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. :~) N ol::lo ~"J CJ1 . 13. foot quantities based upon historic uses. I !mo.: of no la,;, no,;ever, ,;hich ..ould permit the ","t8r offi- cials to edminister ..~ter to Colorado ditches, except in cubic feet Der second, and in accord~nce "ith ti1eir decreed priorities. A daily dis- tribution of the ~ater to the v~rious ditches ~pcn an Bcre foot basis, therefore, probably could be ~de only v;ith the consent of the several ditches. P~other serious question which e.rose early in the year, we.s that of the right of ditches above the reservoir to divert under their priorities which are junior to the senior priorities below the res~rvoir, except th=.t such diversions be charged to Colorado I s share of "surplus" waters under the Stipulation. Since it had been agreed th9.t the storage t:len in Caddoa reser- voir could not be cO!1sidered as "Surplus" '\."ater, the only other alternc.- tive "as to c~~rge diversions qy junior ~rioritieE above the reEervoir, to Colcrado I s stare of E.r~tici ":Icted "Sur~l ~n, Eno., lii.:8r.is€, to chare;-8 to K~nsaf.,during the irrigation psriod, amounts of ~ater delivered in exceES of the relative ~roportions of 5~,OOO ~DQ 117,900 acre feet. With respect to benefits to be received by ditches diverting above CaddoB ~eservoir, the StipUlation provides th&t diversions qy such ditches day be made only throu~h exchanges of "'at~r betceen tte Colorado ditcnes ~hose headgetes ~re below s~id reservoir, 2nd those "ho~e head- gE-tes are above such reservoir, and s~lell be cO!1fiIied p.no limited. to, and. -.- -- -- - - 8Ut~,olieci -from, Colorado's -?ortion -of-- thE; IlEUFpl:uS '1. ~at ers -stored-in- -sE.,.id-