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<br />270 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />sufficient to store 5,000,000 acre feot of ~ater havo boen constructed on <br /> <br />the maiD Colorado River vd.thin or for tho benefit of the lOrioI' Division." <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />MR. EHERSON: I have prepared a draft here: <br /> <br />"Present porfected riGhts to the beneficial use of tho Haters of tho <br /> <br />Colorado River System shall bo unimpaired by thi.s eompC\ct. rihenever tjle <br /> <br />storage of Ylater by tho construction of a reservoir OJ:' resorvoirs to a <br /> <br />capacity of 5,0()0,000 acre foct shall have b88n provided on tho mQirl Colorado <br /> <br />Rivor within or for the benofit of the Lovl8r Basin, then any claim of <br /> <br />rights by appropriators or 11atcr in the LOTter BD.:~;in <br /> <br />. + <br />ag2lDs v <br /> <br />appropriators <br /> <br />of "fateI' in tho Uppor Basin shall ceaso. The "raters stor8d as provided in <br /> <br />this paragraph shall be a char gO. agD-inst tho apportionment of YlD.ter to the <br /> <br />Lower Basin as set forth in Article III of this compact," <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Draft No, 12 was then presented by Mr. Hoover: <br /> <br />"The rights at present enjoyod in the beneficial uso of tho "rators. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />from the Colorado River Systom shall not bo affocted by this compact, but <br /> <br />vrhon rosorvoirs of a capacity sufficient to storo 5,000,000 D-Cl'C feet of <br /> <br />"rater hD-ve been constructod on the main Colol'D-do River nithin or for the <br /> <br />benofit of the Lower Basin, then any claims. by users in tho Lower Basin <br /> <br />against users of water in the Upper Basin sha11 bo satisfied from tho ' <br /> <br />water so stored and from tho D-pportionment .set out in paragraphs (a) and <br /> <br />(b) in Article III." <br /> <br />},~r" Hamele submitted Draft No" 14, vrhich. is as follows: <br /> <br />II (a) Presont perfoctod riGhts to the bOl1cf:i.cial use of the lTators of <br /> <br />the Colorado River System shall not bo affected by this compact except as <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />provided by paragraph (b). <br /> <br />(b) Whenever the storago of vrater by the construction of arcservcir <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />or r8servoirs to a capacity of 5,000,000 acro feet shall have been provided <br /> <br />on the main Colorado River vrithin or for tho bcnefit of tho Lowcr Basin, <br />