Transcripts of the Arkansas River Compact Commissions 01/22,23/1947

• Description: Seventh Meeting of the Arkansas River Compact Commissions01/22,23/1947 Topeka, Kansas
• State: KS
• Author: Commissioners
• Title: Seventh Meeting of the Arkansas River Compact Commissions01/22,23/1947 Topeka, Kansas
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Meeting

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obligation on the part of the United States, its
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agencies or instrumentalities, by reason of the
acquisition, construction, or operation of any prop Z
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erty or works of whatsoever kind, to make any pay..
ments to any State or political subdivision thereof, <
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state agency, municipality, or entity whatsoever in
reimbursement for the loss of taxes;
( c) To subject any property of the United States, its
agencies or instrumentalities, to the laws of any State
to any extent other than the extent these laws would
apply without regard to this compact. '
Article XI, the paramountcy clause, reads as follows:
"This compact shall become operative when ratified by
the Legislature of each of the States, and when consented
to by the Congress of the United States by legislation pro-
viding, among other things that:
(a) Any beneficial consumptive uses by the United States,
or those acting by or under its authority, within a
state, of the waters allocated by this compact, shall
be made within the allocations hereinabove made for
use in that State and shall be taken into account in
determining the extent of use within that state:
(b) The United States, or those acting under its authority,
will recognize any established use, present or future,
of the waters allocated by this compact, valid under