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<br />, <br /> <br />0027;' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The great majority of those interested, however, felt that <br /> <br />more Spartan efforts were indicated, and that an entirely fresh <br /> <br />approach should be taken, without being restricted in any fashion. <br /> <br />In 1957, an attempt was made to enact a Ground Water Code. <br /> <br />A Ground Water Commission was established and this commission was <br /> <br />given authority to declare areas critical and to forbid the drill- <br /> <br />ing of additional wells. However, the provision of the law per- <br /> <br />mitting the state commission to proceed over the veto of a local <br /> <br />board has effectively nullified the legislation, and, as a result, <br /> <br />we have little more than a well registering act. <br /> <br />In 1961, with impetus given by the Colorado Water Conservation <br /> <br />Board, funds were appropriated to the Department of Natural Re- <br /> <br />sources to pay for the employment of five lawyers, learned in the <br /> <br />law, to prepare a water code. Let me hasten to say that I was <br /> <br />not one of those so employed -- I act as ex-officio chairman of <br /> <br />the committee through my status as attorney for the Colorado Water <br /> <br />Conservation Board -- and without additional compensation. <br /> <br />These gentlemen may well desire, in the future, to remain <br /> <br />anonymous, so I shall not name them here, although I am sure that <br /> <br />they are well known to many of you. However, I will say that they <br /> <br />were carefully selected, not only because of their eminent quali- <br /> <br />fications, but in order to represent, respectively, the Colorado <br /> <br />River drainage, the San Juan, the Arkansas, the Platte and the <br /> <br />3 <br />