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Show Belle Fourche River Compact, 1943 The States of South Dakota and Wyoming, parties signatory to this compact (hereinafter referred to as South Dakota and Wyoming, respectively, or individually as a State, or collectively as the States), have resolved to conclude a compact as authorized under the Act of Congress of February 26, 1927, Chapter 216, 44 Stat. 1247, and, after negotiations participated in by the following named State Com- missioners. For South Dakota: M. Q. Sharpe G. W. Morsman S. G. Mortimer W. D. Buchiiolz For Wyoming: L. C. Bishop Samuel McKean L. H. Robinson Mrs. E. E. McKean and by Howard R. Stinson, appointed as the Representative of the United States of America, have agreed upon the following articles, to-wit: ARTICLE I A. The major purposes of this compact are to provide for the most efficient use of the waters of the Belle Fourche River Basin (herein- after referred to as the Basin) for multiple purposes; to provide for an equitable division of such waters; to^ remove all causes, present and future, which might lead to controversies; to promote interstate comity; to recognize that the most efficient utilization of the waters within the Basin are required for the full development of the Basin; and to pro- mote joint action by the States and the United States in the efficient use of water and the control of floods. B. The physical and other conditions peculiar to the Basin constitute the basis for this compact; and none of the States hereby, nor the Con- gress of the United States by its consent, concedes that this compact establishes any general principle or precedent with respect to any other interstate stream. C. Either State and all others using, claiming or in any manner asserting any right to the use of the waters of the Belle Fourche River under the authority of that State, shall be subject to the terms of this compact. article n As used in this compact: A. The term "Belle Fourche River" shall mean and include the Belle Fourche River and all its tributaries originating in Wyoming. 33 |