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the Colorado Water Conservation Board, inoluding its engineers, its attorney, Frank C. Merriel! and Frank Delaney, or so many of them as desire to. do so, be delegated to attend the meeting of the Upper Basin States of the Colorado River Basin Whioh is expected to be called by Governor Runt of Wyaning, with the understanding that any member of the Board may send... substitute, if he so desires. . Upon a vate being taken the motion was unanimously carried and deolared adopted. Direotor St~ suggested that during the summer the Colorado Water Conservation Board'should oonsider making a trip over the State viewing reolamation projeots, projeots under oonstruotion, authorized projects and areas where water development is now proposed, He expressed the view that the Board 1Ii'1.S oonstantly aoting upon important matter.ot: water develOpllent without having adequate on-the-ground information. Tho members of the Board were asked to :aamnent upon the suggestion. All of them expressed ap- proval of the plan. After such approval, the Direotor stated ths.t he would later work out a plln for suoh a trip and submit it to the members of the Board. Thereupon Judge John B. O'Rourke advocated the advisability of the Board passing a furthsr resolution designed to expedite investigation and projeot construction of certain projects which have been under investigation by the Bureau of Reolamation. After discussion of suoh a resolution, Judge O'Rourke presented and moved the passage Of the follouring resolution, RESOLUTION WHEREAS on the l4th day of September, lS45 the Colorado Water Conservation Board adopted the following resolution, "Whereas projects for the utilizati on and control of water in the seventeen Western arid and semi-arid states will consti- tute a part of the maj or publio works program for the i_diate postwar period; and that efforts are being made to expedite pro- jeot investigations for water developnent improvements; and WHERE.AS it seems advisable for the Colorado Water Conser- vation Board to formulate .a definite water development program for the State of Colorado to be follOWed in. the immediate post- 1I'II.r period in order that the efforts of the State may have defin- ite objeotives; and W1IEREAS such an immediate progrQlll is understood to mean the inclusi on of suoh aoti vi ties and proposed development as may reasonably be expected in the near future and does not exolude the broader and more extensive,progr.. whioh will.prooeed as fast as project investigations may be .oc:mpleted and projects made ready for authorization :in the future;