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<br />REPORT OF <br />DELPH E. CARPENTER <br /> <br />COM~nSSIONEu. FOR COLORADO <br /> <br />L_\ l'L.\TA mYEl< COMPACT. <br /> <br />Hon. Oliver H, ~hou]), Gon'runr of Colorado, Capitol Building, <br />])ellver. <br /> <br />In re La Plata Riyer Compact. <br /> <br />Bir: 1 have the hOlWI' 10 report that a compaet WaB signed by <br />Commionioners for the gtaten of Coloraoo and New Mexico, at <br />Santa F~e, Nuv<::mher 27, 1922, providing for the equitable distribu- <br />tioll of t1lt~ 'watel'~ of the La Pluta H-iver, 'I'he cumyaet was exe- <br />cuted h} liW as CommisflioIll"'r for the State of Colotado, by your <br />appointment, under authority of Chapter 744, Session Laws of <br />lS21, ,qnu hy IJonoruhJ.e ~.tephen H. Dayis, .11'., Commissioner for <br />the State of Npw Me:x.ico1 ading by appointment hy the G-ovenlOr <br />ef Xt'w !\]f'xi('o nnder ilnOlOl'ity of p,imHar legil:dat'ion. <br /> <br />The compact \\'3S executed in duv1icate original.e, 01:.r2 of which <br />has b<.,<,n deposited ....ith the Scn",tar,)' of State of each of the <br />signatory States, It .hall become op"rative when approved by the <br />I.-egislatll",a of both Rtates anu by the Congreos of the United <br />~tllt€S. . <br /> <br />I hCr<:;Wit!l transmit 1:1 ropy of tilt compact. It provides in <br />BUUgtanre as followg: <br /> <br />By At'tiele I, it is provided that two permanent stream-ganl(- <br />ing stations .hall be maintained by Colorado upon the La Plata <br />River ilt Hesperus, Colorado, and at the interstate line, respective, <br />iy. 'I'lI""e station. are to be ronAtructed and maintained for the <br />puqKllde of rm.':8ftnring tht> flow of the river, and of making deliver. <br />if'6 in t'onformlty with the emnpu.t't. <br /> <br />Article II provide" for apportionment of the waters of the <br />river between the two States in th€ following manner: <br /> <br />(1) .!';ach State shall have tlw Ilnrestricted right to the use <br />of 811 water which ma v fiow withhl its boundaries ootween De. <br />..,mOOr ht ..nd Fellr1.la:"y 16th. <br /> <br />(Z) Between February 15th and Deeember 1st of each year: <br /> <br />(a) Colorado ohall have the unWltrlcted right to nse all <br />watere within it. boundari.,. on each day when the mean flow <br />at tIM' interstate station is 100 cubie feet per second Qr more. <br /> <br />[ 3 ] <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />