WSP05319

• File Number: 8200.300.40.A
• Description: Colorado River Compact
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 11/23/1922
• Author: Co. R Compact Comm.
• Title: Minutes of Colorado Compact Commission - Meeting #25
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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(Thereupon, the motion of Mr. Scrugham having been put to a 179'00, the

samo was unanimouslypa~sed.)

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I:m. EMERSON: It sooms to me you are setting out a certiJ,in dof'jnite

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block 'of 'w'ator for use under. each. :division.., You are not setting out any
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block of use, you are sotting out a bloC;k of 7,$00.,000 acre foot in.
paragraph (a) for use.

CIlUH/;L\N HOOVER: .What beoomes of J.t aftor you uoo it?
MIL NORVIE1: They give it. ,to. US then.

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},lR. CAllPEHTER: . It is sot apart for consumptive use. , .

MR. MC CLORE: Judrre Sloan, does it make any d;i.ffi;>rence in the lan[iUago?

JUDGE SLQ,\N:, I -faVor the rotontio.n of thi;> words th0re. , Principal],y

b0cause it means a redrafting of two paragraphs.
HR. DAVIS: (a)isinconsistont With the way we have tho intJ.'o,duction

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now so if you chango the introduction, (a) becomes inconsistent. Yo.ur:

introductory clause a5written' now apportions use, v(hilo.,(a) apporti~ns"
7,500,000 acre foet of water, .so the language is incansistol1? as tb,e

language is written at present. (f) would.have to. be changed, if ,~he

intro.ducto.ry clause is changed.

MR. NORVmL: How would it do to change the first word "the" to

"for"? "For boneficial consumptivo use", cut out the "of", "tho waters of

the Colorado River Systom' are heroby divided", and so on.

!m. DAVIS: That is changing the order of the phrase.' Then in
paragraph (g) at the end you would again have to chango to conform.

!JR. EtlERSON: I would like to [mow, VIr. Chairman, where you see

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difficulty in the future with t~e changing of that expression?

CIL\JmL\N HOOVEn: I havo jioubts as to the ability of the Commission

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