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<br />2. <br /> <br />ARTIC:SE L. <br /> <br />The states of Ari3ona. C~lifornia. Colorado, New <br />Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming mutually agree among <br />t~emselve8 an~ with esch other ana with the United <br />states of America that with respect to the use, dis- <br />tribution and utilization of the "aters of the Colorado <br />River and its tributaries. wheTs such use and distribution <br />within any state may affect tr.e use and distribution <br />made withi~ anot~er state, the following general prin- <br />ciples shall be :recognized and enforced as controlling <br />in all interstate controversies or disputes relatIng <br />thereto, any law or ci.lstom of any state to the contrary <br />notwithstanding. <br /> <br />~. For the purposes of this compact, the <br />Colorauo River basin is to be ree!l:r-~:::ld as embracing the <br />entire. wat9Tshed of the Cclo:rado'~F;;;:e~ and also the <br />Imperial a~d Coachella Valley~, 8LQ is to be considered <br />ae one economic uni t;. <br /> <br />Second... By the 'fIord H[lf'p.r.f)priation" as herein <br />used is meant a diversion of water from its natural <br />channel and its application to a beneficial use and the <br />creation thereby of legal rights to such diversion and <br />use, recognized and enforced gene~Bl1y in states where <br />irrigation is practised and wherl1 the Common Law Doctrine <br />of Riparian Rights is not in force; <br /> <br />By the phrase "priority of <br />appropriation" as herein used is meant tbat an <br />"earlier appropriation is in rigbt of aiversion <br />and use superior to a later appropriation; <br /> <br />By the phrase" pari ty of right" as <br />herein used is m9ant that as between appro- <br />priations equ61ity of right of diversion and <br />use shall prevail unaffected by any priority <br />arising from time or place of diversion and <br />use; <br /> <br />Third. The Common Law Doctrine of Riparian <br />Rights shall not apply or be enforced within the Basin, <br />