1. For the purpose of aiding the Truckee-Carson reclamation project carried out by the Reclamation Service of the United States of America, under the Act of Congress approved June 17, 1902 (c. 1093, 32 Stat. 388), known as the Reclamation Act, and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, consent is hereby given to the use by the United States of America of Lake Tahoe, situated partly in the State of California and partly in the State of Nevada, and the waters, bed, shores and capability of use for reservoir purposes thereof, in such manner and to such extent as the United States of America through its lawful agencies shall think proper for such purpose, and as fully as the State of Nevada could use the same.
2. The consent hereby given is without prejudice to any existing rights that persons or corporations may have in Lake Tahoe or the Truckee River.
[1:48:1913; 1919 RL p. 3306; NCL § 8239]