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<br />I <br />/1 <br /> <br />-,~ 1 <br />:.1 <br />d <br /> <br />;~~ <br /> <br />~:~J <br />,..,.~ <br /> <br />F~] <br /> <br />"3 <br /> <br />,:;.] <br />,.-..~ <br />~~1 <br /> <br />t~~ <br />tJ <br /> <br />('$ <br /> <br /> <br />~~", , <br /> <br />~' - <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />..' <br /> <br />o <br />~ <br />CT.l <br />ex> <br />..... <br /> <br />,; <br />" , <br /> <br />Page 25 <br /> <br />the rights of appropriators of waters of the Arkansas river in said <br />state as decreed to said appropriators by the court$ of Colorado, <br />nor as interfering with the distribution among said appropriators <br />by Colorado, nor as curtailing the diversion and use for irrigation <br />and other beneficial purposes in Colorado of the waters of the <br />Arkansas river. <br /> <br />B. Inasmuch as the Frontier canal diverts waters of the Arkansas <br />river in Colorado west of the state line for irrigation uses in <br />Kansas only, Colorado concedes to Kansas and Kansas hereby assumes <br />exclusive administrative control over the operation of the- Frontier <br />canal and its headworks for such purposes, to the same extent as <br />though said works were located entirely within the state of Kansas. <br />Water carried across the state line in Frontier canal or any other <br />similarly situated canal shall be considered to be part of the state <br />1 ine flow. <br /> <br />ARTICLE VII <br /> <br />A. Each state shall be subject to the terms of this compact. <br />Where the name of the state or the term Ustate" is used in this compact <br />these shall be construed to include any person or entity of any <br />nature whatsoever using, claiming or in any manner asserting any <br />right to the use of the waters of the Arkansas river under the <br />authority of that state. <br /> <br />B. This compact establishes no general principle or precedent <br />with respect to any other interstate stream. <br /> <br />C. Wherever any state or fede.ral official agency is referred <br />to in this compact such reference shall apply to the comparable <br />official or agency succeeding to their duties and functions. <br /> <br />ARTICLE VIII <br /> <br />A. to administer the provisions of this compact there is hereby <br />created an interstate agency to be known as the Arkansas river compact <br />administration herein designated as "the administration", <br /> <br />B. The administration shall have power to: <br /> <br />(1) Adopt, amend and revoke by-laws, rules and regulations <br />consistent with the provisi"ons of this compact; <br /> <br />(2) Prescribe procedures for the administration of this <br />compact: Provided, that where such procedures involve the operation <br />of John Martin reservoir project they shall be SUbject to the <br />approval of the district eng1n~er in Charge of said project; <br /> <br />(3) Perform all functions required to implement this <br />compact and to do all things necessary, proper or convenient in the <br />perfonnance of its duties. . <br /> <br />C. The membership of the administration shall consist of three <br />representatives from each state who shall be appointed by the"res- <br />pective governors for a term not to exceed four years. One Colorado <br />representative shall be a resident of and water right owner in <br />water district 14 or 17 . one Colorado representative shall be a <br /> <br />" <br />" ,,".,:: :~,:.i:',:~.;; .~ <br /> <br />,'.. <br /> <br />. .;.. > '\ .~ <br /> <br />'.;""'" '-'~ ""~' :..... <br /> <br />... ~ .' . ., ", ',' .' .(, \.' . '.';;~'., <br />