The general assembly hereby ratifies the compact between the state of Colorado and the state of Kansas designated as the Arkansas river compact signed in the city of Denver, state of Colorado, on the 14th day of December, A. D. 1948, by Henry C. Vidal, Gail L. Ireland, and Harry B. Mendenhall, commissioners for the state of Colorado, and George S. Knapp, Edward F. Arn, William E. Leavitt, and Roland H. Tate, commissioners for the state of Kansas, and approved by Hans Kramer, representative of the United States of America. Said compact is as follows:
Arkansas River Compact
The state of Colorado and the state of Kansas, parties signatory to this compact (hereinafter referred to as Colorado and Kansas, respectively, or individually as a state, or collectively as the states) having resolved to conclude a compact with respect to the waters of the Arkansas river, and being moved by considerations of interstate comity, having appointed commissioners as follows:
Henry C. Vidal, Gail L. Ireland, and Harry B. Mendenhall, for Colorado; and George S. Knapp, Edward F. Arn, William E. Leavitt, and Roland H. Tate, for Kansas; and the consent of the congress of the United States to negotiate and enter into an interstate compact not later than January 1, 1950, having been granted by Public Law 34, 79th Congress, 1st Session, and pursuant thereto the President having designated Hans Kramer as the representative of the United States, the said commissioners for Colorado and Kansas, after negotiations participated in by the representative of the United States, have agreed as follows: