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. We :further urge the liberal adll'linistratie:ll. ef all lM.d laws ef the UJaJ.teill states, heking te the ead ef placing the llU'l.ds 0:f the Uaited states im the aetual pessessien and eeeupatiem of it. citizens in order that the citizens may ha.ve a heme ud that the lands ma.yge upelt the tax re11s Elf '!;p.e vari0us states in whieh they may be heated in erder that they mm,yibear their just prepertiGn e:f the expense of state administratien. Ale.g the lines set :ferth in these reselutiens, we pledge eurselve. te a hearty eeeperatien with the representatives ef the Federal GeverNment im erder that the desired end may be attained at the earliest pGssible memelllt lIIensistellt with a wise admi.!'l.istratien of the affa.irs ef the Natien and sf the States. lit the oarrying eut of all reolamatie:aprejeets i1'1 which the Federal GsverDmemt may be.sme illterested, its aetivities sheuld eVer be in enfermity with the laws ef the Sta.te in whieh the prejeot under de:nlepmemt is leoated. In the ariQ, states ef the West, the irrigation prejeets undertakeR by er witn the aid ef the Federal Gevermmeat sheuld in every imstM.eeae based up@n a full 8omp1i!l.l'l.ee with the laws ef the State wherein the pr0jeets are heated se far $IS the apprepri8.tien ef _tel' and ether matters ef purely state eentrd are oe>>.eer.ed.!' 'At a s.ubsequemt meeting ef the League held 9.t Denver e. August 25 -27, 1920, the desirability ef eaoeuraging the ee.struetien ef large reserveirs in the Clll8yeJa ef the Celerade River was appre"a upem eeR- ditien however, that the respeetive rights ef the seven states and ef the United states tEl the future uae and benefi1; ef the waters ef the Celerad. River, sheuld first be settled and determined by eempaet and agreement 'between the states and ,\;he United states and the fellewing reselutiens were unanimously adepted: "BE IT RESOLVEP, Thlit the reselutililn adopted at the Cenferenes e1' the Leagu0 held at Salt Lake, January 18-21,'1919, and the prelleedings .f the Third Cenventien'.f the League ef the Seuthwest held at Les Angeles, April >>-3.1920. be and the liameare hereby ratified, appreve.. and re-affirmed. WllEREAS, it is the understlUldi.!'l.g of this League, frsm u- fermation presented by Hsa. Arthur.P~ Davis, Direet.r ef the United States ReelamatiGlll Servioe~ that the water supply ef the Colorado,River drainage is sufrieient te supply the present" and future neoessities or all sf the states whose territery is iDvelved and that all present and future inter- ferenoe with develepmeat UP'lln or frl!lm the upper rell.ooes ef the strelllll sheuld be aveided: