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<br />2004
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<br />HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 04-1014
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<br />BY REPRESENTATIVES Hoppe, Larson, Berry, Borodkin, Boyd, Briggs,
<br />Brophy, Butcher, Cadman, Carroll, Cerbo, Clapp, Cloer, Coleman, Crane,
<br />Decker, Fairbank, Frangas, Garcia, Hall, Harvey, Hefley, Hodge, Jahn,
<br />Johnson R., Judd, King, Lee, Lundberg, Madden, Marshall, May M.,
<br />McCluskey, McFadyen, McGihon, Merrifield, Miller, Mitchell, Paccione,
<br />Plant, Pommer, Ragsdale, Rhodes, Rippy, Romanoff, Rose, Salazar,
<br />Schultheis, Sinclair, Smith, Spence, Spradley, Stafford, Stengel, Tochtrop,
<br />Vigil, Weddig, Weissmann, Welker, White, Wiens, Williams S., Williams
<br />T., Witwer, and Young;
<br />also SENATOR(S) Entz, Isgar, Anderson, Arnold, Cairns, Dyer, Evans,
<br />Fitz-Gerald, Gordon, Groff, Grossman, Hagedorn, Hanna, Hillman,
<br />Johnson-S"Jones,Keller,Kester,bamoorn,May-R-:,McElhany,Nichol,
<br />Owen, Phillips, Reeves, Sandoval, Takis, Tapia, Teck, Tupa, Veiga, and
<br />Windels.
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<br />CONCERNING THE RECOGNITION OF THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY
<br />OF THE CREATION OF THE POSITION OF WATER
<br />COMMISSIONER AND THE FIRST TEN WATER DISTRICTS.
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<br />WHEREAS, The great state of Colorado lies west of the 1 OOth meridian,
<br />where rainfall is neither frequent nor reliable, and many regions ofthe state
<br />cannot sustain a crop without the aid of irrigation water; and
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<br />WHEREAS, In 1940, Thomas Hornsby Ferril, Colorado's eminent poet
<br />laureate, acknowledged this fact in the commemorative poem that adorns
<br />the rotunda of the state capitol building, a poem that begins, "Here is a land
<br />where life is written in water"; and
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