Laserfiche WebLink
<br />I:\"TEIISTATI: C(I:\II'"\f'T:-;; 1:F.:-;I'El'Tl:\"fi I'~l': tll'" W.\TEI1S OJ.' I:\"Tr:I::-;'I'.\'I'I: <br />J:ln:H",. <br />"'hile, a:-; we hare alrendy O"scl'\'c(l~ ,',nious of the States <br />hjl\'e settled tl1eir t'ollt1'n\'tn.;ie~ re1;pedill~ hOUlHJarie:-o. fisheries, <br />etc., by interstate cOlllpnd UI' hy (,OllClIl'-l'ent State legislation: <br />h:l\'illg the r-:alllC effect. this lIIethOlI of l"iettlement of pending 01' <br />tUl'eatcnclI tOIltl'o\"el'sies re:-;I'edillg the 11Se .1l1111 distribution of <br />the ""a tel's of iIltel':-:;t~lte r-:tl'CillllS fol' il'l'igntion nnd other hene- <br />ticial purposes, hils not heclI nrniled of. The l'igl1t of adjoining <br />~tate~ to the use mill' bellent of tbe waters of the strenlll~ common <br />to hoth ~tates ha~ been tonsitle1'(~d In the COllrt ill the l;ase of <br />Kansns \". Culorado (185 U. f.;.. 1~;);' 20fj U, S., 46), in which <br />('use it was held tllnt the l'cspccth'c States were e:ldl 1m titled <br />to nil cqllitnhlc portion of the waters of the t'01l1111011 I'h"CI', the <br />extent of the use in each State to be dete..mill~~cl I11HIII the fad~ <br />,111(1 dl'tlllllsh1llte~ of each pnl"tkulnl' tn~e, <br />Tn the nbm'e-lUentioucd ense the l'ight of the Uuited States <br />to t,lIe US(~ of tile w.ltel'H of tile westel'U ~tl'e:lUI'" was al~o eon- <br />f.ddered and cletel'lllined (Pi', S7-!l;-n, <br />.-\11 equitahle :II'P01"tiolllllellt 01' allocation nf the use and <br />di~trilJlItioll of the w~ltel','" of westel'lI illtCl':-itate t;tl'enlllS JIIay be <br />heHt "e('olllpli~hed thl'ong-h tltt:> ell'ol't:-:; of the Stntc:-l l'epl'e~clltl~I h." <br />t.01l11l1i::-;siollel"S fully ;l{'(lllninted with the fads uncI the :-;ulTlJlIud- <br />iug l:OIHlitinll:-;, as well as witl.J 111e fl1tlll'(~ IHl:-;sihilitie~ of u:-oe of <br />watel' (l'O1l1 the streams. <br />Pl'inciplct:; of intcl.lIatioua] law ;H'e i1pplif'able to the use <br />illl(lllbt,'ihutinn of water:,: of interstate stl'cams, awl ;18 l'e;.p.nd:-; <br />(:OlllJI:1l.'t!-l hetween the State~J ';t.he nJle flf deci:-;ioll i!'i 110t. to he t'ol" <br />lected fJ-OIII tIle del'i:..;jolls of eithel' :o.;tate, hnl' is Hue, if we Ill:lY :-;0 <br />~penk~ of <Ill illtel'lI:1tiollill t'hnl';ldel.,~~ C\f,Il'lett. \-: Silk, 11 i)et.~ <br />1, ~:I.) <br />The rights of the IliltiOlI in whose tel'l'itoI','- nn intt'l'lIational <br />~tl'ealll hm: it:-:. I'i~e tn the,lIse and' llelldit of its wnters fol' tile <br />de\'elol'llIeut or its tel'ritul',", ilTe~Jledhe of lhe etfet:t upon the <br />tCl'l'itOl'Y of a lower nation thl'onglJ wllitll tile !-;tl'elllll pn~se:o:: on <br />its wa \' to the st'n. weI;e fully considered h\" Attol'lle" Genernl <br />.r1H1801~ Hal'lIlon~ \\"itl1 rCl")lel't to the clllinl~ ~lI11tle h,\" the Repuh" <br />lit of ~Iexit'o to O:Inlllge h,\" depletion of the \\-ntel's of, the Rio <br />f-irnlH]e. o('cnsionetl hy nses in the Unitc(l ~tnte~. Aftcl' exhans- <br />tire l.'ousitlel'ation of' the \":UiOllS Dllthorities Hpon the ~llhject~ <br />he ,-lI'rh"ecl at the f'olH'lm:.ion thnt. while tile Uuited Stnte~ hail <br />the right to utilize the ('II fire tlo\\' of tile nio Gl'nnde in the lIeceto;- <br />S:ll'\" n~dnl1lntioll of the ll111ds He,ll" the !':(IIllTe of the ~trp.all1, and <br />while ....pren:.dellts (If illtt-'I'llntionnl Inw imposell lIn liability 01' <br />ohligation npon the Tjllited Rtntf's" tn perJllit any of the watel' of <br />the stl'enlll to flow to EI l'n~o. IlcH~l'thele!':s., he ac:1dscll tlwt the <br />llIatter he h"Cllted <l~ one flf policy :lncl :o;ettlctl hy tr(>nty with <br />.\fexic:o. (:.!1 Op:,;, Atty, nell.. :!74. ~sn-~B:t) <br /> <br />\. <br /> <br />[ ~~ ] <br />