BOARD01362

• Board Meeting Date: 6/22/1945
• Description: Table of Contents and Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Minutes

Afternoon Session, June 22, 1945

The meeting reconvened and was called to order by Vice-Chair-
man Chris Wallrich at 2:30 p.m., at which time the consideration of the
underground water investigation in the State of' Colorado was resumed.

W. E. Code of the Colorado Agricultural COllege, who for a
number of years had made certain studies and investigations of under-
ground waters and of existing pumping development in various sections
of the State of Colorado, explained the nature of his work and made sug-
gestions for the correlation of,his activities with the proposed inves-
tigation by the U. S. Geological Survey and the Colorado Water Con-
servation Board.

It vms moved by Judge John B. O'Rourke and seconded by
J. M. Dille that the follornng resolution be passed:

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, HOuse Bill No. 432 of the 35th General Assem-
bly of the State of Colorado, approved April 18, 1945 by
the Honorable John C. Vivian, Governor of the State of Colo-
rado, appropriated $25,000 for the biennium beginning July
1, 1945, and ending June 30, 1947, to the Colorado Water Con-
servation Board to enable said Board with the approval of
the Governor to make cooperative surveys and il:IVestigations
and share the expense thereof under agreements with the
United States Geological Survey, Ground Water Division, con-
cerning the ground water resources of Colorado for the pur-
pose of aiding in the protection and the greater and more
beneficial use thereof, and seouring factual, engineering
and other information relating to underground water supplies
and resources; and

,YHEREAS, The United States Geologioal Survey, Ground
Water Division, has submitted a form of contract for such
cooperative surveys and investigations, a copy of which is
attached hereto and made a pert of the minutes of this meet-
ing; and

WHEREAS, The Colorado Water Conservation Board has oon-
sidered said contract and believes it to be in proper form
for execution;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Colorado Water
Conservation Board that

1. The Director of the Colorado Water Conservation
Board is hereby authorized and directed to execute such
Contract with the United States Geological Survey, Ground
Water Division for and on behalf of the State of Colorado,
and to do any and all things necessar"J to carry said con-
tract into effect;

2. The Colorado Water Conservation Board recommends