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Show 36 INTERSTATE COMPACTS of the application shall be granted, said application shall be checked against the records of the appropriate office of the State in which the water is to be used, and a notation shall be placed thereon by the officer in charge of such records to the effect that the land description does not indicate a conflict with existing water rights. All endorsements shall be placed on both the original and duplicate copies of all such maps filed to the end that the records in both States may be complete and identical. C. Appropriations may hereafter be adjudicated in the State in which the water is stored or diverted, and where a portion or all of the lands irrigated are in the other State, such adjudications shall be confirmed in the latter State by the proper authority. Each adjudi- cation is to conform with the laws of the State where the water is stored or diverted and shall be recorded in the county and State where the water is used. ARTICLE VIII In case any reservoir is constructed in Wyoming, to be used prin- cipally for irrigation of lands in South Dakota, sufficient water not to exceed 10 cubic feet per second shall be released at all times for stock water use. ARTICLE IX No reservoir hereafter built solely to utilize the water allocated to Wyoming shall have a capacity in excess of 1,000 acre-feet. ARTICLE X The provisions of this compact shall remain in full force and effect until amended by action of the Legislature of the States and consented to and approved by the Congress of the United States in the same manner as this compact is required to be ratified to become effective. ARTICLE XI This compact may be terminated at any time by unanimous con- sent of the States, and upon such termination, all rights then estab- lished hereunder or recognized hereby shall continue to be recognized as valid by the States notwithstanding the termination of the other provisions of the compact. ARTICLE XII Nothing in this compact shall be construed to limit or prevent either State from instituting or maintaining any action or proceeding, legal or equitable, in any Federal court or the United States Supreme Court for the protection of any right under this compact or the enforce- ment of any of its provisions. ARTICLE XIII Nothing in this compact shall be deemed: A. To impair or affect any rights or powers of the United States, its agencies, or instrumentalities, in and to the use of the waters of the Belle Fourche River nor its capacity to acquire rights in and to the use of said waters |
