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<br />246 <br /> <br />"CaWE-ADO' RIVER COMPACT. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />"The states of Ar~zona,CalHo:r\nia, COiorado, Hevada, ]Jew LIoxico, <br />UtDh and Wyol1line, havin:i~ resolved to enter into a compactundor the Act <br />of the Congress of th,e, United StateS of Amorica approved August 19, 1921, <br />(42 S;tatutesat"Lti~g'e;Pa[le 171) ffild the Acts of the Le~isL.\tur'esof the <br />said states, have through their Governers appeinted as their CODTIllissioners: <br /> <br />'l\ <br /> <br />VI. S. Norviel <br />w. F. McClure <br />Delph E. Carpentc;:r <br />J. G. Scrugham <br />Stephen B. Davis, Jr. <br />R. E. Caldwell <br />Frank C. Emerson <br /> <br />for tho Stato of Arizona <br />for the State of California <br />,fO:r, the State of Colorado <br />for the"Btate of Neva<;la <br />for tho State of' Now Mexico" <br />for'the State of Utah,,' <br />for th0 Stat0 of Wyomin~ <br /> <br />who, after negotiations partic:Lpated in by Herbert Hoov!'lr 8!ppointed by , <br />The President as the representative of the United States of America, 11~ve <br />agreed upon the following articles:" <br /> <br />CHAIRMAN HOOVER: (Readinr,) "Article I. The major purposes G:t this, <br /> <br /> <br />compact are to provide for the equitable division and apportionmerrt of <br /> <br />the use of' the waters of the Colorado River System; to establish l;he <br /> <br />f <br /> <br />relative importanco of different beneficial uses of water; to assure, <br /> <br />interstate comity; to remove causes of present and future controversies;:" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />to promote the expeditious agricultural ffild industrial devolopment of, the <br />," . -' <br /> <br />Colorado River Basin, and tho' storage of its wat":rs and, tonro,toct lifo' <br />and property from floods. iI <br /> <br />MR,. SCRUGl-W.I:, ],ir. "Squires sU[l[lested two minorC;han~es in there' that <br /> <br />. <br />might be advffiltageous. To "promote" interstate comity. How .can you <br /> <br />lIassurell interstate eomfty?' <br /> <br />MR. DAVIa: You eab a'ssure interstate comit;y botter than ,yqu can <br /> <br />lI'securell expeditious agricultural development. <br /> <br />MR. SCRUGHAM: Instiaad of "promote" the expeditious, ,make it <br /> <br />"securell theexp'editious' agrieultural and industrial deY,elopment. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />MR. DAVIS: In linE five chffilge "assure" to IIpromote" and :in the <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />next line change "'promotJII to "secure." <br /> <br />CJL\IRI,L\N HOOVER: You can save some "andsll in that sentenee and make <br />