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<br />16. The Secretary of the Interior shall at any time have the option to
<br />obtain or require the transfer to the United States of any and all riehts
<br />initiated or acquired by the appropriation or use of >,,'ater through the vlorks
<br />of the project in Eastern Colorado, except vested rights to present appropria-
<br />tions; provided, however, that the title so taken shall be subject to a bene-
<br />ficial use of such water as may be provided in the payment contract or contracts.
<br />The rights to store water in Aspen Reservoir under the applicable laws of the
<br />State of Colorado shall be initiated and acquired by and held in the name of the
<br />'lnited States pursuant to those laws.
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<br />17. To assure project operation in conformity .nth the operating principles
<br />heretofore stated, to provide a means for the collection and interchange of in-
<br />formation, and to provide a method for the continued study of project operations
<br />to the end that, if the stated operating principles may be improved upon, re-
<br />commendations for chanees may be made to the contracting parties, a commission
<br />shall be created in an appropriate manner to be composed of one representative
<br />=-,~. _of _th,e~:<:as,tern__Colorado=Conser,vancy_'Distr_ict ,~,one-representatiy~'of- the~Colo-- c_ ,',
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<br />EXHIBIT B
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<br />PAi1AGiUlFHS OF THE OPSRhTII~G PRIi:CI?LG0 ,'THIGH HAVE
<br />BEE],) CHANGSD ffiOLi TiiOSC 'IIY';",jiD1G IN THE
<br />JUNE 16, 1950, DRAFT
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<br />words underlined)
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<br />Introductory Paragraph
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<br />In order to accomplish such purposes the project shall be operated by the
<br />United States in compliance with the Federal reclamation laws, the laws of the
<br />State of Colorado relating to the appropriation, use, or distribution of water,
<br />and the follo\Ving operatingrrinciples: - - - -
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<br />Paragraph 1 (e)
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<br />(e) "Aspen !teservoir" means not only the reservoir presently planned for
<br />construction near the tovm of Aspen as part of the project but also~ unless ~
<br />context requires othe~1ise, any other reservoir that may be const~lc"ed in
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