BOARD01192

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

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involved in the first stage one rese4voir in Colorado and another reservoir
in Wyoming. He said that these two reservoirs constitute two units of a
single project necessary for the proper development of the area involved.
Direotor Stone further stated that upon agreement with Wyoming offioials,
he had prepared a bill for the consideration of Congress, authorizing the
making of a compact on the Little Snake River and designating a federal repre-
sentative. This bill had been approved ,by the Wyoming officials and was now
in the hands of congressional representatives of the two states for the con-
'sideration of Congress. It was hoped that before long active,negotiations
of a compact could be initiated.

Governor Ralph L. Carr stated to the Board that he had authorized
Mike C. Hinderlider to continue as compact commissioner on the Republican
River. This compact is now being re-negotiated. He further stated, and it
was unanimously agreed, that sinoe Mr. Hinderlider had commenced these
negotiations many years ago, prior to the passage of the Act creating the
Colorado Water Conservation Board, no action of the Board was required with
respect to his appointment.

Judge John B. O'Rourke, Chairman of the resolution oommittee appoint-
ed in the forenoon session to draft and submit for consideration of the
Board a resolution respeoting granting of leaves of absenoe to members of
the Board's staff entering the military servioe of the United States, sub-
mitted a resolution prepared by his committee. This resolution was corrected
in ,minor detail and after suoh correction, Judge John B. O'Rourke moved its
passage in the following forms

"BE IT RESOLVED by the Colorado Water Conservation Board
in regular session assembled, with respect to,teohnical and engi-
neering employees of the Colorado Water Conservation Board enter-
ing the armed services of the United States that, all, suoh employ-
ees who have been continusouly employed by said Board for at least
one year be given the assurance by the Direotor of the Board that
the positions which they hold at the time of entering the foroes
of the United States shall be held open for them until their
return, and that any persons employed in their place or stead
shall be employed with the definite understanding that such employ-
ment is of a temporary nature and shall continue only and until
the former employee has returned from military servioe, and who
shall rave, within 90 days after the termination of his military
servioe, applied for re-instatement.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of this Board
be directed to seoure, if pOSSible, approval by the State Civil
Service Commission of such leaves of abs.enoe granted by the
Colorado Water Conservation Board."

Motion to adopt the resolution was seconded by Miss Vena Pointer, and
after further disoussion the resolution was unanimously carried and deolared
passed.

Direotor Stone reported concerning the meeting of the Committee of
Fourteen of the Colorado River Basin, at El Paso, Texas, held in June, 1942,
when the 'luestion of allocation of waters cf the Colorado River between United
States and Mexico was under oonsideration. He called attention to the fiot
that he had previously submitted to the members of the Board the resolution

adopted by the Committee of Fourteen, as follows: