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<br />i <br /> <br />r" <br />-~ <br /> <br />N <br />..:.. <br />j\.) <br />t;IJ <br /> <br />-. <br /> <br />.-~ <br /> <br />6. <br /> <br />-;~-~--- <br /> <br />On March ~O, a meeting r.&S held in my o~~ice bet~een the <br />d. 'ti/J,J- <br />attorneys repre,enting Coloredo, the 1ttorneys General of Coloraco and <br /> <br />Kansas, and. their assiste.nts, and ~.u-. Knapp, to discus:: queEtions of <br /> <br />administretion and rcleRses of ~ater ~tored in CadQoa Reservoir neces~ery <br /> <br />to meet the requirewentE of Colonel Rosenberg to have the reservoir emptieo <br /> <br />qy Jay l~t, at ~hieh time ~~. lilla~p ap~roved the schedule of res~rvoir re- <br /> <br />lcase~ ",hich I had previously prepared. <br /> <br />On April 2nd, e third meeting ..-as held in the Stete Engineer's <br /> <br />office v.'ith attorneys '.kHendrie, Vid"l, Gordon and Breitenstein, !.'r. <br /> <br />Amsley -e.nd Mr. Patterson, to determine upon policies "nd adminidrative <br /> <br />procedure. At this conference it was finally decided that, since water <br /> <br />had been stored in the reservoir, the Stipulation became effective as <br /> <br />of April 1st, and should be adhered to in the administra.tion of the river <br /> <br />during the pre~ent irrigation period, and that distribution of water to <br /> <br />Colorado ditches should be upon the basis of historic monthly uses, if <br /> <br />this seemed to be practicable. It ",as the consensus of op~:ion tjat <br /> <br />due to the involved character of conflicting interests, it ",ould be <br /> <br />necessar~y that the State Engineer exercise his discretion in meeting <br /> <br />many problems as they arose from time to time. <br /> <br />These meetings vere requested by the ~ate ~ngineer for the <br /> <br />~urpose of obtaining advice of counsel and their interpr~tations of the <br /> <br />provisions of the Stipulation, and upon the ~ue~tion of ho", the hater <br /> <br />then in stor2.ge in Caddoa I\eservoir shoule. be tree.tea, ,":hether as <br /> <br />tenporE.rily regulated stream flo..-, or as "Surplus" teater, as c:esignated <br /> <br />by the ,stipulation. !\~r. Knap.::-' he.d .9reviously ac.vised rile that he we.s <br /> <br />agreeable to either designation. <br />