BOARD01757

• Board Meeting Date: 5/25/1951
• Description: Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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EXECUTIVE ORDER
Member
COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD

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ORDERlIDl

That John W. Beaty, of Manzanola, Colorado,
be and he hereby is appointed a member of the
COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
for a term expiring MIllY 12, 1954.
GIVEN under my hand and the Executive Seal this
Eighth d~ of May A. D. 1951.

Dan Thornton
Governor

The Board then proceeded, in accordance with the usual practice, to
reorganize follOlling the seating of the newly appointed IlIllmbers of
the Board.

John Beaty nominated George J. Bailey as Vice Chairman of
the Colorado Water Conservation Board. The nomi.nation was
seconded by Judge Dan H. Hughes, who moved that the nominations
be closed and George J. Bailey unanimously elected Vice Chairman
of ,the Board. On vote being taken, the motion was carried and
George J. Bailey declared elected as Vice Chairman of the Board.

Dan B. Hunter nominated Clifford H. stone, Director of the
Board, as Secretary of the Colorado Water Conservation Board.
The nomination was seconded by A. E. Headlee, who moved that
. nominations be closed and Clifford H. stone unanimously elected
Secretary of the Board. On vote being taken, the motion was
carried' and Clifford H. stone was carried unanimously elected
as such Secretary

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At this point, Governor IllQl Thornton entered the meeting and
presided as Chairman of the Colorado Water Conservation Board. Governor
Thornton participated in the meeting until time of adjourmnent except for
a brief period following the nOon recess.

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The Director proceeded to explain the principal purpose of this
meeting. He stated that on April 22, 1951, the Upper Colorado River
Commission, at a special meeting held in Denver, had passed a resolution
finding that the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee of the House
of RepresentativeS on April 19, 1951, had postponed 'action on H.R. lSOO
and 1501 (Central Arizona Project Authorization Bills) until such time
as the use of lIllter in the Lower ColoradO River Basin was adjudicated
or binding DJI1tual agreements as to the use of water had been reached
by states of the Lower Colorado River Basin; that under such circum-
stances, legal action may be taken by a Lower Basin State in the Supreme
_ Court of the United States to determi.ne rights to the use of water by
--_______ the States of the Lower Basin of the Colorado Riveri,- and that ~
~ litigation in the manner in which it is initiaied may involve