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<br />31 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />those ratings thus checked would form the basis of your permanent <br /> <br />'rat ing. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CHAIRMAN HOOVE~: Do you think this original expression <br />obta'ined that all right:, I'Secur-e the determination 'and publioation <br /> <br />of the annual flow of water in the Colorado River.System or else- <br /> <br />where. u, <br /> <br />MR. CARPENTER: Off hand it seems to me to be suffi.ciently <br /> <br />broad. <br /> <br />CHAIRMAN HOOVER: , I ,think it covers that point,. <br />MR. c'b.RPENTER: Mr. Caldwell's suggestion, I take it; is <br /> <br />directed to this thought.1l.sto the ratings at Lee Ferry, there <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />should be some mandatory, p:rovision, - directory article. That. is <br /> <br />imperative to all of us. With respect to the remainder) that. <br /> <br />'It <br /> <br />should not be so mandatory ~hat n breach or failure of any onB <br />official to properly function in that respect could be set up as <br />a ground of breach. It is e(lsy to anticipate that many ,state <br /> <br />engineers coming now into the fieidby reason of their, rec~nt <br /> <br />- <br />appointment, might overlook one Summer's work in this respect. <br /> <br />The states as such should not be held to a breach. <br /> <br />JUDGE SLOAN: Why shouldn't a state that should have failed <br /> <br />in that be considered as having breached the contract, without of <br />course the' penalty of having the compact rescinded. <br />MR.Cl."RPENTER: I don't mean that statement to apply to the <br /> <br />rating of the river. I mean as to a gathering of data. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />JUDGE SLOb.N: That is a very important feature, isn't it, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />the gathering of data? <br /> <br />MR. CARPENTER: Well, the gathering of data will naturally <br /> <br />have to fit in largely to the other work of the state engineer's <br /> <br />~" <br />