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<br />Article In of t:1e Colorado River Comp~ct, "Ius not
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<br />;Jore t~1an one-h~:f of an~r e;:cess or stU'):J..us l~aters unaf'.'~'Jr-
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<br />tionec1 b~' se,iL1 COj,ljJact, sL',ch uses al',,~~'s to 'Je subject to
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<br />the ter~s of said compact,
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<br />"The States of Arizona, Cclifornia, am~ Nevada are
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<br />auth,)rized to ent er ir~to an o,::;reer,;ent "hich shall ~Jrovic1e
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<br />(1) t:1st ol the 7,500,OCO acre-feet annuelly a:,'j)ortioned
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<br />to tl:e lo"er 00s1n b~' para,:raph (a) of Article III of the
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<br />Colorado River COrni)act, there shall be e,O),.Jortioned to the
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<br />Stc,te of l1ev.:'c1a 300,000 a,cre-feet ,:'nc1 to the State of
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<br />Arizona ?,800,OOO ~cre-feet for exclucive beneficial con-
<br />sumptive use in perpetuity, snC (~)that the State of
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<br />Arizona ma~' annuC1l1;,' L!Se one-half of the excess or surplUS
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<br />1vaters unc:',ortionec1 by the Colorao.o River CO~',lp2:Ct, 8,no. (3)
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<br />that the State of Arizona shall have the exclusive beneficial
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<br />consLllTI,:tive uoe Ol' the Gila River am', itc. triiJutaries 'lithin
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<br />the oOLmdarie~' of se,iD State, an':'c (/J thc,t the l.'aterG 0." the
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<br />Gila River and its tribut:,rie". except return flow after the
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<br />any cllr.'inutio!l uhatever by any a:'lo\I,~nce of -rater l,'hich
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<br />"lay IJe made by treaty or other"ise to the United States
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<br />of ;;e;:ico but if, as :.Tovic1ec1 in para:::reph (c) of Article
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<br />III of the Colorado River co~act, it sh~ll become necessary
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<br />to su:)ply ','2,ter to the Unite(1, States of j;exico from uaters
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<br />over an(~ above the Lillantities "hich Ere sL~r]'lus as c~efineC',
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<br />by said
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