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<br />210 <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />ilr:;roed to yostorday. <br /> <br />MR. EHERSON: "Provided the" or "provided that"? <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />MR. STETTON: "'Provided the". Have you "the" in tho notes? <br />1m. SCRUGfI..I\M: Mr. McKisick had anothor form. <br />MR. HOOVER: Yes, Mr. Mcl{isick draftod that clause over. <br />MR. SCRUGlL\.J.l: Olause lIalf? <br /> <br />MR. HOOVER: II a" II Inasmuch as the Oolorado River has coasod to be <br /> <br /> <br />navigable in fact, it is hereby agreed that (as between the signatory <br /> <br /> <br />states) the use of its waters fer purposes of navigatien shall be sub- <br /> <br /> <br />servient te the uses and necessary consumption ef such water for agricultural <br /> <br /> <br />and demestic purposes. In the event the Oongress of the United States ef <br /> <br /> <br />America shan withhold its approval from this paragraph, such actien shall <br /> <br /> <br />not affect any of tho remaining provisions of this oompact.1I <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />]!:m. SOnUGlL\M: I think that is alright. <br /> <br /> <br />JUDGE SLO,\N: He left out "poner" in that one. <br /> <br /> <br />I,m. c"\np~1,TER: That embodies, -:- the thought is embodied, - tho reasons <br /> <br /> <br />for a specific clause in the compact. Now, if that be true, then the <br /> <br /> <br />greater reason j.s tho fact that should they atter.lpt to maintain a <br /> <br /> <br />navigable river, and rrould attempt to destroy the rest of the river for <br /> <br /> <br />any other purposes. <br /> <br /> <br />MH. NORVIEL: If large dams were made and the river stabilized in <br /> <br /> <br />flow, it would benofit navigation. <br /> <br /> <br />MR. DAVIS: The parenthesis around the Hords lias between the signatory <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />statesll, - those parenthesis are mine, on this theory: it seomed to me if <br /> <br /> <br />we .lOre oxpressly providing t.hat the cla~se only bocomes effective .rhen <br /> <br /> <br />approvod by Oongress, that Vie would not need to limit the naviGation <br /> <br /> <br />betneen states, but if VlO make it dependent upen approval by 'Congress we <br /> <br /> <br />should make it as broad as possible, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.. <br />