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<br />COMPACTS AND AGREBMENTS BETWEBN CERTAIN STATBS. 23
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<br />"\Vbel'ea~ it Js the uUdel'stllDding of this league, Crom.infol'mati,0D presented lJy
<br />HOll.. Arthur P. Davis, director of "ttie United States Ueclnmution Service, that
<br />the 'IvnLel' suPVly of the Colorado HivBr drainage if; sul:ident to supply the
<br />presenl find futu.l'c necesstties of nIl of the States who~e territory is. involved
<br />Ullll t]1fJ ~ fill present nnd future Illterference with de\'elopment. UpOll or from
<br />the Up]JN "eacllcs of the Etl'eUm should be avoided; now, therefore, be it
<br />"Rasal-I'ea, Thnt tbe league favors tbe early clevelopment of aU possible bene-
<br />ti.cialllse~ or the watElJ's of the stl'CRIll upon the upper reaches of tlle stream antI
<br />its tl'ibut:1riC8 aloug the lines set forth in the resolutions udoIJtetl at the SnIt
<br />Lake confet'Ollcc of Januul'Y 28-31, 1919, and thnt the prescnt nnd future re-
<br />stricllons upon such c1evclopmcut by withholding or conditiollal gl'uuting of
<br />f1pplicaUoJ18 for right:;; of way across public lauds for Jrdgation works should
<br />be discontinued, null rllat .such fl'pplicntiOIlS should be grunted with that degree
<br />01' dispatch \-;l1ich will permit the cOllstt'uction of all MICh projects while finan.
<br />cial fI.n<l othel' means nre at llUnd and opportuuity fOl' construction exists; be it
<br />"Resol'l~ad, Thnt it is UJ.e sense of tbis con(et'ence that the present and future
<br />~'ig:htf; of I.he seveL'flt States whose terrilory is in whole or ill 11art inchlded
<br />within thc druinage tHell ot' the Colorado Rivel', and tbe rights of the United
<br />Stale::;, to tue u.se and bCllCfit of t.he wnters of sflid stream and jts tributaries,
<br />should be s~ttled nnd determined hy compact Ol' a~reernent between said States
<br /><lnd the TTlIlted Stat.es, with consent of Congres~, nntI tllllt tbe legi::;Intures of said
<br />States he l'cquested to uuthorJze the appointme.nt 01 comruissioners for each of
<br />~mld filatc~ for the purpose of entel'ing into such compact or agl'ecrnent for sub-
<br />SI~(]lWllt r!t\.ificatloll and approval hy the Iegislat.UI'es of each snW States and the
<br />Congress of the United StllteR,"
<br />Pllnmalll to the Jnst-qnoted resolution, and at tbe fC:'qnest of t,}le govel'J1or of
<br />Al'izOllfi, ]H'('SWf'llt of the League of the Soulhwe,<;t, biUR were clrawn and 8ull-
<br />miLted to the lpgislntllres ar tbe seven States involved, tl.nd were thereafter
<br />cUHctccl b\' all of snid Slates.
<br />Each of said bills pl'ovlded for the llppoint.mcnt of commissioners for each of
<br />:mid States hy the respective governors for the purpose of formulating the COIll-
<br />pnet or a,r,{l't'cmr.nt provicled for by tbe concurrent legislation.
<br />The legislation by each of the States also provided for a rCIll'csent:ntive of tbe
<br />Unite(l StnI.C~ to aeL on behalf of the Felleral Government ill the formulation
<br />of lbe inlt~I'8tate compact 01' tlgreemellt.,
<br />PU1'SHfUll. to tile ;Illove Icg1slatiol1, tIle gover1l0t'S of each of tlw States have
<br />:lppoinlc(l llleir rc:-;pecUve commissioners.
<br />May 10, 11121, the g(lvernol'S of tl1e seven States, or t.heir duly nccreclite(l rep,
<br />l'esentfltives, met fl.!. tllc city of Denver aod tltet'e forlllulate(l resolutions calling
<br />upon the Pl'csiclt:mt of t.be United States and upon Congress to provide fOl' the
<br />appoiutmrtlf: of a repl'C'scntntivc for the United State,," in lUH'BlDny with the
<br />nbove-menliollcd legisl:1tioll by the State,'3, and directed tl1Ht the resolution so
<br />fOrJlllllntCll h} laW before the President Ilnd Congress by tile gov~l'nors of tb~
<br />States. 'rhc resolution adopted by the govern01's at Denver WflS presented by
<br />the gov€'rnol's, 01' Weil' duly lIccredited represeotat.ives, to tbe Secretary of tbe
<br />Itltel'lor at WaSllingtoJl, May 17, and to the President of tbe UnitQd States May
<br />19, 1021,
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<br />l'OWI'.HS OF S1'AT":~ TO i':NTER INTO COMPACTS.
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<br />Cmnpflcl,s OJ" n.";I'f'CllH."nts lH'tween the SUIte:; f11'C rccognized hy Article I,
<br />~:;(~c{iOll 10, IJnragraph 3, of the Constitution of the Unitecl states, Wllich
<br />pl'ovide~ ;
<br />"~o 8tfl!~ Rlul!], wi1"llOut cousent 0i' Congre.ss, oj< * >I< enLer intu any
<br />[lj:,;'\'celllent or COrllprlct w;lh :lnotlleI' Stllte, '" -* "'..
<br />Illtel'statt: c.ontrovel'sjeR l1IH] fUt!errllces respecting bot1ll(ll1ri(!~, fjsherie~, etc"
<br />huve beeI! flTqnClIlly ser,tled lJY interstnte compact.
<br />AlUlJl1g (he llI:lny l)Olllldl1l'Y d;spntes so !3cttlcd lllay he Inrntioned l.h~
<br />followillg: Vi l'g:ini:l null Pellll!:l,ylvanill, 1780 (11 Pet., 1, 20); Virginifi find
<br />l\:I1Il:,;ylvnJ\'n, 1784 (3 Dill!., 425); KentucJ{y and 'renne~l;;~e. 1820 (11 Pet" 207);
<br />Vit'gill'a n.od Teunc!'\.<;ec, 1802 and 1856 (118 U. S., 503, 511, 51(i); Virgjnia
<br />.:111clMal'.ylull{], 1785 (1(13 U. S" 155.162).
<br />Ot' lhe COllljJl\Ct.S between States respecting the ttlk~ng of fi;:;h in riven;
<br />fOl'l1lillg thc hOllndary bet.ween t.he two disputant StllteB ll1:ly be mentioned:
<br />"\Va::;hin~ton rind Ot'('A"on, Columbia River; Maryland and Virginia, Pot.omfic
<br />:nil'N. (lG::; TJ, S., 155.)
<br />It is currently repol'ted that recently the StatE'~ of New York and New Jersey
<br />'seWed lhr.il' llnrhol' differences by interstate compact.
<br />'VVllile nil <:ompa<:l:::; which W01l1(1 ill flnv "'0" ;."....I..^ ~h~ "'-"'~--' ,....
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