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<br />;2. <br /> <br />In a general way the ideo. was that,ut o.nytime when the, <br />, <br /> <br />Ii <br /> <br />o.pproprio.tions in either bo.sin s~ould reaoh'ntotul ?f,7~pOO?OOO <br /> <br />.' .' ': '; Ll ' <br />acre feet, that then that basin Whiah had reached this sum c,ould <br />. .,- , .. i; . <br />, . .' , , <br />ask f9,r, ,p...c.onf.erence"and that at tha.t .momeritan equation of rights <br />" I','" . ., <br /> <br />should take place and the conferenoe should determine D. :t:urther . <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />. ,'" <br /> <br />Suggest.i'on' wD.smade -that +F 'wi thin <br /><.,': <br /> <br />equitable division of the water. <br /> <br />some stated period'the conference was not p.ble to. come. to ao, <br />'.'-, ',')', <br /> <br />agreement as to an equitable division, then someone on behulf of <br />a group of that particular basin should have, the ,right to go~o <br />the courts for a determination of an equitable division, under the <br />terms of the compact. I think that was approximately th\'ldiscusllion; <br />wasn't it Mr. Norviell, <br /> <br />MR. NbRVIEL: Yestel'dtiy afternoon? <br /> <br />CHAIRMAN HOOVER: Yes, last evening. ' <br /> <br />MR. NORVIEL: Yes, IJ;hink that approaches it. ; <br /> <br />CHAIRMAN HOOVER:, And my suggestion is that we shou.ld endeavor <br /> <br />to get down on paper what the o.otuul construction of cluuse (a) <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />, ,'.. , 1 . <br />would be under such circumstances and what alterations are involved <br />, ..' <br /> <br />at any other point; <br /> <br />MR. NORVIEL: ,I w,ould like to see it in print. <br /> <br />CllAIRMAN HOOVER: This is an artiole I dictated last evening <br /> <br />sort of embracing what 'was in my mind and it is the one I submitted <br /> <br />to the southern group. It reads liThe wat'er of the Colorado Rivel:-' <br /> <br />System mo.y be appropriated throughout the Co~orado River Busin <br /> <br />I' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, , <br />. . . .. I <br />without restriction until o.pp,ropriations 1n either the Upper <br />Basin or the Lower Basin shall reach 7,500,000 acre feet per annum <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />including present initiated rights. In that event a notice pro- <br /> <br />viding for a new apportionment may be issued under Article IV. If, <br />