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Show Yellowstone River Compact, 1950 The State of Montana, the State of North Dakota, and the State of Wyoming, being moved by consideration of interstate comity, and desiring to remove all causes of present and future controversy be- tween said States and between persons in one and persons in another with respect to the waters of the Yellowstone River and its tributaries, other than waters within or waters which contribute to the flow of streams within the Yellowstone National Park, and desiring to pro- vide for an equitable division and apportionment of such waters, and to encourage the beneficial development and use thereof, acknowledg- ing that in future projects or programs for the regulation, control and use of water in the Yellowstone River Basin the great importance of water for irrigation in the signatory States shall be recognized, have resolved to conclude a Compact as authorized under the Act of Congress of the United States of America, approved June 2, 1949 (Public Law 83, 81st Congress, First Session), for the attainment of these purposes, and to that end, through their respective governments, have named as their respective Commissioners: For the; State of Montana: Ered E. Buck A. W. Bradshaw H. W.Bunston John Hersog John M. Jarussi Ashton Jones Chris. Josephson iL Wallace Kingsbury For the State of North Dakota: I. A. Acker EinarH.Dahl J. J. Walsh For the State of Wyoming: L. C. Bishop Earl T. Bower J. Harold Cash Ben F. Coohrane Ernest J. Goppert Richard L. Greene E. C. Gwillim E. J. Johnson Lee E. Keith P. F. Leonard Walter M. McLaughlin Dave M. Manning Joseph Muggli Chester E. Onstad Ed F. Parriott R. R. Renne Keith W. Trout N. V. Kurtz Harry L. Littlefield R. E. McNally Will G. Metz Mark N. Partridge Alonzo R. Shreve Charles M. Smith Leonard F. Thornton M. B. Walker who, after negotiations participated in by R. J. Newell, appointed as the representative of the United States of America, have agreed upon the following articles, to-wit: 361 94-497- -24 |
