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~ REPORT OF DELPH E. CARPENTER COMl\IISSIONER FOR COLORADO LA PLATA RIVER CaMP ACT. Hon. Oliver H. Shoup, Governor of Colorado, Capitol Building, Den vel'. . ~ In re La Plata River Compact. Sir: I have the honor to report that a compact was signed by Commissioners for the States of Colorado and New Mexico, at Santa Fe, November 27, 1922, providing for the equitable distribu- tion of the waters of the La Plata. River. The compact was exe. cuted by me as Commissioner for the State of Colorado, by your appointment, under authority of Chapter 2'44;, Session Laws of 1921, and by Honorable Stephen B. Davis, Jr., Commissioner for the State of New Mexico, acting by appointment by the Governor of New Mexico under authority of similar legislation. The compact was executed in duplicate originals, one of which has been deposited with the Secretary of State of each of the signatory States. It shall become operative when approved by the Legislatures of both States and by the Congress of the United States. I herewith transmit a copy of the compact. It provides in substance as follows:. By Artiele I, it is provided that two permanent stream-gaug- ing stations shall be maintained by Colorado upon the La Plata River at Hesperus, Colorado, and at the interstate line, respective- Iv. These stations are to be constructed and maintained for the purpose of measuring the flow of the river, and of making deliver- ies in conformity with the compad. Article II provides for apportionment of the waters of the river between the two States in the following manner: (1) Each State shall have the unrestricted right to the nse of all water which may flow within its boundaries between De- cember 1st and February 15th. (2') Between February 15th and December 1st of each year: (a) Colorado shall have the nnrestricted right to use all waters within its boundaries on each day when the mean flow at the interstate station is 100 cubic feet per second 01' more. . [ 3 ]