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<br />(i) To confor,with and appear before the officers, re- presentatives,
<br />boards, bureaus, committees, commissions, or other agencies of other states,
<br />or of the H'ederal Gavernment, for the purpose of protecting and asserting
<br />the authority, interests and rights of the State of Cc:lorado and its citizens
<br />over, in and to the waters of the interstate streams in this state;
<br />(j) In general, to take such aetion..and have such powers as may be
<br />incidental to the foregoing specific provisions and to the general purposes
<br />of this Act; rovided•, `however, that• nothing;, in this Act contained shall be
<br />.construed as restricting or limiting; the a'dininistrative functions or authority
<br />of the State .Engineer, including the - athering of data res eeting the water
<br />supplies of this state, or restricting' or limit:* n the statutory power`s. of
<br />the State Planning Commission, and
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<br />Provided; further, that any studies, investigations or data respect-
<br />ing the streams 'or grater supplies of this state; heretofore or hereinafter
<br />made vor compiled by the State Engineer., the State Planninn; Commission, or
<br />any other' department, office or bureau of this state sha117 be made available
<br />for the use of this.Board upon request.,' '
<br />(k) The Board sha•11 lend` its full ai.'d- .rind cooperation to the At-
<br />torney General in all matters relating; to the institution or defense of
<br />interstate suits, controversies or. negotiations concerning the rivers of
<br />this state; and shall arra47e for 'and conduct, "either within the state or
<br />elsewhere, all izivesti and studies, and make compilations of all'
<br />information, factual, _engineering, or other data concerning 'in�erstate
<br />streams which may be deemed requisite. or desirable for use in the conduct
<br />of such-,suits, controversies or negotiations.
<br />Section 12. The State Auditor is authorized and directed to draw
<br />warrants , monthly- in aj-ment of the lawful salaries and expenses of the Board,
<br />commissioner, or xommissione'rs, and its or their' legal, engineering and
<br />other assistants and employees a herein provided on vouchers by the Secre-
<br />tary of the Board and approved by the Governor.
<br />Section 13. There is hereby appropriated out of any money in the
<br />State Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of tir205,000 for the
<br />purpose of paying the salaries and expenses of the Board, commissioner, or
<br />commissioners, and its, or their legal, engineerin and other assistants,
<br />and t carrying out of the purposes of this Act.
<br />Section 14'. If any section, subsection, sentence, c -Pause or
<br />-of this Act is for any reason declared to be unconstitutional, such deoision
<br />shall not affect the validity of the remainin )ortions of this Act. The
<br />Legislature hereby -declares that it would have passed the Act and each
<br />section, subsection, sentence, clause, or Phrase thereof irres,peotive'of
<br />the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or
<br />phrase be declared unconstitutional.
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