BOARD01253

• Board Meeting Date: 1/28/1946
• Description: Table of Contents and Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Minutes

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and pub1io-spirited oitizens, and served for many years in numerous
important oapaoities, ino1uding the Presidenoy ot'the Colorado Potato
Growers Assooiation and the Colorado Bean Produoers Assooiation, and
rendered inoa1oulab1e servioe in the growth and prosperity of his State
and 0 amnuni ty I

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED That the Colorado Water Conser-
vation Board expresses its sfn"ere regret at the 1088 of this valuable
and valiant oitizen of the State of Colorado, and desires by this reso-
lution to perpetuate his memory in the reoords of our prooeedingsl and
the Direotor of the Colorado Water Conservation Board is requested to
preserve this resolution in its Dlinutes, and to transmit a oopy thereot
to deoedent's widow, Marion C. Aupperle, and to his son Craig Bonnifield
Aupperle. .

There was presented to the Board a letter from Governor John C. Vivian
submitting the appointment of George A. Pughe of Craig; .Colorado, a member
of this Board, as one of the oommissioners to negotiate a oompaot between
the State of Colorado and the State ot' Wyoming respeoting the waters of the
Little Snake River. The letter reads as follows.

Clifford H. stone, Direotor
Colorado Water Conservation Board
212 state Ot'tioe Building
Denver. Colorado

"Deoember 18, 1945

My dear Mr. Stone I

Thi s is to advise the Colorado Water Conservation Board
that I have this day appointed George A. Pughe of Craig. Colorado
to represent the State of.Colorado upen a joint oommission oomposed
of oommissioners representing the State of Colorado and the State
of WYOllling- for the purpose of :making and entering into a oompaot
respeoting the waters of the Little 5Mb River. a tributary of the
Colorado River. Heretofore Clifford H. Stone has bee!lappointed
as a oanmiasioner for the negotiation of such a caliptct on behalf
of Colorado, and Kr. Pughe will Aot jointly with him in this work.

It is understood that any OODlptot negotiated by these "om-
missioners shall not be binding or obli~atory upon the State of
Co1orade until it ehal1 have been ratified by the respeotive Legis-
latures of Colorado and Wyoming and approved by the Congress of the
United Sta.tes.

This appointment is made pursuant to Seotion 9 of Chapter
265 of the Session Laws of Colorado of 1937. .In aooordanoe with
Seotion 9 of this Aot, the Colorado Water Conservation Board is
hereby requested to approve the appointment of G60rge A. Pughe herein
made and advise me of suoh approval.

Faithfully yours.

/s/ John C. Vivian
GOVERNOR"

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