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<br />[ 15 J <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The right~ of the nation IJ.l who:-;c territory nn international <br />stream huJ:.\ it~ rj~t' to the ur~ and' benefit of it~ waters for the <br />d€,'elopment of its tf'I'l'itOl"J, il'T'espe('tive of tht, etfed upon the <br />terrirol'J- of a lower llH Lion through which the stream va~es on <br />its way to the Hea, were fully considCI'Pll h:' Attorney Oeneral <br />.Judson Harmon, with reRped to the daimH IJlade h,y the Repnh- <br />11<- of Mexico to rlamag-e hy deple1ion of 1 he ,vaters of the Rio <br />Grande, (){'('tlRioJ1ed by 118('8 in i1w Pnih'o Htak"R. After exhaul"- <br />ti\'e cODsi<lerH.1ioIl of t-he val'iouR an1horitit'R npon the Hubject, <br />he arrive!l at "the ('ondul4ion that, whilp tit(> United States had <br />the l'i~ht to utiliu' the entire flow of the nio Ol'ande in the neces- <br />sary }'('dalllatioIl of the hlll(lR' near the ~onl'('e of the strenmj and <br />while "pl'l\('(.fit'nt~ of internationAl law impoNeO. no liability or <br />ohligation npon 11\(' 1 ~lIit(l(1. Htatt'~" to permit. any of the wnt~~r of <br />tlw stream to t1m\' tn Fl Paloto, npvPl'tl\('le~s, he ad\'iHM that the <br />lllflttpr be tt"pat,,,<l aR one of poli('y anll settled hy tl'e.lty \v.ith <br />Mex.ieo. (21 Ops, Atty. nen., ~74, 280-283.) <br /> <br />1t if-i ~af(l "10 pr(~lkt thllt IlIO!';t of tJH~ p<ll'.t t'ontI"OH'l'l'.ies re- <br />~pe('ting the water~ of Wesiprll iJlt(,l'~tatp Rtreatni'< ('ould han~ heen <br />avoided had 11H~ mnttt'l'S in dispute ht~~'H tlT'Rt snbmittetl to conipe- <br />tt'nt rOlllpad ('Ollll\Ii~si(lHt'rK, F't'ktioH hll.twef'n the Federal de- <br />pm'tTnenf.s and the ~tat(> au1horitif'R ~hould 1w avoided by proper <br />('ompnf'tl' hetween tJl(' ~tat('~ hdoI'f'" ('Oll~trndinn proceeds upon <br />. rh'('l'!.i wherf' 811('h controYer~ip.A may arise. <br /> <br />Tht' ('olorado Rin'l' i~ ~till "young:' :Ui l'Pg'ards utilization <br />of itH wntt'l' supply. I 'olH1itiollS look to PIlormou,s development <br />during tilt' llPX1' qnartel' of il ('Plltnry. ~at\1l'e fadlitlltes an ea~.v <br />allocution and !wttlt'IIIPllt of nIl lll<1ttt.'I'~ pel't,lillillg 10 tlw future <br />ntilization of tht, wat('t:-; of this :-otrflillll, if lnf"atll'l to that t:'Ild <br />al'P hlkt'Il prior 10 furtheJ1' COIlHtI'uction and befOl'(-' frktiou de- <br />"elol'~. All ClppI'{IIJplli'lioll of inkl'ferew'f' with the ~radual and <br />lH~'(_'~~:H.r fntun' <It'\"P10PlIll"llt upon the uppt'r I'eadlt'~ of the <br />I'ltl't'<11l1 hv I'ea:-;Oll (If p<lI'lit.1' t'oll~tru('1ion of PIlonnoUlS works on <br />the Im""I: ri\"pl' Hlay be an)i<1('{l hy ('oIllpad and agreement enteroo <br />into ill'im' to HllY lut\1l'(' construction. <br /> <br />III fat't.. ~(:'ttll'ment of pOKslhle inten'Jtate (,oIltroveI'ie~ by iutt'r- <br />~tate ('OmpactH iM re(,OlllllH.~llded hy the United States Supreme <br />Court. t\V3Hhingtoll \'. Oregon, ~14 r, R'l 205, 21R) <br /> <br />COMPAC1' BY "JOINT CO~(M18HION~' Bh.'TWEE:>; ld'rA'l'ES A:-l'D VNI'l'Im <br />STATI'~R, <br /> <br />In anotlH~l> fo::e(,tion we observe that the States, with COllHcnt <br />of Congress. ha.ve foll powers to mllke eompllets with elleh other. <br />Tr~aties between Stateg are df'RignatM as agreements or ('OIll- <br />paetl!. (Art. I, se<'tion 10, par. 3, Constitution.) <br /> <br />The nnited Statee, in the €x('rdse of jtlil Bovereig-n powers, <br />