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<br />-13... <br /> <br />will be available for distribution to various groups and individuals in the <br />State, vmo may have use of the information contained in the library. <br />Arrangements have also been made with the State Library to continue the <br />cataloging of library materials vmich accumulate from time to time, and for <br />an interchange between the ~IO libraries of information on water subjects. <br />It has been the policy of the Director to collect and preserve in permanent <br />form important reports, documents, legislation, engineering and legal infor- <br />mation, compact materials, papers, pamphlets and books which concern the <br />State's water resources and related subjects. This library also contains a <br />valuable, up-to-date set of the Water Supply Papers of the United States <br />Geological Survey. <br /> <br />lVhen the Board began to function in 1937, it was found that many <br />important documents relating to water resources were not available. An effort <br />has been made to correct that situation. The Board has now one of the most <br />valuable libraries on the subject of water resources, particularly with re- <br />spect to materials which have accumulated since 1931, in the West. .Iater <br />officials of other states who have had occasion to look over the Board's <br />library have requested a list of the material therein, with the expectation <br />of building up a similar library for their respective states. <br /> <br />18. Upper Colorado River Compact Record. The compilation of the <br />Upper Colorado River Basin Compact record has been completed and is now being <br />distributed. The preparation of this record was financed by the Five signa- <br />tory states. It consists of three bound volumes. This reproduction and <br />binding of a compact record is prompted by experience with respect to the <br />Colorado River Compact of 1922. That portion of the record of the Colorado <br />River negotiation commission which concerns matters now in controversy has <br />been lost and is not available to any state. It is believed that if this re- <br />cord were available, it "fould go far to'llard solving the heated dispute over <br />water which now exists between Arizona and California. <br /> <br />The preparation of the record of the proceedings in the negotiation <br />of the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact has been handled by the Colorado <br />1ater Conservation Board. Colorado's proportionate part of the cost of such <br />compilation has been borne through services by the Board's staff. Contribution <br />to such cost by the other states has been in money to pay for mimeographing, <br />binding and incidental expenses. THe~Government has purchased 50 aet$. <br /> <br />The record of the negotiation of the Arkansas River Compact also has <br />been been prepared by Colorado and Kansas and is found in one large bound <br />volume. <br /> <br />r i~ r~ \:,: 7.:~ <br />",.4,.)J <br />