Closed Basin Division, San Luis Valley Project, Colorado: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources ..., 92-2, on S. 520, June 26, 19721972 - 115 pages |
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Page 30 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 36 - States and to the President of the United States, and the President of the United States is requested to give notice to the Governors of the signatory States of approval by the Congress of the United States.
Page 30 - Texas, and also declares fully settled and disposed of, and hereby waives, all claims heretofore asserted or existing, or that may hereafter arise, or be asserted, against the United States on account of any damages alleged to have been sustained by the owners of land in Mexico, by reason of the diversion by citizens of the United States of waters of the Rio Grande.
Page 36 - IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Commissioners have signed this compact in a single original, which shall be deposited in the archives of the Department of State of the United States of America and of which a duly certified copy shall be forwarded to the Governor of each of the signatory States.
Page 30 - Now, therefore, be it known that I, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, have caused the said...
Page 28 - January, one thousand nine hundred and nine, the original of which Treaty is word for word as follows: The United States of America and His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of.
Page 29 - The United States of America and the United States of Mexico being desirous to provide for the equitable distribution of the waters of the Rio Grande for irrigation purposes, and to remove all causes of controversy between them in respect thereto, and being moved by considerations of international comity, have resolved to conclude a convention for these purposes...
Page 35 - During the month of January of any year the Commissioner for Texas may demand of Colorado and New Mexico, and the Commissioner for New Mexico may demand of Colorado, the release of water from storage reservoirs constructed after 1929 to the amount of the accrued debits of Colorado and New Mexico, respectively, and such releases shall be made by each at the greatest rate practicable under the conditions then prevailing, and in proportion to the total debit of each, and in amounts, limited by their...
Page 30 - In witness whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the convention both in the English and Spanish languages and have thereunto affixed their seals. Done in duplicate at the city of Washington, this twenty-first day cf May, one thousand nine hundred and six. ELIHU ROOT. [SEAL.] JOAQUIN D. CASASUS.
Page 29 - In the event of extraordinary drought or serious accident to the irrigation system in the United States, thereby making it difficult for the United States to deliver the guaranteed quantity of...