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<br /> <br />NO\V.T~FORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the League favlllrs the <br />early dovelopment ef all pessible benefieial uses ef the waters ef the <br />streil.Jll upcm the upper reaehes ef the stream and its tributaries aleng <br />the lines set forth in the rEls$luti..ns adepted at the Salt Lake COll- <br />fereneeef January 28-31, 1919, and that present and future res~rietiens <br />upon lUeh development by, withheUing or eonditienal l'I"anting of appli- <br />eati!il'lll fer rights of riy aeross publie lands for irrigatien werks sh.,uld <br />be dise..tiRued and that such applicati..ns sheuld be granted with that <br />aegy.a ef Giispateh which will permit the e..nstruetien ef all sueh projects <br />while finwaeial anil ether means are at hallld and eppertUl\ity fer eon- <br />struetien exists. . <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED, that it is the sense ..f this Coaf'erenee that <br />the present and future rights of the several states whese territory' is <br />in whele er in part iBeluded within the drainage area of the Colorado <br />River. and the rights ef the United states. to the use and benefit ef the <br />'W!itera of said stream and its tribttf;aries, sheulfl. be settleEl and deter- <br />mined by Illsmpaet eX' agfeement between said states and the united States; <br />with eelllsellt ef Ce:ngress, and' that the Legislatures ef said states be <br />requested t. autherize the appeintment sf Illommissioners fer eaeh.ef said <br />states fer the purpese sf entering inte sush eempaet eX' agreement fer <br />s~bsequent ratifieatien and appreval by the legislatures of eaeh ef said <br />states a1<l.d the CSlllgrass .,1' the United states." <br /> <br />Purswmt te the last qU<l>ted reselutilms and at the request <br /> <br />of Gevern0r Csmpbell ef Arizena. President ef. the League; bills were dran <br /> <br />fer submisnem te the Legislatures sf the seve1l. st;ates involved ud were <br /> <br />i'erwarll.ed te th8 se states auring JQuary, 1921. These measures previde <br /> <br />fer the appeintmelllt sf a jeint high eemmissi0n te be oempesed sf re- <br /> <br />pres~tatives ef the seven states and the United States for the purpose <br />of 1'Igg.Uatilllg and ell.tillring iate a treaty or 0Srilpaet respssting the, <br />fUtwe utilizr,tiau lUld benefits ef tJae waters of the Celerad.. River. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />In harmel'lY with thiv astian by the seven Celerade River states, <br /> <br />special bills ",!:ere prepared. fer intentate semmissi0ns on feur ether <br />strea.ma rising waa :f'lewing withila the state ef C01eradG, viz. the Arkansas, <br />South Platte. La. Plata and. Laramie alla illlVdvin.g CeiGrad.e andi,j~e.te.s <br /> <br />af Kansas. Nebraska, NEJW' Mex10le al'la Wyemilag respaetively. The CemmissiGnel!' <br />