BOARD01192

• Board Meeting Date: 9/16/1942
• Description: Table of Contents and Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Minutes

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Director Stone suggested that the record should .show that, if the Board
agrees to the making of the contraot, amotion approving his aotion be passed.

It was moved by Judge John B. O'Rourke and seoonded by J. M. Dille:

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That the aotion of Direotor Clifford H. Stone entering
into a cooperative agreement with the United States Geologioal
Survey and the Bureau of Reolamation for stream gaging stations
for investigational purposes, within the State of Colorado. for
the present fisoal year, involving an expenditure of $6.500, be
approved.

The motion was unanimously oarried.

It was moved by J. M. Dille and seoonded by Judge John B.
O'Rourke that the minutes of the Board meeting of June 9-10, 1942,
be approved without change or oorreotion.

The motion was unanimously oarried.

The meeting reoessed at 12 noon to reoonvene at 2:00 p.m.

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The meeting of the Colorado Water Conservation Board reoonvened at
2:15 p.m., September 16, 1942. Governor Ralph L. Carr, Chairman of the Board,
was present and presided.

Governor Ralph L. Carr stated that he wished to submit the appointment;
of Clifford H. Stone to aot as oom~t oommissioner to represent Colorado in
the negotiation of a oompact between the states of Colorado and New Mexioo,
involving the waters of the Costilla River. He asked the approval of the
Board for suoh appointment pursuant to the statute.

It was moved by Judge John B. O'Rourke and seoonded by J. M. Dille:

That the appointment of Clifford H. Stwe by Governor Ralph
L. Carr to aot as oompaot oommissioner fer the Costilla River to
negO,tiate a oompaet between the states of Celorado and New Mexioo
be consented to and approved by the BOi\.rd.

The motion was unanimously oarried.

Direotor Stone reported that it was necessary for the Board to make
preparations for the initiation of oompaot negotiations between the states
of Colorado and Wyoming with respeot to the Li tile Snake River. He explained
that the Bureau of Reolamation had prooeeded far enough with investigations
on the Little Snake River to provide neoessary information needed in oompaot
negotiations with the exoeption that the Bureau had asked the states of Colo-
rado and Wyoming to perform certain investigational work and studies whioh
were needed in suoh negotiations. He explained that steps were being taken
by Colorado and Wyoming to do this work. He also reported that it was agreed
by him and L. C. Bishop, State Engineer and Seoretary of the Wyoming Water
Conservation Board, that projeot development On the Little Snake River should
be undertaken jointly and at the same time, even thOugh suoh development