WSP11699

• File Number: 8200.300.40.A
• Description: Colorado River Compact
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 11/22/1922
• Author: Co. R Compact Comm.
• Title: Minutes of Colorado Compact Commission - Meeting #23
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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Nil{, SCRUrntU~: I think oloctrical is well taken.

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.fR. HOOVER: Any furthor comment on that? We will go on to (c).

(reading) "The provisions of this article shall not apply to, or interfere

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,lith the regulation and control by any state of the appropriation, use

and distribution of water within its limits." We don.t have to define that

appropriation.

J.fR. C,mPENTER: That paragraph is a litt.le weak, but let it GO. I

had a good paragraph until some drafter got hold of it.

MR. HOOVER: We saved 42 vrords on Carpenter by taking out courts,

equities, rights, by-laws, and so forth. If there is no further comment

on this, Vf8 will considor it as completed. (reading) Art.:; "Tho official

of each State charged with the administration of water rights, togother

--,ith an official from the United States Reclamation Service and one from

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the United states Geological Survey shall co-operate,

ex-officio. (a) To

promote the systematic determination and co-ordination of tho facts as to

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::'low, appropriation, consumption and use of water in the Colorado River

Basin, and the interchange of available information in such matters."

Any objection?

1m. EMERSON: The first line - "the official of oach stato, otc,"

Thore are several officials in oach state that are charged with tho adminis-

tration of ''fater rights. It should bo the 'stato enginoor' or some

off ic ial.

MR. NOI1VIEL: Say any office.

MR. HOOVill: Chief official. I was wondoring Ylhother or not ViO

should not say "togothor vrith tho Diroctor of tho U. S. Reclamation

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Servico and the Director of tho U. S. Geological Survoy". Don't you

thin), we should specify that.

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DID. DAVIS: I think it vri.ll be more explicit.