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<br />or ..;)7G <br /> <br />interstate oO::1troversy ;lad tho effect of precluding re~ervoir constructi,:m <br /> <br />for the re~so~ there was no division of water betweon the states, and hC::1ce <br /> <br />thera cOl\ld be no firm right to use any speoific 8.oount of water in Colorado. <br /> <br />In 1929 a tempor~ry five-year co~pact w~s made ~ the throe states and lator <br /> <br />extended. In the early 19303 applioation was made to seoure Public Works <br /> <br />Ad~nistr~tion funds for the condtruotion of a res~rvoir on the Canejas. <br /> <br /> <br />This effort failed because of a directive issued ~ the President on September <br /> <br /> <br />23. 1935 forbidding the approval of any application for a projeot involving <br /> <br />the use of ilio Grande water without a olearance from the iJatio:lll.l Resouroes <br /> <br /> <br />Committee. Thereafter, the compact oommissioners at the three states request- <br /> <br />ed the i!atio718.1 Resot'rces Conmittee to conduct a fact flnd1::1g investigation of <br /> <br /> <br />the upper Rio Grande basin. This investl&ation wlXJ undertalcen and the results <br /> <br /> <br />are reported as "Rogional Plenning, Part VI, Upper Rio Gra:lde, Februc.ri. 1938. <br /> <br />Uational Resources Committee.'1 After this roport was made, representatives <br /> <br />of tho three statQs nogotiatQd a compaot which was signed at Santa Fo, now <br /> <br /> <br />Nexico on ~Aroh 18, 1938 a~ thereafter ratified ~. the states ~~d OO~8o:ltod <br /> <br /> <br />to by Con~ross. (See 53 stat. 785. 1939 Colorado Session Laws, Chapter 146) <br /> <br /> <br />This oompact apportions water of the ~io Grande between the threo statos. <br /> <br /> <br />After it became effective the Bureau of Reolamation made its report on the <br /> <br /> <br />San Lub Valley project whioh is published o.s House Document 693, 76th Con- <br /> <br /> <br />gress, 3rd Session. <br /> <br />WID OI/llERSHIP HI TH: COllEJOS DISTRICT <br /> <br />The following table secured from the Bureau of Reola~ation shows ~~e <br /> <br /> <br />sta.tus of 1.md ownership in the CO:1ejos ~-later CO:1.Servanoy District in 1$47. <br /> <br />- 7 - <br />