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Decree SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _________________

No. 8, Orig. _________________

STATE OF ARIZONA, COMPLAINANT v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al.

ON BILL OF COMPLAINT

[October 10, 2000]

The Special Master has submitted a proposed supple- mental decree in this case to carry the parties' accords into effect. The proposed decree was reproduced as an ap- pendix to the Court's opinion dated June 19, 2000, and any objections were called for. No objections were filed with the Clerk. Accordingly, the proposed supplemental decree with respect to the Fort Mojave and Colorado River Reservations is approved and entered.

SUPPLEMENTAL DECREE It is ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED: A. Paragraph (4) of Article II(D) of the Decree in this case entered on March 9, 1964 (376 U. S. 340, 344345) is hereby amended to read as follows: (4) The Colorado River Indian Reservation in annual quantities not to exceed (i) 719,248 acre-feet of diver- sions from the mainstream or (ii) the quantity of mainstream water necessary to supply the consump- tive use required for irrigation of 107,903 acres and for the satisfaction of related uses, whichever of (i) or (ii) is less, with priority dates of March 3, 1865, for lands reserved by the Act of March 3, 1865 (13 Stat.

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541, 559); November 22, 1873, for lands reserved by the Executive Order of said date; November 16, 1874, for lands reserved by the Executive Order of said date, except as later modified; May 15, 1876, for lands re- served by the Executive Order of said date; November 22, 1915, for lands reserved by the Executive Order of said date.

B. Paragraph (5) of Article II(D) of the Decree in this case entered on March 9, 1964 (376 U. S. 340, 345) and supplemented on April 16, 1984 (466 U. S. 144, 145) is hereby amended to read as follows: (5) The Fort Mojave Indian Reservation in annual quantities not to exceed (i) 132,789 acre-feet of diver- sions from the mainstream or (ii) the quantity of mainstream water necessary to supply the consump- tive use required for irrigation of 20,544 acres and for the satisfaction of related uses, whichever of (i) or (ii) is less, with priority dates of September 19, 1890, for lands transferred by the Executive Order of said date; February 2, 1911, for lands reserved by the Executive Order of said date.

C. Paragraph (5) of the introductory conditions to the Supplemental Decree in this case entered on January 9, 1979 (439 U. S. 419, 421423) is hereby amended by add- ing the following exception at the end of the concluding proviso in the first sentence of that paragraph: "except for the western boundaries of the Fort Mojave and Colorado River Indian Reservations in California."

D. Paragraph II(A)(24) of the Decree of January 9, 1979 (439 U. S. 419, 428) is hereby amended to read as follows: 24) Colorado River Indian Reservation 10,745 1,612 Nov. 22, 1873 40,241 6,037 Nov. 16, 1874 5,860 879 May 15, 1876

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E. Paragraph II(A)(25) of the Decree of January 9, 1979 (439 U. S. 419, 428) is hereby amended to read as follows: 25) Fort Mojave Indian Reservation 16,720 2,587 Sept. 18, 1890

F. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Decree entered on March 9, 1964, and the Supplemental Decrees entered on January 9, 1979, and April 16, 1984, shall remain in full force and effect.

G. The Court shall retain jurisdiction herein to order such further proceedings and enter such supplemental decree as may be deemed appropriate.