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. 113. The law or each state shall govern appropriat- ions made therein only insofar as the same shall not be in- consistent with any or the provisions of this compact. IINinth. Appropriations made from theOolorado River after the expiration of said period of time, or. if said period of time be extended by agreement of the parties hereto, then after the termination of such exterision, shall be made in accordance with the limitations of Section Eight hereof, except that any and all such appropriations l{ithout regard to the particular use for which they may be made, shall be inferior in right and servient to any and. an appropriations made prior to and during said period of t:i.ine and any extension thereof ag~ed to as hereinbefore provided. II~. In times of scarcity due to prolonged or unusual drought within the basin.each state shall be entitled, as a matter of right, to have an eqUitable apportionment made of the available waters based on appropriations as herein de- fined, to the end that appropriators ~1ithin said state shall re- ceive a fair, just and eqUitable proportion of said waters in accordance with the limitations and provisions of this compact. ,. IIIn any sUit for the enforcement of the foregoing provision the court shall have power to grant such relief and adopt such remedy as may in its discretion be deemed necessary or proper.. . .. IIEleventh. i'Jhenever any dam and other incidental works shall be constructed on the Colorado River in whole or in part within any state for the generation of hydro-electric power, by virtue of ownership being vested in the United States, shall be exempt from taxation, said state shall be entitled to an allocation or allotment of free power generated or made possible by such works, of commercial value equal to and in lieu of the revenue such state would receive if such dam and incidental lwrks. were taxable by the state. .. .. IITwelfth. \.Jhenever in any state any dam and incidental works for the generation of hydro-electric power, primarily or as a by-product, are constructed under license, permit or franchise granted by such state. said state ~ay reserve in any such license, permit or franchise, and whether such reservation be made or not the State shall have'the right to take over, maintain and operate any such dam and incidental ~TOrks as may be provided in said license, permit or franchise, upon the condition that it shall pay to the licensee, permittee, or holder of said franchise the fair value of the property taken, and if all the property constructed or created under such license, permit or franchise be not taken, such property being dependent on the license, permit or franchise for its value, then it shall pay .. llth-S.F. 7 15 1.