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Thereupon the Direotor submitted, and Judge John B. O'Rourke explained a proposed agreement between the states ~f Colorado and New Mexioo, on the La Plata River involving a proposed projeot development for the utilization of waters of the La Plata River by the Bureau of Reolamation. It was explained that suoh agreement had been approved by the Interstate Streams Commission of. New Mexioo and its approval by the Colorado Water Conservation Board is ne- oessary in oonneotion with a forthooming report of the Bureau of Reolamation respe oting suoh projeot development. ~ It was moved by Mr. Dille and seoonded by Mr. Bailey that t~e proposed agreement, above disoussed, be approved by the Colo- rado Water Conservation Board. Mr. M. C. Hinderlider explained that he did not think that he should vote on this motion beoause of ,his position of State Engineer and Adminis- trator for the State of Colorado of .the La Plata,ontraot. / The Direotor ex- plained that the agreement provides that the La Plata oontraot should remain in full foroe and effeot and that he believed that the administrative pro- visions were suffioiently elastio to oomplywith the proposed agreement be- tween the two states. The question was oalled for and all members of the Board, exoept M. C. Hinderlider who "passed," voted in favor of the ap- proval of the proposed agreement. The motion was duly deolared passed, Thereupon the Direotor reported on the status of the oonsideration there- tofore given by the Comrni ttee of Sixteen, Colorado River Basin, on the proposed terms of a treaty between the United States and Mexioo, providing for the al- looation of Colorado River water between the two oountries..' Sinoe aotion taken at Santa Fe, New Mexioo, April 14-16, 1943 was withiD, the terms of suoh an allocation heretofore approved by this Board, no f\>.l'ther aotion was taken. The Direotor then reported on the status of the proposed oontraot between the United States and ArizQna for the delivery of Lake Mead water, under the provisions of the Boulder Canyon Projeot Aot,'.to Arizona. He reviewed the oon- sideration of this proposed oontract which had been given by the Committee of Fourteen, Colorado River Basin, at a oonferenoe held in Phoenix, !rizona, May 3-5, 1943 and a oonferenoe held in Denver, Colorado, May 26-27, 1943. Royoe J. Tipton, oonsulting engineer of the Colorado Water Conservation Beard, who had attended these meetings and had aoted as engineering adviser to representa- tives of the State of Colorado on the Committee of Fourteen. made further ex- planati on on the proposed oontraot. It was moved by Mr. Hinderlider and seoonded by Mr. Pughe that the proposed oontraot between the United.States and Arizona for the del i very of Lake Mead water, as worked out by the Com- mittee of Fourteen, Colorado River Basin, and approved by all of the states, exoept the State of California, be approved by the Colorado Water Conservation Board, subjeotto further oonsider- ation of suoh oontraot by this Board beoause of further de- velopments in the matter. ,. After vote being taken the motion WI!l.S unanimously carried and deolared passed.