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From the North Fork of the Republican River in Nebraska, the main stem of the <br />Republican River between the junction of the North Fork and Arikaree River and the <br />lowest crossing of the river at the Nebraska -Kansas state line, from the small tributaries <br />thereof, and from water supplies of upstream basins otherwise unallocated herein, <br />132,000 acre-feet. <br />The use of the waters hereinabove allocated shall be subject to the laws of the state, <br />for use in which the allocations are made. <br />Article V <br />The judgment and all provisions thereof in the case of Adelbert A. Weiland, as state <br />engineer of Colorado, et al. v. The Pioneer Irrigation Company, decided June 5, 1922, <br />and reported in 259 U. S. 498, affecting the Pioneer irrigation ditch or canal, are hereby <br />recognized as binding upon the states; and Colorado, through its duly authorized officials, <br />shall have the perpetual and exclusive right to control and regulate diversions of water at <br />all times by said canal in conformity with said judgment. <br />The water heretofore adjudicated to said Pioneer Canal by the district court of <br />Colorado, in the amount of fifty (50) cubic feet per second of time is included in and is a <br />part of the total amounts of water hereinbefore allocated for beneficial consumptive use <br />in Colorado and Nebraska. <br />Article VI <br />The right of any person, entity, or lower state to construct, or participate in the future <br />construction and use of any storage reservoir or diversion works in an upper state for the <br />purpose of regulating water herein allocated for beneficial consumptive use in such lower <br />state, shall never be denied by an upper state; provided, that such right is subject to the <br />rights of the upper state. <br />Article VII <br />Any person, entity, or lower state shall have the right to acquire necessary property <br />rights in an upper state by purchase, or through the exercise of the power of eminent <br />domain, for the construction, operation and maintenance of storage reservoirs, and of <br />appurtenant works, canals and conduits, required for the enjoyment of the privileges <br />granted by Article VI; provided, however, that the grantees of such rights shall pay to the <br />political subdivisions of the state in which such works are located, each and every year <br />during which such rights are enjoyed for such purposes, a sum of money equivalent to the <br />average annual amount of taxes assessed against the lands and improvements during the <br />ten years preceding the use of such lands, in reimbursement for the loss of taxes to said <br />political subdivisions of the state. <br />Article VIII <br />