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Show 320 INTERSTATE COMPACTS 2. The State engineer of Colorado and the secretary of the depart- ment of public works of Nebraska shall make provision for the cooper- ative gauging at and the details of operation of said station and for the exchange and publication of records and data. Said State officials shall ascertain the rate of flow of the South Platte Eiyer through the lower section in Colorado and the time required for increases or de- creases of flow, at points within said lower section, to reach the inter- state station. In carrying out the provisions of Article IV of this compact, Colorado shall always be allowed sufficient time for any increase in flow (less permissible diversions) to pass down the river and be recorded at the interstate station. article m The waters of Lodgepole Creek, a tributary of the South Platte River, flowing through Nebraska and entering said river within Colorado, hereafter shall be divided and apportioned between the signatory States as follows: 1. The point of division of the waters of Lodgepole Creek shall be located on said creek 2 miles north of the boundary line common to the signatory States. 2. Nebraska shall have the full and unmolested use and benefit of all waters flowing in Lodgepole Creek above the point of division and Colorado waives all present and future claims to the use of said waters. Colorado shall have the exclusive use and benefit of all waters flowing at or below the point of division. 3. Nebraska may use the channel of Lodgepole Creek below the point of division and the channel of the South Platte River between the mouth of Lodgepole Creek and the interstate station for the carriage of any waters of Lodgepole Creek which may be stored in Nebraska above the point of division and which Nebraska may desire to deliver to ditches from the South Platte River in Nebraska, and any such waters so carried shall be free from interference by diversions in Colorado and shall not be included as a part of the flow of the South Platte River to be delivered by Colorado at the interstate station in com- pliance with Article IV of this compact: Provided, Twwever, That such runs of stored water shall be made in amounts of not less than 10 cubic feet per second of time and for periods of not less than twenty- four hours. ARTICLE IV The waters of the South Platte River hereafter shall be divided and apportioned between the signatory States as follows: 1. At all times between the 15th day of October of any year and the 1st day of April of the next succeeding year Colorado shall have the full and uninterrupted use and benefit of the waters of the river flowing within the boundaries of the State, except as otherwise pro- vided by Article VI. 2. Between the 1st day of April and the 15th day of October of each year Colorado shall not permit diversions from the lower section of the river to supply Colorado appropriations having adjudicated dates of priority subsequent to the 14th day of June 1897, to an extent that will diminish the flow of the river at the interstate station on any |
