SECTIONS 175-176 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 175-176

175. The interstate compact executed between the States of Arizona
and California, as set forth in Section 176 of this chapter, fixing
the location of the boundary line between the two states 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, is hereby ratified and
approved.

176. The provisions of the interstate compact between the States of
Arizona and California referred to in Section 175 are as follows:
INTERSTATE COMPACT DEFINING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE STATES OF
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.
Article II. Description.
The boundary between the States of Arizona and California on the
Colorado River 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 of Boundary Between Arizona and
California
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 midway
face-to-face of abutments of the A.T.&S.F. Railway Bridge at Topock,
Arizona; thence on a straight line downstream to
Point No. 4, which lies in the Colorado River vertically below the
centerline of U.S. Highway 66 at a point where said centerline
intersects the center of the center pier of the highway bridge;
thence on a straight line to
Point No. 5, which lies in the Colorado River vertically below the
center of the span of the gas line bridge owned by the El Paso
Natural Gas Co. and the Pacific Gas and Electric Co., crossing the
Colorado River at Topock, Arizona; thence downstream in a southerly
direction through Havasu Lake along a line midway between the right
and left shore lines of said lake as they exist at mean operating
level (elevation 448.00 above Mean Sea Level), as controlled at
Parker Dam to
Point No. 6, which is the center of the overflow section of Parker
Dam across the Colorado River; thence downstream midway between the
shore lines on the right and left banks of the Colorado River to
Point No. 7, which lies in the center of the Colorado River
approximately 2,050 feet upstream from the earthfill of Headgate Rock
Dam; thence on a straight line to
Point No. 8, which is the center of the earthfill of Headgate Rock
Dam; thence on a straight line to
Point No. 9, which lies on the centerline of the river
approximately 3,625 feet westerly from Point No. 8; thence on a
straight line to
Point No. 10, which lies in the center of the Colorado River at a
point where the parallel of 34 10