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<br />18 <br /> <br />O~1236 <br />ARKANSAS RIVER COMPACT <br /> <br />In 1936 Congress, pursuant to applications by the two States, enact.ed leg!sla:.. <br />tion authorizing the construction of what is generally known as the CaddoR <br />Reservoir project (now officially designnted as- the John Martin Reservoir proj- <br />ect), which involved the construction of a dam in the main channel of the river <br />some 58 miles west of the State line for :flood control and irrigation conservR,.. <br />tioD. The designed capacity is in round figures 281,000 acre-feet for flood con- <br />trol, and 402,000 acre-feet' for irrigation storage. This _ was constructed by the <br />Department of the-Army Corps of Engineers, and-began to operate to a limited <br />extent in 1948, and is now substantially finished. The expense was entirely at <br />the cost of the United States Government. <br />- A major consideration in the congressional legislation authorizing the. con- <br />. . stl'uction of the reservoir was the asserted intent by Oongress to facilitate final <br />settlement of the long pending 'interstate controversy. <br />Pursuant to implied direction of the last decision of the United States Supreme <br />Court and in order that both States might enjoy immediate advantage of the. <br />construction of John Martin Reservoir, preliminary plans for a compact ,were <br />initiated and in 1945 commissioners were appointed by the respective States; <br />namely, for Colorado, Hehry C. Vidal, Gail L. Ireland, Harry B. Mendenhall, <br />nnd Charles L. Patterson, and for Kansas, George S. Knapp, A. B. Mitchell, Wi!. <br />Ham E. Leavitt, and Roland H. Tate, and the United States Government, in ac- <br />eOl'dance with proper legislation, designated Brig. Gen. Hans -Kramer, United <br />States Army, retired, as the Federal representative on the interstate commiss-ion. <br />The resignation and SUbsequent departure from the State of .Mr. Patterson re- <br />sulted in the three remaining Oolorado commissioners being authorized to pro- <br />ceed to completion of the compact. In Kansas Mr. Mitchell -was succeeded by <br />Mr. Edward F. Am, and finally .after many meetings, from January 7, 1946 to <br />December 14, 1948, negotiations, correspondence, and statement of positions. by <br />the various Federal departments and agenCies interested, the attached compact <br />was signed with the approval o.f the United States representative affixed. <br />Since the partial completion of the John Martin Reservoir project, water has <br />been stored to a limited extent and diversions therefrom for the benefit of Colo- <br />rado. and Kansas have taken place under so~called executive interim agreements <br />between the Governors of the two States, all of which has been most helpful <br />to the commissioners in appraising the practical benefits of the reservoir. <br /> <br />ANALYSIS OF THE COMPACT <br /> <br />The abo.ve.mentioned executive interim agreements, which worlred out equi~ <br />tably in actual practice, established to a large degree the basic, provisio.ns of the <br />compact as finally signed. <br />The compact contains nine separate articles, each af which must' be considered <br />to have an understanding of the principles and purposes thereof." <br />The intraductory paragraph Dames the official personnel of the interstate com- <br />pact commission and recites the co.nsent of Congress to enter into an interstate <br />compact with respect to. the water~ o.f the Arkansas River. <br /> <br />ARTICLE I <br /> <br />This article Is a declarattion of intent, -first to settle disputes and remo.ve causes <br />fo.r future controversy, and second, to equitably divide and apportion between the <br />two. States such waters and their use as well as the benefits arising from John <br />Martin Reservoir. <br /> <br />ARTIOLE II <br /> <br />This article reco.gnizes (1) the physical and other conditions af the stream anc1 <br />its basin and the irrIgation developments therein, (2) the opinion of the United <br />States Supreme Court in.the cnse of -Oolorado ,v. Kansas (820 U. S. 888) concern~ <br />ing the relatiVe rights of the two- States, and (8) the experience derived from the <br />temporary executive interim agreements. <br /> <br />ARTIOLE m <br /> <br />This-article is made up entirely of definitions af terms appearing in the compact. <br />Attentian is particularly directed to paragraph "B therein, - Which excludes from <br />consideration and apportionment any waters - brought into the Arkansas River <br />Basin from any other river basin. <br /> <br />.""'. <br /> <br /> <br />1" ~ ~ <br />S '};",'C. 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