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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8200.300.40.A
Description
Colorado River Compact
Basin
Colorado Mainstem
Date
6/4/1921
Author
Delph E. Carpenter
Title
Report of Delph E. Carpenter, Commissioner for the State of Colorado Re: Colorado River Compact, with Copy of the Compact, historical memorandum, etc.
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<br />"Nesolred, That it is tile sen::.;e of thi~ t:onfel'ence that tile <br />present and future rights of the se\"eral States wilo~e tel'ritory <br />is ill wilole or in part included within the drainage area of the <br />Colorado Ri\'er~ and' the right~ of the United States, to the use <br />and beuefi.t of tlie water's of said stream and it~ tl'ilJUtal'ies, <br />should he settled "ud determined by comp"ct or ngreement he. <br />tween sai(l Htates and' the United Htates. with t:onsent of Con- <br />gress. and that tLIe Jegi:slatul'eioi of :-;nid ~tntes be requested to <br />authorize the appointment of il C'Olllllli~~ioiler for each of ~aid <br />States fOl' the IJllrp05ie of eutel'iug into su~b compact or agree- <br />ment for suhsequent ratifiration lp](l appronll by Hie legislature <br />of each said States and the Congress of the Unite(l States." <br /> <br />rursllant to the 13~t-quutetl re::;nlution, and at the 1'e-C}ue8t <br />of the go\'(~ruol' of Ari,'.Oun, IH'Nddeut of the League of the Routh- <br />west~ hills were drawII and sllhlllittpd to the legislatures of the <br />~e\'en States inroln:-d, and were thereaftrl' enacted by all of said <br />State', <br /> <br />Eadt tlf s.lill hill:>; pI'O\.ide for the <lpJloiutwent of a tOllJmi:-;- <br />i-dollel' fOf' e.wh (If ~aid ~jntes by the re!':pecth'e governors for <br />the plll'pm:e of fOl'lII11latiTlg the COlllp:ld or agreement provided for <br />by the concurrent legiHIl.ltion, <br /> <br />The legislati01l by each of the States also provided for a <br />representath"e of the United States to act on hellaH of the Fed- <br />eral GO\'el'Illllent in tlJe forlOulntiou of the interstate compaet <br />01' agreement, <br /> <br />Plll'HWlut t(1 the ahure legi:;;;Jation, the gorernors of each of <br />the 8tate~ l1:l\'e appointed tlieir respecth"e commissioners. <br /> <br />May 10, 1!J:2'1. the go\"(~rllors of the f'eH'U ~tate....~ 01' their duly <br />accl'ellite(l repl'esentati\'es, met at the city of Den\'el' and tlJel'e <br />formu]atetl re~olution8 calling upon the President of the United <br />States nUll upon Congress to provide for the ,-,vpointment of a <br />repl'e;,;clltath"e foI' the United States in hurmollY with the auove. <br />mentioned legi:..dation by the 8tates~ <lud directed that the reso- <br />lution 80 formulated be laid hefore the Pl'esillent. and Congress <br />by the go\'ernnrs of the Stfltes, The resolution adopted b;v the <br />governoI's at Dem"er wa~ presented b,\" the gO\"ernor-s, 01' their <br />duly .H'{'I'erlitetl l'eIH'esPlltatin>:':, tn the Secreta I'.'" of the Interior, <br />:1t 'Ya!-;hingtoll, !\f;l\' 17, and to the Pl't~~ic1l'nt of the (:nited <br />~til te:-:, l\J;1~~ 1 n, ) n~ (. . <br /> <br />l' <br /> <br />BT:IEF OX L\W OF INTERSTATE CmIPACTS, <br /> <br />Pu\\"rm.~ OF STATES TO E:\"TF.R [="1'0 CO:\lI',\CTS, <br /> <br />l <br /> <br />COlllp<let~ or agreelllent~ hd.ween the Stntes fire recogni7.ed <br />by Article r. section 10, pnl'agJ'aph ,I, of the Constitution of tbe <br />Unitetl 8tt~te~. which IJI'o\'ic1es: <br /> <br />[ ~n <br />
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