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<br />018 -1966
<br />' Thirty -fifth General Assembly
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<br />. -State of Colorado
<br />3 s HOUSE JOINT IATMORIAL' NO 7 u
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<br />BY REPRESENTATIVES KERR, CARLSON, McCONNELL, TARBELL ,'!WJIIL,,EVANS,'FEHLING,
<br />FORDHkv1 ,-'STEELE,. CLAY, BLEDSOE; HORGAN SHOTIVELL;�'THMiiAS,AND SENATORS '
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<br />"ASPINALL,:�.BAhN, BLSHDP," BLAINE, BLAKE,. 'BOSUVORTH, BRAY, . BFLOOKS, - CHEETER,
<br />CHRYSLER,. kCOLLI�NS, CO KLIN, JONROY, iGARDNER, GI•LL, CHAR 'EL, JOHNSON .(25th)
<br />JOHNSON ('nd),, LASHLEY, LAWS, LOVELACE, MacDONLG
<br />A,' - NIURPHEY, NORCROSS,`` PRESTON,.
<br />= RITCHIE;" ROGERS, ..RYAN, SMI - TH, SHA ?;CROIFI' ,,S1 ILEY, TAYLOR`, TWITTIi�G, VELTRI' AND
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<br />` MEMORIALI'ZI G THE CONGRESS OF' THE UNITED STAPES TO OPPOSE `PENDING LEGISLATION 5
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<br />FOR �T•HE eCREA =ON OF +REGI OPTAL l�UTHORI T IES .• ~
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<br />WHEREAS, There has been introduced and is- now pending- in the., Congress of
<br />i . the United States., S. 555 by Senator Murray of 14ontana, -for the purpose of
<br />creating a federal corporation 'to be known• as < "The 1iiissouri Valley Authority ",
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<br />andtan-other bill in the House of Representatives of the United States by
<br />Representative- Rankin-, H. R. 1824, for 'the purpose of creating nine regional'
<br />Authorities covering:the entire oUnited�States; and it appearing that the
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<br />North - Platte aid South "•Pla`tte r.ive'r basins within the State of 'Colorado 'are
<br />included in the region under 'the proposed Missouri Valley - Authority, kand the
<br />- State would be-included in three regions under these Author -
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<br />ities. by the provisions of H. R. `1824 (The Rankin Bill)., 'and'
<br />1 MREAS, There. have been constructed within the State of -, Colorad'o, in
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<br />-cooperation with the State and its poltica -1 sub- divisions and with full
<br />reoogniti•on of the sovereign rights of the State, water improvement projects
<br />for domeitic, munio irrigation, industrial, hydro - electric' generation
<br />and flood control by,private enterprise; =and , by existing federal agencies
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<br />fully responsible to the Congress, the states `and the - people- benefited; and
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<br />fiurther water project' developments are in course of aonstruc'tion or are being
<br />plarnned by private •enterprise and by these= existing federal agencies for use
<br />in Colorado in with the State, its political sub - divisions and
<br />citizens; and the creation of new federal agencies, such as regional Author
<br />ities, is - unnecessary' acid would operate adversely`to the .,inte "rests of the
<br />citizens of the State for the reasons hereinafter set' out;_ and
<br />WHEREAS, Those regional. Authorities are designe'd,to effectuates
<br />1, The creation of a .federal.. corporation clothed with the power of
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<br />Government and granted an immunity for its acts adverse to'the best.,interests
<br />of the people of the State of :Colorado.
<br />The complete control by a federal corporation „of• the utilization
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<br />and development of'the `water resources of the State, and such federal ,control
<br />would be imposed allegedly to, promote: interstate commerce "and the general
<br />welfare as a basis -of federal jurisdiction in-opposition to the' provisions
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