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<br />tC <br />0'; <br />C". <br />N <br /> <br />C. <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />This volume brings tngether the Colorarlo River documents which <br />rol1rdivrly constitllt,('. ..he flLltw of the RlvrT." They n.pPf'ar h{,fcin <br />itS appendixes, following aftrr an cxplano.tory text which summarizes <br />their bnekgrounrl and history. This text has been divided into 14 <br />chnpt,(,Ts, corr~sponding to as mnny phases of the subject mat.trr, <br />aud tllC'. nppendixrs have been group(',d in 14 "parts" which corre- <br />~Jloncl I.() I.hr RiOlilnrly capt,ionNj chnpt,ors. <br />In hl'il'f, Ult' gr01I1HI ('ovrTl'd iA itA follows: <br /> <br />. Till' Chronological Rockgronnd <br /> <br />ChaptN J, and 11\1'. corresponding part J of the appendix,'s, arc <br />concerued with the hist.orical background of the Boulder Canyon <br />prnj('cf.l in vc-ry hrif'f form, with cit.ations to UlE" mn.f.('rin.l nvnilnhl(' <br />ds('whl're. <br />TIle Compact <br /> <br />Chapter II summarizes the history of the Colorado River Compact. <br />Part II of the appenrlixes contains the text of the compact and of <br />the Federal and Rtate statutes which authorized and ratified it. <br />Chapt('r In narrntrs the events intervening between the mcccu- <br />tion of the Colorado River Compact in 1922 and the enact.ment of <br />the Boulder Canyon Project Act in 1928. Part III of the appcndixes <br />contains t.ho text,s ot sorne ot the documents of this pl'riocl. <br /> <br />The Project Act <br /> <br />Chnpter IV is a summary and analysis of the Boulder CanyolI <br />Project Act. The l.ext of the act appeaTS in part IV of the nppondixes. <br />Chapter V lIan-atl's the stops taken by the Foderal and State <br />Oovr-rnmrnts to rornply with thf'. comlitiom~ prf'erd<mt to t.ho (>fTrc- <br />tiVt'nl'RS of I.he Projf'd Ad. Theso ff'lah.d primn.rily to t.lw ('.onVOT- <br />sion of tho compflct from a scven-Sto.te to a six-State agree01rnt., <br />will. ennc/ment, by California of a statute Iimit.ing her lISe of wnter, <br />followC'd by a PrC'-shlentio.l proclamation. The trxt.'=j or Ulrs(' rnrns- <br />Ufrs o.ppro.r in part V of the appendixesl with neCCBB8.ry rross rl"frr- <br />ences to part II. <br />Down to this point, it is pos8ibl. to deal wit,h the ma/.rrinl in more <br />or h'~s chronological ordl"r. But with t.hr pnssnge of t.hl" Projrd. <br />Art, I,hr trail divid('s, hrcnuse a numbrT of ndivilif'~, wit.1i r:'!~p('ct. <br />toO pow('r, watf'I', construction, planning of crrtain rrlntC'cI projrrts <br />on t,)l(~ river, lit.igation, international negotiations, et.r., nrcrssnrily <br />went forward concnrrf'lltly. Each of these topics is taken up in [l, <br />rhnptrr or group of rhnpt.ers, t.he orgnni7.ation of tho mat.('rin) bring <br />cont.rolll'd hy s"hjl'd matter rat-her t.han chronology. Th,,", <br /> <br />. <br />