Regulating the Colorado River: Hearings Before the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, House of Representatives, Seventieth Congress, First Session, on H. R. 5770 |
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... Colorado Basin , for the approval of the Colorado River compact , and for other purposes . Mr. DAVENPORT . May I ask , Mr. Chairman , that my bill be placed in the record as an auxiliary , so that we may talk about it to - day ? The ...
... Colorado Basin , for the approval of the Colorado River compact , and for other purposes . Mr. DAVENPORT . May I ask , Mr. Chairman , that my bill be placed in the record as an auxiliary , so that we may talk about it to - day ? The ...
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... Colorado River system agreed upon in Article III of the Colorado River compact made at Santa Fe , New Mexico , on the 24th day of November , 1922 , especially sub- divisions ( a ) to ( f ) , inclusive , of said Article III , as follows ...
... Colorado River system agreed upon in Article III of the Colorado River compact made at Santa Fe , New Mexico , on the 24th day of November , 1922 , especially sub- divisions ( a ) to ( f ) , inclusive , of said Article III , as follows ...
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... compact . ( e ) The States of the upper division shall not withhold water , and the States of the lower division shall not require the delivery of water which can not reasonably be applied to domestic and agricultural uses . ( f ) ...
... compact . ( e ) The States of the upper division shall not withhold water , and the States of the lower division shall not require the delivery of water which can not reasonably be applied to domestic and agricultural uses . ( f ) ...
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... compact between the two States by which there was to be created a port district and I recommended that the States create a new public corporation to be known as the Port Authority of New York to function in that district . I recom ...
... compact between the two States by which there was to be created a port district and I recommended that the States create a new public corporation to be known as the Port Authority of New York to function in that district . I recom ...
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... compact ? Mr. COHEN . The State compact says , putting it in rough language , that the States of New York and New Jersey have a job to do . They say they will develop this port and they will use all the power they have , except by State ...
... compact ? Mr. COHEN . The State compact says , putting it in rough language , that the States of New York and New Jersey have a job to do . They say they will develop this port and they will use all the power they have , except by State ...
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Page 8 - political subdivisions" as used in this Act shall be understood to include any State, irrigation or other district, municipality, or other governmental organization. "Reclamation law" as used in this Act shall be understood to mean that certain Act of the Congress of the United States approved June 17, 1902, entitled "An Act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public land in certain States and Territories to the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands...
Page 2 - River compact hereinafter mentioned, is hereby authorized to construct, operate, and maintain a dam and incidental works in the main stream of the Colorado River at Black Canyon or Boulder Canyon adequate to create a storage reservoir of a capacity of not less than twenty million acre-feet of water...
Page 46 - Inasmuch as the Colorado River has ceased to be navigable for commerce and the reservation of its waters for navigation would seriously limit the development of its Basin, the use of its waters for purposes of navigation shall be subservient to the uses of such water for domestic, agricultural, and power purposes.
Page 8 - Interior is authorized to enter into contract or contracts with the said district or other districts, persons, or agencies- for the construction, in accordance with this Act, of said canal and appurtenant structures, and also for the operation and maintenance thereof, with the consent of the other users.
Page 7 - Thereafter, at the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, such lands shall be opened for entry, in tracts varying in size but not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with the provisions of the reclamation law, and any such...
Page 8 - That nothing in this Act shall be construed as modifying in any manner the existing contract, dated October 23, 1918, between the United States and the Imperial Irrigation District...
Page 7 - That all persons who hav.e served in the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps during the war with Germany, the war with Spain, or in the suppression of the insurrection...
Page 6 - If, as a matter of international comity, the United States of America shall hereafter recognize in the United States of Mexico...
Page 6 - The States of the Upper Division will not cause the flow of the river at Lee Ferry to be depleted below an aggregate of 75,000,000 acre-feet for any period of ten consecutive years reckoned in continuing progressive series beginning with the first day of October next succeeding the ratification of this compact.
Page 3 - The holder of any contract for electrical energy not in default thereunder shall be entitled to a renewal thereof upon such terms and conditions as may be authorized or required under the then existing laws and regulations, unless the property of such holder dependent for its usefulness on a continuation of the contract be purchased or acquired and such holder be compensated for damages to its property ' used and useful in the transmission...