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., ": -: r: II . .~ ..,-~, ~ " '. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RFBOLVED by the Colorado Water Conservation Board: 1. That it reaffirms the position which it has heretofore taken with respect to the need for the adoption of an underground water code in the State of Colorado as well as the desirability and importance of continuing the underGround water investigation heretDfore initiated and carried on under a cooperative contract between the Board and the U. S. Geological Survey. I 2. That all measures should be taken to encourage, as ex- peditiously as possible, the study of appropriate legislation for this purpose. 3. That the objectives and purposes of the legislation, spon- sored by the Colorado Agricultural Planning Committee for regulations to insure proper construction of artesian wells be approved as an emergency measure to prevent waste of artesian water supplies and assure adequate measures for the conservation of water available for use in the State of Colorado, and urges that the Geu"'J'al Assembly pass appropriate legislation for tllat purpose. 4. That the administration of regulations and control of the manner of construction of artesian wells is not an appropriate function of the Colorado ~ater Conservation.Board and should be made a function of the State Engineer rmo is charged .nth the ad- ministration of water and water rights in the State of Colorado; and that the Colorado Agricultural Planning Committee, and its subcommittee on underground water, be urged to change its proposed legislation so as to provide that the State Engineer be substituted for the Colorado ~Vater Conservation Board in its proposec legislation. Dan HUf,hes seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing resolution. On vote being taken, the motion to adopt the resolution carried unanimously and the resolution was declared adopted. The meeting recessed at 5 p.m. to reconvene at 9 a.m. December 20. Morning Session Thursday, December 20, 1951 The meeting was called to order at 10 a.m. by George J. Bailey, Vice-Chairman. I Vice-Chairman Bailey stated to the Board that Governor Dan Thornton had come into the meeting room before all the members of the Board had assembled; that he had requested that !~. Bailey explain to the Board his inability to attend the meeting because of other engagements; and that the Governor requested the Vice-Chairman also to express his appreciation for the work ',vhich the Board and Director Stone are doing with respect to the protection and development of Colorado's water resources.