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Show 46 INTERSTATE COMPACTS "ARTICLE II "As used in this compact, "(a) The term 'Canadian River System' means that portion of the Canadian River, and its tributaries, below the points of impoundage in New Mexico, within the States of New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and that part of the Arkansas River and its tributaries, within the States of Oklahoma and Arkansas. Provided, that Texas, or Okla- homa, or Arkansas, may, in its approval hereof, exclude any tributary within the excluding States, without impairing the validity of this compact as to the remainder. "(b) The term 'Canadian River Basin' means all of the drainage area of the Canadian River System, as herein defined as approved. " (c) The term 'domestic use' shall include the use of water for house- hold, stock, municipal, mining, milling, industrial, and other like purposes, but shall exclude the generation of electric power. "(d) The word 'Commission' wherever used in this compact, shall mean the Commissioner of the respective signatory states provided for in Article XI. "article in "(a) The division and allocation of the impounded waters of the Canadian River between the States of New Mexico and Texas, reserved for irrigation under the provisions of this compact, shall be made by the joint commission hereby created, in accordance with the facts ascertained by a complete and thorough investigation, and the recog- nized irrigation practices. " (b) Recognizing that the major portion of the flood waters of said stream rise in the states of New Mexico and Texas, the States of New Mexico and Texas pledge themselves not to cause the flow of impounded water of the river allotted to any state hereby to be diminished within said States of Texas or New Mexico, to the detriment of any state lower on the stream, against the wish and will of said State as expressed by its Commission now or hereafter appointed. "(c) Either, or any, and each of said States, wherein control reser- voirs may be hereunder hereafter located? shall not withhold water in flood control reservoirs in such quantities as shall reduce the then future capacity and contents of the reservoirs hereunder constructed below the necessary flood control capacity of maximum flood flow to be expected at the point or points of reservoir, or diversion, that is, below any flood requirement, as estimated by the joint commission executing this agreement, or subsequently administering the stream system, and its control under this agreement; or so as to vary the ratio or propor- tion of water allotted to each state, and desired therein, for beneficial use in the lower districts of the stream. No state lower on the stream shall require the delivery of water by a higher state, held within re- serve, as defined in Article V, which cannot be reasonably applied to domestic and agricultural uses in the lower state. That the constructed work for the beneficial use of the waters in the Signatory States (and the districts therein) shall be designed, and constructed to carry water to the lower states and the districts wherever practical, and shall be, and may be used, by the lower states therefor to such extent within their capacity as may be practicable; the extra cost of such construe- |