BOARD00171

• Board Meeting Date: 4/19/1955
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Colorado Water Conser-
vation Board that in the death of John Wesley Beaty, this Board
has lost a highly respected co-worker and the State of Colorado,
a devoted public servant;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
transmitted to the members of his family and with it our
sympathy in this bereavement.

MR. DILLE:

"I suppose most of you heard John Page passed away
recently. The Committee should also draft a reso-
lution recognizing his services to the Board."

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The resolution follows:

WHEREAS, John C,. Page, Former Commissioner of Reclamation in
the United States, died on March 23, 1955, after spending a life
devoted to the development of reclamation in the West; and

WHEREAS, he gave freely advice to the Colorado Water Con-
servation Board on engineering and economic questions on which
he had a lifetime of experience and on which he was an acknowledged
authority; and

WHEREAS, even in his years of illness, his great loyalty' to
Colorado compelled him to attend our meetings and assist in
deciding important questions or real moment to the State of
Colorado and the Federal Government;

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Colorado Water Conservation
Board that in the death of John C. Page, the State of Colorado
and the Nation have lost a public servant who had contributed
greatly to the development of the West; -

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
transmitted to the family of John C. Page and with it our sympathy
in their bereavement.

~ Director's Report

Mr. Crawford reported on the activities of the office of the
Colorado Water Conservation Board for the last two or three months.

Considerable discussion concerning the need for, and the
possibility of, obtaining funds for additional legal services
followed.

MR. CRAWFORD:

"The probabilities are that we should have a
committee of the Board to study this matter."

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