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<br />'. .-;~:';/ <br />'. - ....~. <br />:) <br /> <br />o 11896 <br /> <br />-85- <br /> <br />was not a arty to the Colorado River Compnct, California <br />did not adv~nce any theory as to the measurement of beneficial <br />consumptive use other than by the resulting depletion of the <br />Colorado, nor did it adv~nce any claim that it should not bear <br /> <br />the pro~ortionate share of evaporation losses caused by storage <br /> <br />of \Tater for her benefit, <br /> <br />After 10n~ ne:::;otiations :).,n the CowJittees of 14 and 16, <br /> <br /> <br />vhich at that time represented all seven'-States of the Colorado <br /> <br /> <br />River Basin, anc1 at all of the meetinGs at \Thich California <br /> <br />interests Here Hell represented, the contract to be executed <br /> <br />by the State of Arizonac,nd the Secretar,r of the Interior 'Ias <br /> <br /> <br />ap)roved by al:;' of the States of the Basin except,Cal1fornia, <br /> <br /> <br />Nevada aided Arizona in nesotiatin[; the,t contro.ct as (lic1 the <br /> <br /> <br />other States of the basin, anc1 Arizona helped Nevada neGotiate <br /> <br /> <br />l1i th the ~Jyroval of the other States the Nevada contract. <br /> <br /> <br />That contract is in evidence before y,-.u and is incorporated <br /> <br /> <br />in the hearings on S, 1175 at paGe 240, It "as siGned on <br /> <br /> <br />February 9, 1944; anc1 {,urine the same LlOnth it Has ratified by <br /> <br /> <br />the Legislature of the State of Arizona, The,Colorauo River <br /> <br /> <br />Compac t Has als 0 ratified by that Lee;is1ature, <br /> <br />The i;exican 1later Tree.ty <br /> <br />The ;;exican ~Jater Treaty uas ne::c'otio.tec~ <br /> <br />1""r <br />'J <br /> <br />the State <br /> <br />Depart:: ent 8m1 j;exic 0 aft er nl\~1erOUS conf erences 1Ti th the <br />Committees of 14 ~nd 16 representinc the seven States of the <br />Colorado River Basin; and it 'Jas si~ned February 3, 1944, The <br />