Laserfiche WebLink
<br /> <br />4. That use for navigation, in connection with the operation <br />and maintenance of. works for the improvement in navigation or <br />waters arising west or the ninety-seventh meridian shall be <br />,subordinate1'to:,and5hail-mot<cU.vei"sely"a.ffeetr;atl;any time the <br />beneficial consumptive use: west of the ninety-seventh <br />meridian, of such waters for domestic, irrigation, mining, or <br />industrial purposes. <br /> <br />ve <br /> <br />NOWi THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION <br />, , <br />BOARD that the so-called O'rfahoney-Mill1kin amendments.;, a copy <br />of which has been. reviewed and studied by the members of this <br />Boar~, be and the,same are hereby approved; tha't the Director <br />of this; Board! be direoted to,aid in all appropriate ways to <br />secure the inclusion of these amendments; in H. R. ~9611 and E. R. <br />)~85, heretofore more specifioally described, now pending berore <br />the Congress; of the Uniteq. States;; and that the Senatomr and <br />Congressmen from the -Stateof'-.?olorado be oOllllllended: for their- <br />support in the past of these anlendments. and be respeotfully <br />urged! to render such further support as will aid in theil!' <br />u1timat~ adoption by the CongreS$1 <br /> <br />the <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD recognizes.; that it may <br />be necessary to make further changes; in the amendments as here- <br />toforedrawn and proposed and that such chang~ be made as are <br />reoognized, to be necessar;lr by the varioua, interestS' supporting <br />them so long as the amendmentsiadequately oarry out the <br />prinoiples; hereinabove set for'th; <br /> <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a oopy of this resolution be <br />transmitted to the Senators; and Congresemen of the State of <br />Colorado. <br /> <br />The motion to adopt the foregoing resolution was seconded by Mr. Dille and <br />after a vote was declared unanimously adopted. <br /> <br />Thereupon the ques't;ion of whether the State of Colorado should be represented <br />at the annual oonvention of the National Rivers.; and Harbor$ Congress, to be held in <br />New Orleans; on July 27-28" ,1944 was presented. <br /> <br />es. <br /> <br />It was moved by Attorney General Gail L. Ireland! and seoonded <br />by El Roy Nelson that CUfrord H. Stone, Director of the <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board, be an~ ha i~ authorized to <br />attendJ the annual oonvention of the National Rivers and) <br />Harbors. Congres~ at New'Or1ean~, July 27-28, 19L4 anm represent <br />the litate of Colorado. <br /> <br />g. <br /> <br />j <br /> <br />The motion was unanimously oarried arid,dec1ared passed. <br /> <br />~ <br />o <br /> <br />Ther& next came up for oonsideration 'the regional set-up of the Bureau of <br />Recll91nation. The erfects of the administration of the Bureau 0 r Rec:!.amation .8>Otivi tieS' <br />under the region now established on the water development program of 'the State of <br />Colcrado was discussed. It was pointed, out that under the authorized regions, Colorado <br />was divided into three region$ with headquarters at Salt Lake City, Utah, Amarillo, <br />Texas and Billings, Montana. It was the unanimous expression of the members of the <br />Board! that the present. set-up would adversely affect the reclema.tion program in the <br />State ~d-o-that an efrort should be made to, seoure the authorization or a new region, <br />w~headquarters at Denver, Colorado, for the purpose or expediting project planning, <br />investigation, construction and operation. <br /> <br />