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<br />11'4 <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />MR.. HOOVER: Any other cemment. The paragraph now stands: "Present <br /> <br />perfeeted rights to the beneficial use of the waters ef the Colerade River <br /> <br />fI <br /> <br />System shall constitute the first charge upen the waters hereby apportiened <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />to that division of the basin in which they are situated. All uses whieh <br /> <br />may be porfected subsequent te the effective d~te of this cempact shall be <br /> <br />satisfied exclusively frem the remaining water hereby appbrtiened te .that <br /> <br />d~vision ef the basin vrt1erein they may be si~uate, and shall have no claim <br /> <br /> <br />upon any part ef the water appertienod te the other division of tho basin. <br /> <br />I'menever worJes of capacity sufficient to store .5,000,000 acre feet of. <br /> <br />. . <br />water have been constructed on the Colorado River within or for tho beneflt <br /> <br />of the lovler basin, arry rights which tho users of water in tho lower hasin <br /> <br />may have against the users of water in the upper basin shall be satisfied <br /> <br />thereafter from the waters so stored. <br /> <br />Nothing in this compact shall be construef'l to prevent or limit any <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />SGate from instituting or maintaining any aehon er preceeding, legal or <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />equitable, for the proteetion of any right under this compact OJ:' the <br /> <br />enfercement of arry ef its'previsiens." <br /> <br />MR. MC CLUR.Et I move we adopted it. <br />MR. J1llERSON: Seconded. <br /> <br />MR. HOOVER: 1,11 those in favor say.\ye. Accepted. <br /> <br />MR. DAVIS: I still objoct most strenuously to the last clause of <br /> <br />2nd sentence. - No, r thin]' the first two ser).tences are alrir,ht, and <br /> <br /> <br />the third sentence I object te in principle and I think it ;Ls extremely <br /> <br />unwise in pelicy. If this was a matter of majority vete, I would vete no, , <br /> <br />but I don't care to tie up the entire compact, and I therefore vote Yes, <br /> <br />but at tho same time expressinr, my decided opposition te it, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />llR. HOOVER: You would strike eut the wh91e ?f the second sentence? <br /> <br />MR. DAVIS: Inasmuch as I am alone in thittepinien, I am vlining to <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />. <',' ,t <br />