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he y . - The status of the proposed treaty between the United States and Mexioo, respeoting the allocation between the two countrie~ or the waters of the Colorado and Tia Juana river~ and the Rio Grand~ wa~ disoussed. Attcrney General Gail L. Ireland, Frank C. l1err)e11, Seoretary-Engineer or the Colorado River Water Conservation Distriot, Glenn G. Saunders, Assistant City Attorney of the City and County of Denver and Direotor Stone reported conoerning a meeting held at Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 7-8, 1944, when six of the directly affected states~ namely, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexioo, Texas, Utah and Wyoming formed a Six S'tates Committee to aotively support ratification by the United States; Senate of this; treaty. It was explained that the Six States; Committee i$ made up of- one representative from each of the six states mentioned, wi~h Clifford H. Stone as ohairman; that Frank C. Merriell was appointed as Colorado's representative on this committee; and that Glenn G. Saunder~ had been seleoted as ohairman of a committee to prepare an over-all brief on the subjeot of treaty ratifioetion. Direotor S'torre oalled to the attention of the Board the oooperative oontraots heretofore entered into by the Colorado Water Conservation Board and the United States Geological Survey for the installation and maintenanoe of stream gaging stations necessary for projeot investigation in the State of Colorado. He stated thet the oontraot whioh would expire June 30, 1944 provided that the ,State expend $6,000 as its share and that the B~ea~ o~ Reolamation had furnished materials and servioes' amounting' to substantiaily the same amount. He then reoornmended that the Board! approve the expendi toure 'of $6,000 as its share or cost under a similar oontraot for the fisoal year oommencing_ July 1, 1944 and expiring June ~o, 1945. Mr. A. C.' Stiefel of the Colorado water Coneervation Board stafr exp1ainedi the details; of this; cooperative work and displilyedi dooumen'ts; indicating the looation of the gaging stations, the names; of those 'to be discontinued, the namew of those which would be continued, and the new s'tations; to be installed. After discussion it WIlS moved! by Mr.. Dille and seconded by Mis~ Pointev that the program of cooperative stream gaging for the purpose of supporting project investigations in the State or Colorado, between the S'tate of Colorado, the United State~ Geological Survey'andthe Bureau of Reolernation be-oontinu~ for the next risoa1 year and tha't the Directo~be authorized to sign suoh paper~ and contracts as were neoessary to carry out this program;. and) that the sum of $6,000 of the fundlllof the Colorado Water Conservation Board be authorized for expenditure, for thi~ purpose. The motion WaS unanimously carried; and deolarecll passed. Mr. J. M. ViUe, member of the Boardl and Seoretary-flanager of the Northern Colorado Wate~ Conservanoy 1>t6triet--, 'than ma'de .- reporlt upon the statull; of the construotion progrll1l1 of the Colorado-Big Thompson project. He reviel'leo the aotion of the War Production Board authorizimg It 11mi tedJ program of oonstruction durmg the war. He explained that the Alva B. Adem&; Transcontinental Diversion Tunneli had been "holed through"', that the oontraotorl!' were c-lieail1ng out the tunnel preparatory to lining i~; that the oontract had been made for the construotion of the North Fork Dam; and that lining of the Transoontinental Diversion tunne:lv.ould prooeed as; soon a/$ it had been oleaned out, lining ecp iF- ment nade available and oontractS' between theUni'ted States; and contracto,J!'8S consUIlDIlated. Thereupon John C. Page, Consultant of the Bureau or Reo1ame.tion and J. R. Riter, Hydraulio Engineer, Branch of Project Planning or the Bureau of Reclamation, made a report on the status of project investigation in the State of Colorado. This wall a oomp-ehensive' report oovering investigationlF by the Bureau of Reclama'tion in all parts; of the State of Colorado.