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Show REPUBLICAN RIVER COMPACT 265 waters within the Basin shall be made except upon a determination, giving due consideration to the objectives of this compact and after consultation with all interested federal agencies and the state officials charged with the administration of this compact, that such exercise is in the interest of the best utilization of such waters for multiple purposes. (c) The United States, or those acting by or under its authority, will recognize any established use, for domestic and irrigation pur- poses, of the waters allocated by this compact which may be impaired by the exercise of federal jurisdiction in, over, and to such waters; provided, that such use is being exercised beneficially, is valid under the laws of the appropriate State and in conformity with this compact at the time of the impairment thereof, and was validly initiated under state law prior to the initiation or authorization of the federal pro- gram or project which causes such impairment. In witness whereof, the Commissioners have signed this compact in quadruplicate original, one of which shall be deposited in the archives of the Department of State of the United States of America and shall be deemed the authoritative original, and of which a duly certified copy shall be forwarded to the Governor of each of the States. Done in the City of Lincoln, in the State of Nebraska, on the 31st day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred forty-two. M. C. HlNDERLIDER Commissioner for Colorado George S. Knapp Commissioner for Kansas Wardner G. Scott Commissioner for Nebraska I have participated in the negotiations leading to this proposed compact and propose to report to the Congress of the United States favorably thereon. Glenn L. Parker Kepresentative of the United States NOTES Congressional consent to negotiations.-By the Act of August 4, 1942 (56 Stat. 736) the Congress gave its consent to the negotiation by the States of Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska not later than June 1, 1945, of a compact "providing for an equitable division and ap- portionment among the said States of the waters of the Republican River and all of its tributaries above its junction with the Smoky Hill River in Kansas." This consent was given "upon condition that one suitable person, who shall be appointed by the President of the United States, shall participate in said negotiations as the representative of the United States and shall make report to Congress of the proceed- ings and of any Compact entered into." It was also provided that the Compact should not be effective "until the same shall have been ratified by the legislature of each of said States and approved by the Congress of the United States." State ratifications.-Colorado, Act of March 15,1943 (Sess. L. 1943, p. 362; Colo. Rev. Stat. 1963, sec. 149-6-1). 94-i97-69------18 |
