Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-01


instrument, agreement or compact
signed prior to this agreement which
is inconsistent with the declarations
of this paragraph, if there be any
such inconsistent acknowledgement
or declaration, is hereby withdrawn
and shall not be renewed or re-
asserted without the consent of the
states party hereto.
Article III.
The states Of Arizona, California
and Nevada hereby agree that the
waters of the Colorado river and it's
tributaries in said states shall be
divided, allotted and appropriated as
follows:
Ca) All of the waters Of the trib-
utaries of the Colorado river which
flow into said river below Lee Fer
ry, Arizona, are hereby allotted and
appropriated exclusively in perpet-
uity to the states in which such
tributaries or the main channel Of
the Colorado river for use in said
states.
(b) There is hereby allotted and
appropriated to the state of Nevada
the total amount of water of the
main Colorado river as measured at
Lee Ferry, which can be beneficially
used for agricultural and domestic
purposes, not exceeding 100000 acre
feet per annum.
There is hereby allotted and APP
propriated for agricultural and do
nestle use to each of the states of
Arizona and California from the re-
mainder of the water available as
measured at Lee Ferry, one-half of
the waters of the Colorado river.
(c) Any diminution of the amount
of water allotted to each state be-
tween the point of measurement and
the points.s.of delivery, caused by
evaporation and seepage in storage
or in transit, shall be borne by each
state from its original allotment.
ld) The states of Arizona, Cali
fornia and Nevada hereby agree to
limit and control future appropria-
Ntions and beneficial use of water in
said respective states to such an
amount and in such manner as will
insure that present perfected rights
tected and supplied out of waters
hereby allotted to said state.
Vt Article III.
The following rules shall apply to
the use and storage Of water under
this agreement:
(a) The use of water for irriga-
tion and domestic purposes allotted
in Article II hereof shall be superior
to any right of storage for power
purposes or navigation and any of
said states may divert, from the. river
the water alletted TO oAt at any point
on the river provided that if any
state shall take any water so allot-
ted to it out of the main channel of
the Colorado river at a higher ele-
walton than the highest elevation of
the bed of said river in said state,
the works constructed for such pur-
pose shall not interfere with bene-
ficial development in the state en-.
titled to develop such fall of the
river and the state or states taking
out water at such higher elevation
shall fully compensate the other
states affected thereby for the loss
Of power caused thereby to such
states.
(b) The prior construction of any
dam or reservoir for power purposes
shall not give any prior or superior
right to such dam or reservoir to
the regulation of the flow of the
river for the benefit of such dam or
reservoir, but the rights of all dams
and reservoirs constructed under this
agreement for power purposes shall
be on an equality regardless of the
date of construction thereof subject
to the following:
#(1) Yearly and seasonal stored
water shall be held at as high ele-
vations on the river as possible in
order to reduce evaporation losses
and provide regulation for power as
well as for irrigation, domestic and
flood control purposes.
(2) Re-regulation storage for seas
opal and daily variations in demand
shall be located as close to the land
to be irrigated as possible and water
for irrigation and domestic purposes
shall be supplied first from the near
est reserYoir abovel the point of di
version ofHsqch waters.
article Nv.
The territory of no state shall be
entered upon for the purpose Of
construction or maintaining works
utilizing the water of the Colorado
river except with the consent, and
subject to the laws, of such state.
Article ".
The necessity for flood protection
and development of the Colorado
river as herein provided for is here
by recognized and established. All
private or public lands in Arizona,
California and Nevada that are ne
cessary for the construction and op-
GRAFTON of works for the control and
utilization of the Colorado river for
flood protection, irrigation and do
mestic uses of water and the con-
struction of dams for power purposes
in pursuance of the provisions of
this agreement shall be subject to
the right of eminent domain of the
state wherein such lands are located
unless they have already been put |
to a more necessary public use.