrigation develop- ment and the facilities in connection therewith, constitute the "basis for this compact; and neither of the States hereby, nor the Congress of the United States "by its consent, concedes that this compact es- tablishes any general principle or precedent Vith reepect.to any other interstate stream. ••¦". ARTIC1E II As used in this compact, the following names, terms and expres- sions are described, defined, applied and taken to mean as in this Article set forth; • (a) "Costilia Creek" ia a tributary of "the Rio Grande which rises on the west slope of the Sangre de Cristo range in the ex- ... treme southeastern corner of Costilia County in Colorado and flows in a general westerly direction crossing the Boundary three times above its confluence with the Rio Grande in New Mexico. (b) The "Canyon Mouth" is that point on Costilia Creek in New Mexico where the stream leaves the mountains and emerges into the San Luis Valley. r - (c) The "Analia Area" is that irrigated, area in New Mexico |
