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PUBLIC LAW 89-531-AUG. 11, 1966
[80 STAT.
Public Law 89-531 August 11, 1966 [s. 3249]
a^ifo°t!ia ^^ Vomp'^ct.
- ^ ACT T Q consent to the i n t e r s t a t e compact defining the boundary between the States of Arizona and California.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is given to the interstate compact defining the boundary between the States of Arizona and California, ratified by the State of Arizona in an act approved by the Governor of such State on April 2, 1963, and by the State of California in an act approved by the Governor of such State on June 11, 1963. Such compact reads as follows: "INTERSTATE COMPACT D E F I N I N G THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE STATES or ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA "ARTICLE I. PURPOSE.
"The boundary between the States of Arizona and California on the Colorado River has become indefinite and uncertain because of meanderings in the main channel of the Colorado River with the result that a state of confusion exists as to the true and correct location of the boundary, and the enforcement and administration of the laws of the two states and of the United States have been rendered difficult. "The purpose of this compact is to fix by reference to stations of longitude and latitude the location of the boundary line between Arizona and California on the Colorado River from the southern boundary of the state of Nevada to the point on the international boundary which is common to the boundaries of Arizona and California and the United Mexican States. u ARTICLE II.
DESCRIPTION.
"The boundary between the states of Arizona and California on the Colorado Rivel* from the point where the oblique boundary between California and Nevada intersects the thirty-fifth degree of north latitude, said point being common to the boundaries of the states of Arizona, California and Nevada, to the point on the international boundary which is common to the boundaries of Arizona, California and the United Mexican States, shall be in accordance with the following description in general terms of 34 points on the boundary: "GENERAL DESCRIPTION CALIFORNIA.—
OF
BOUNDARY
BETWEEN
ARIZONA
AND
"Point NO. 1. The intersection of the boundary line common to California and Nevada and the centerline of the channel of the Colorado River as constructed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, said point being common to the boundaries of Arizona, California, and Nevada, where the 35th degree of north latitude intersects the centerline of said channel; thence downstream along and with the centerline of said channel to the southerly end of said construction to "Point No. 2, which is located in the center of the channel of the Colorado River approximately one-half mile northerly from the A.T. & S.F. Railway Bridge at Topock; thence downstream on a straight line to "Point No. 3, which lies in the Colorado River vertically below the centerline of the A.T. & S.F. Railway tracks at a point mid-
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