OFFICE OF THE Al-rORNEY GENERAL OF **TEXAS** AUSTIN

Eonomblo C. 9. HoClellan,ChUmen **Fbh** md **0-0** CarPlittee ~0~0 or R0pre8tkmtw08 Auatln, 'Percar


### Dear sic:

era **illundats** ion **or** Texar above

oont letter **read**

**r** that area 0r of be aoqulred GtL-t for th8 operaon the Red River 

### beginning

mentioneddam la rapidly reaohing l 8tQ0 in it8 oonrtruotion vheroby **Intpotind** etd **water8** have begun to **a00UDIul4te. A**  oonrlderable part oi the volume of voter8 to be aooumulated behind the dam will have boon impounded**by** the area during the 8wmnermonthl. Thir dam ~111 budate a oonsldweble portion ot land inHonorable 0. S. MoClellan,page 2

the stste of Toxar a8 us11 a8 tho State **0r** Oklahow.
'It ha8 been peVl0~8lp held by a deoroo Of the **Supreme Court**  or the Pnlted State8 that the boundarybotuoon Oklahomaand %xar **18** the south baXXk Or **ROd** RiVOr. 9x1 thlr,oonneotlon in our oonrideration of the l

bovo mnttoned bill, VI will thank you lr JOU all UldYer the rou0mg qW8tiOILt "Will the 8outh bank Oi the lake On tho T@Xa8 8itb **OOMtltUtO** the boundary line betuoon 'faxor **and** OkhhW OF U&u the pXW8Mt 8OUth bank Of Rod Ri?er **~8ViOU81y** l 8tabll8hedbefore th0 rormti0n 0r thi8 lake 8till remain the true boundary line oi Tourt’
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. . . . **The qUe8tiUU**  prerented, **in OLW**  **opinion, uaa**  **an8Y0P** 04 by the United Stat@8 **SIlprenrr COUFt**  **&II** the **088e Oi**  **state Of**  **OkhhOM** V. **State or**  **2e34%8,** 

### 260 U. 8. 

### 606, 67 fi. 

### Ed. $28, 43 sup.ct. 221. Without revleuiagthe 4istwy of the lltlgation ia the oar0 of Oklahoma t* Toxaa, or the multitude or qlWtiOlt8r8i8od, it **18** l ufSl0lent

to l tnto that tho loaatlon or the boundary betuoen the tU0 8tate8 along Rod River **Ya8 a**  **paramount lorue.**  

### In diaoushtg the qU88tiOn the **OoUrt** raid:

'&IF **OOXl~1U8ifUi 18**  t&t th0 Out bMk 8longl the 8OUthel'lJ

8140 **Of th0**  **84** bed **OOn8titUtie8** tho **8OUth** bank Or th0 rlVeP **and** 

### thet the boundary 18 on and along that **bank at**  the mean level Of the water vhen it rcrrhor tha bank without overiloving it. 

### “Theboundary**118** it va8 in 1821, whea the treaty becane OrrO0tiv0,ia the **boundary** 0r **today,** 8ubjeOt to the right appllortlon0r the dootriner 

### or l ro8lon and aooretlonand or avul8fon to any intervsningohanger. or thoao dootrlnes 

### this Court reoently raid:.

**mabk** C. 8. YoClellan,pago 3

“‘St ir rottlodboyond th8 poarlbilityoi **d.flpUt@** that Vher8 ruMlfIg 8trME8 8Cb the boundarler batvoea 

### Statei, thb aame rulo applioa 

### a8 bbtroon private proprlotorr,namely, that when the bed 8~~4

ahrnnrl are eMage **by** the aatural and gradual prwea8b8 lawn U rro810n urd MorotlOJL,tbr **bOWIUy fouf?~8**  **#O** W;line **00~80 Of**  

### the l trormj rh.U* ZI‘ the **8treaa** 

### tram aq oauao, rutural **or** a&floial, 8~ddonl.y leaver its old hod ~4 toma l **MW cm,**  **br th8**  

### prowa **kaown u**  **8~** 

### awlalaa,**the** 

### reaalting **6h4ngb 0r**  **skrnnrl** m!ka ab obange of boundary, vhiah **rIlpIla8** l.m thb 8dddb Or thb Old O~MJ&' &k#UI8a8 Vc, wtbb88b~, 296 **u. 8.**  **158, in.** **’**
IA l 8Ub8eQUmllt

tiOl'O0in th. Haroh 12 1923. **round** la 6&7, It 

### was aaid: 261 u. ar 340, L. Rd. '¶'hl8

eaU8ohwl~~&b~nhe~d **tti UPOJI**  **OWt%h QUbItiOA8,**  **Md the**  **COWt hViill$**  OOMldbMd thb I)- Ud maowed **it8 OOJ&~~~~OM**  p gn o&loa dolivorbdJanuary 15, 1923 (260

. . . 8ame oa8e randwbd 43 Sup. Ct. 376, 67

**‘ It**  **18** ordered,

### adjudged, **%JJd deoPeedJ**  ‘1. Tho boundarybetama thb 

### State8of OkhhOU urd Text, uhePe it fO11W8 %hb OOUr8b of the Red River from the 100 th nsrlditm of **VO8t mgitUd0**  **Of** the 088tbrJJAbOundrrJ **Or th0**  

### State 0r 

### oklahmaa, 18 port or the iatbraat~oaal boundary o8tablldMd by the treaty of l819 botwoen the Unltbd State8 and Spala, and 18 on and %bJJ& thb 8Outh bMk Of 

### thrtFiVbF88 the 8Ud8 uiat.84 ia l&l, vhon the troaty beoame ofiootha, UYO a8 &rOlMftOr 8t%tbd. ‘2. Hhbco latervenlng-T 8 IathatbMk 

### ham **oaourred** 

### throughtha natura 

### and gradual

r OWla. koWn 

### 88 erosion **and** l coretlan

thb oundar~ ha8 rollwed tho 0-j but **vh8re** the 8tre8m ha8 left it8 rooarr ohanaeland made r0r it8bU 

### 8aw OMthrough 

### l djawat 

### upland

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### proooraknwn F8 

### avul+4n~th* boundary ti8 not -_- -._ - - roxtwea the mango, Dut na8 **remunoa** on uIQ 

### along ;g;ez88 the 8OUthbUIkkfOFo the change w-

. "3. t&W., 8iZW@ 1811, tb Ph.? hr8 OUt 8 8UlOlUhPjCPrdQitioA41ohuuu1t&OU& 7 went u~onthe 8OUth 8idela8oRh~V8y~ 18x&d tm~tmir0 on that 

### al-da has beocu an irlad, **the boundary**  

### la **al04 that**  part **of the**  **wuth** b8e 88 tw0t0r0r~ l x. w 

### 7100~~ thenortharrlytmk Y! v$ì;aby&$-&-m vhare by aoarotlm Q uorlon there have boea **dmqwnt ohanger**  **Lo that**  **bmk the**  **boundmf** 

### &a ahanged 81th them, *I). m Wll.8 8tti8d in the ti8t tW0 &mph villti equally **rpplioabloto rush**  l * ry OOOUT lo.

th0 rutumm Applying the **ruler** a8lriddo1mbytheUnitedStato8 aup~~ 

## court irr

## the oaao or OkUhoma to 

### Texaa, aupro, it 1s olear **that unlerr**  the ohaw in the river bank ooo~r8 thmugh the natural and gradual prooe88ea knovn a8 **oro81on md**  **aooro tion**  **t&t th.**  **boundart b&iVMJl**  ths tV0 8tJJte8 **rtull WMiJi**  88 it vu in 1821. lb oom8trwtlon 0r Cu~.Iron Km end 

### tha rubrequent

larpoundiag of the v8tecr abate the 488 vould not 

### oause a “n&tural and ~PUIUU’ ohaa&e 19 the bti, but oa the oontpary the transition vould ooour bJ roa8on of an ga;t,“ al nndl rtiriohl burlor plaood in the rtroam tbro genulty of manUn& T llndelrtho IrUle a8 thur s8tabl8bed,atty ohan~o la the bank ot Rad River vhloh 18 not gmdual and natural vlll not VOP& 

### a ohngo in tha **bounctuy** betveon the **two** 

### at&em along uld 

### rive?.

You ue thororwe 

### advlaed t&t the bouadawy betveea Tour ~4 Oklahoma along Rod River vi11 **remain** the 8uw aft-or the l **reotion** 0r the Denlroa lbm a8 it va8 **before,** 8UbjOCt only to 

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l pplioatlon

or the dootriacrr

0r ero8ionAnd ahoration 

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