BOARD01303

• Board Meeting Date: 1/14/1960
• Description: Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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MR. STAPLETON:
MR. BEISE:

MR. SPARKS:

MR. BARNARD,JR.:

MR. STAPLETON:

MR. BARNARD, SR.:

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"Mr. Beise."

"I certainly haven't had an opportunity to
consider it, but no one has mentioned it, al-
though I am sure you are aware of it, that the
Indians and their share of waters, whatever
they may be, shouldn't get the benefit of the
power revenues of the main stem system generat-
ing plants. In your amendment here, you deal
with waters, but I don't see anything that deals
with the Indians paying for, or not participat-
ing in, revenues under the Upper Colorado River
System."

Mr.
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"Of course that's a very pertinent point,
Beise. One which I intended to get to at
noon meeting - the luncheon of the Board."

"Just as a suggestion, you mention the fact
that the compact procedure would take a lot of
time, I think we can recognize the fact that even
if these projects are authorized, it will be some-
time before funds are made available for the con-
struction of the projects, and New Mexico's first
desire is to obtain authorization. We before
have seen additional authorizations, and possibly
in the negotiations with New Mexico, if I am
well-founded in my fears that this bill will not
be enforceable for the protection of the State of
Colorado, we could submit something like this:
The authorizations herein contained shall be con-
ditioned upon the adoption of enforceable com-
pacts and treaties, under which the State of New
Mexico, the Navajo Indian Tribe, the State of
Colorado, and the United States of American are
bound by the terms of this act regardless of any
rights or claimed rights existing by virtue of
any other law, compact or treaty. They could
accomplish their authorization and then go through
the compact procedure during the time we are
waiting to get on the schedule for appropriation.

That's just a suggestion I generated this
morning so consequently it doesn't have the bene-
fit of long, careful consideration."

"What other comments are there on this ques-
tion of a compact vs. amendrnents7'

"Mr. Chairman, I have a suggestion to make,
if I may. I concur with Mr. Eakes that the com-
pact procedure is probably the only sure-fire
procedure that can be followed but I have a
suggestion to make in connection with sub-para-
graph 8(a) on page eight. Perhaps you folks will