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<br />DRAJPT 0]' pRQrOSED COlilPAllT BET\IEEll WE <br />UNITED STAT:rnS OF AliIERICA MID TIDl STATES <br />OF ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, COLOHADO, Nl'iVADA. <br />NEW MEXIOO, UTAH AND WYOMING, RffiLATH1G TO <br />THE USE AriD DI STRIllUTION OF THE WATilllS OF <br />..THE COLORADO llIVU,'R MID ITS THIBUTARUlS, <br />SUBIHTTED BY mCRARD E, SWAN. OF rllOENllt, <br />ARIZONA. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, by au. thori ty of the Oongress Of the <br />United States and of the Leg1slatu.res of each at. thi'l states <br />of Arizom,Californi!l, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexioo, vtah <br />ana Wy$ml.ng, a joint h:\gh oonmiaaion oomposed of a repre~ <br />sentative of the UIUte(l. states of Amerioa and of eaoh of <br />, <br /> <br />said states haa beoo auly appointed to negotiate and enter <br />into a Compaot res:pe oting the fU tu.re utiJ.ization and dispo.- <br />sition o;f the waters of the Colorado Hive:r and its tributaries <br />to the end that the rights of the United Ste tes and of eaoh <br />of said Su-tell inte:r seSe with respeot to silid waters mli\V bll <br />.fixed 'and determined ana the proper and :l1,ll development of <br />the vast region inoluded wifuin the Colol'iildO River llaainbe <br />advanoed thereby, snd <br />WHEREAS, subjeot'to ratifioation an!!. aPl'l'ovsl b;V <br />the United states and by the j,egielatul:'li1 of each of said states <br />the terma of i!Iloh Comp"ot have been agreed upon by said OOllllllisa~ <br />ion aa follol'/ll: <br /> <br />ARTICLE I. <br /> <br />It is mu:tl:tally ag:reell b;V and between the United <br />States of Amerios and the Statea of Arizona, Califorma, Colo~ <br />r!Ldo. Nevsda, New Mexioo. Utah and ltyOmine; tba t as re8Jl6ots <br />the use and diatribu.tion at 'the waters of the Colorado River <br />