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238 appropriation and Colorado statutes regRrding water. He said it would be neces- sary to draft a bill which would recognize these matters. It was moved by C. J. 1kCormick and'seconded by John Beaty that a committee composed of the Director, the Board Attorney and Glenn G. Saunders be directed to work with Mr. GallI' and the State Health Depart- ment to draft a suitable bill on water pollution. On vote, the motion carried unanimously and was declared adopted. I The Board considered the subject of develof'lle.nt of small reservoirs, with particular reference to the so-called Neill bill, which was being proposed for such purpose. The Director reported it had been generally recognized that some aid pro- gram be developed to assist projects financially, in the classification between those eligible for aid through the U. S. Department of Agriculture and the larger projects of the Bureau of Reclamation. He said'this situation had been recognized by the National Reclamation Association, which has a committee headed by John Bliss of Hew Mexico to study such legislative proposals. He said it is considered that a Small Projects division may be established in the Department of the Inter- ior, to take care of small projects which need not maintain such high construction standards and ylith investigations made at no charge to the projects. lIe said some states, notably Utah and Montana, have statutes for small project construction from state funds with opportunity for Federal financial participation. The Director reported the Neill bill souglit to create a state aid in Colo- rado through the sale of revenue bonds,to set up a revolving fund to be adminis- tered by a new state board. The Board's attorney stated that, as drafted, the Neill bill was unconstitutional in many respects; It was moved by John Beaty and seconded by Dan Hunter that analysis of the Neill bill be referred to the same committee as assigned to study the water pollution bill, namely, the Director, the Board's attorney and Mr. Saunders. On vote, the motion carried unanimously and was declared adopted. A communication from F. M. Bell, district engineer of U.S.G.S., was read to the Board, regarding State renewal of the contract for maintaining gaging sta- tions needed in project investigations. The Director recommended the contract be continued, and 'stated that $7,500 for this purpose had been included in the water board budget. It was moved by John Cross and seconded by Dan Hunter that the , sum of $7,500 be authorized for the gaging stations for project investi- gations under a cooperative contract with the United States Geological ~urvey. On vote, the motion carried and was declared adopted~ I It was reported to the Board that, as of December 31, 1950, there were 301 gaging stations in this cooperative U.S.G.S. - State program, 108 on the West Slope and the remainder on the East Slope.