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<br />See also discussion of tile same !'mlJjeet in Stearns L :Min- <br />nesota (17U U. S" 22;,); Virginia v. Tennessee (148 U. S., 503, <br />;;171528): Wharton L Wise (153 U. S" 155). <br /> <br />In other words, the States of the Union, by consent of Con- <br />gl'eS8~ have the f:;aUlC power t(1 enter into COllP:Jcts with each <br />other a~ do independent nati(lns~ upon all matters not delegated. <br />to the Feueral Govm'llIuent.. <br /> <br />[~TEnX.\TlON.\L RIVERS. <br /> <br />Contro\'ersie!:-i l'e:-:;pecting international l'h"cl's haye been set- <br />tleu tJY treaty. (Hettler Dr6it, Iud.. Appendix VIII; Hall, In- <br />ternational Law, sec. 39.) <br /> <br />"~hile the right of the United States to the use and benefit <br />of t.he entire flow of the Rio Grande River irrespective of nil)" <br />fOI'Iller llses made in ~Iexico wa~ upheld by the opinioIl of the <br />Attorney General ill ISH;) (21 Ops. Atty_ Gen., 274~ 282), the <br />rights of the two Ilatiolls werE" settled by a "coJl\-entioIl prodd- <br />ing for the cquitflble distl'ibutinn of the water~ of the Hio Oy'anele <br />for irrigation purp(l~es" made May ~1, IHOH. (Malloy, Treaties, <br />Vol. L I', 1202',) <br /> <br />That the llnited State!oi hn~ a per fed right to divert tlie <br />waters of the Colorfldo River at any point ahove the interna- <br />tional bOIlIl(l'ary with :\lcxir.o in'espedhe of tIle effect of sneh di- <br />version upon the flo\\" of the ri\'er ill Mexico 01' along that part <br />of its course which forllls the boundary he tween the t.wo nations <br />was held by thc Attorney General S~pte.mber 28, 1903. (Rept. <br />to Atty_ Gen. of U. 8.. Colol'ado River in Califol'nia'~ p. 58; <br />Opinion of Atty. Gen., _\.ug. ~O~ IDID.) <br /> <br />The :1110\"c oJlinil)Il i~ in h31'IIwny with th~ decision in the <br />Rio Grande C.H.;e, wherein it was held (quoting from syllabm;): <br /> <br />liThe fart that there i~ 110t enough water in the Rio GI'ancle <br />for the use of the inhabitants of lIot11 eOlllltrie:-.; for inigatioD <br />purpo:;:;es does not b';'W~ Mexito the right to ~nbject the United <br />States to the burden of aJ'l'e~ting its rlevelopment amI of de- <br />nying to its inhabitants the m~e of a pl'o\-ision which nature has <br />supplied enth'ely within its territory. The rct:ogllition of snch a <br />I'ight is entirely illcl)m;i~tcnt with the 80\'eI'eignty of the United <br />~tates o\"er it:-; nntional dOllwin. <br /> <br />"'The rilles. J.J1'iIlciple~~ and pl'eC'erlents of international law <br />imposed no dnty or ohlig:ltiOIl npon the Uniled States. of deTl~"- <br />ing to it!-: inhabitants the llse of the water of that part of the Rio <br />fi1'311rle hino- entirelv witliin the Unitcrl ~tates although 8uch <br />use l'eRults ill l'cducl'ng' the \'olulII(I of water in the river below <br />the point where it tC:H.lC:-:; to he entirely within the United ~tate~_'~ <br />(~1 Op~. Atty. Gen.. ~74.) <br /> <br />.,oJ <br /> <br />y <br /> <br />-' <br />, <br /> <br />~ <br />