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to the organization of ~he Colorado River Water Conservation Distriot. Mr. Frank Merriell is Engineer-Seoretary. Mr. Finnigan, a member of the Board. said they were anxious to have some projects investigated. espeoially in the San Miguel area. Judge Stone requested that the matter be disoussed later when Mr. Patterson would be present. Judge Stone brought up the matter of.the use of the waters of the Colo- rado l1i ver by the Republic of Mexico and explaill.ed that the matter had been discussed with the Sta~e Department at Washingten. He stated that the State Department desires to work with us and that the question of the Colorado River and the Rio Grande would probably both be oonsidered at the same time. Judge Stone gave a review of the report of J~e 9, 1941 regarding the position of the State of Colorado under the provisions of the Boulder CanYon Project Adjustment Act. A discussion followed regarding the matter of repay- ment 'and reimbursement of money by water users 1II1der this Aot. Judge O'Rourke made a motion that a OOE tt.. of three be 'appointee! by the Director of the Board to oonsider the matter with referenoe to expendi- ture and division of the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act Fund. Judge Stone to act as ex-offioio member. The motion was seoonded and unanimously acoepted. Judge Stone appointed Judge O'Rourke. Silmon Smith and George A. Pughe, with the understanding that Frank C. Merriell be oalled into the dis- oussion. The meeting was reoessed at 5110 P.M. to reoonvene at 9:30 A.){.. July 24, 1941.' Thursday, July 24. 1941 Meeting was reoonvened by Vice-Chairman Wallrich at 10,05 A.M., July 24, 1941. Minutes of the meeting of January 15. 1941 were correoted and then adopted. Minutes of the meeting of Maroh 14. 1941 were read and also adopted. Mr. Riter stated that $1.975.000 is available for investigation in the Seventeen Reolamation States. including $250.000 appropriated out of the Colo- rado River Conservation Fund whi ch may be 'expended only in the Colorado River Basin. Mr. Riter stated the Bureau spent $850.000 last year on investigations. Judge Stone explained the need for additional gaging stations in Western Colorado for the purpose of determining water supplies for proposed ~rojeots. He stated that the Board had been requested to enter into an agreement with the U. S. Geologioal Survey and the Bureau of Reolamation to spend $5,000 for these gaging stations, matohing .money with these agenoies. $3,000 of this amount can be paid out of the balance from the last biennium. He stated Mr. Debler had presented a form of contraot whioh is in use in some of the other states for matohing funds with the Bureau of Reolamation. A general discussion followed conoerning the investigation of projeots by the Bureau of Reolamation. This disoussion was partioipated .in by Judge O'Rourke, Mr. Riter. Mr. Patterson, Mr. Merriell and Judge Stone. The need for projeots in the fifty projeot areas of the Colorado River basin was dis- oussed in considerable detail by Mr. Patterson.