WSP05831

• File Number: 8111.600
• Description: ARCA Annual Reports
• Basin: Arkansas
• Date: 12/12/1950
• Author: ARCA
• Title: Second Annual Report Arkansas River Compact Administration for the Year 1950
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

(c) The 1949 report of the Administratiun showed no expen-
cJiwfes. A recapitulation of the receipts and disbursements from the
begmning of the biennium (July I, 1949, to Oetobet 31, 1950) is
as follows:

Received from Colorado and Kansas ___.$3,333.33
Expended ................................................ 1,947.06

Balance on hand, OeIober 31, 19,0. ...$1,386.27

(d) Article VII (5) of the By. Laws of the Administration, in
accordance with Article VIII E(3) of the Compact, provides:
"5. All receipts and disbursements of the Administra-
tion shall be audited yearly by a certified public account'
ant to be selected by the Administration, and the report of
audit shall be included in the annual report of the Admin- ..
istration."
Pursuant to this provision of the By-Laws, the receipts and
disbursements of the Administration have been audited for the
period commencing with the organization of the Administration on
July 22, 1949, to OCIobcr 31, 1950, the end of the report.year. The
report of such audit is hereto attached as Appendix A.

(e) The First National Bank of Lamar, Colorado, has been
designated by the Administration as the official depository of its
funds. Article VIII (2) of the By. Laws provides that disburse,
ments of Administration funds shall he made by check signed by
the Treasurer, and countersigned by the Chairman or Vice-Chair-
man of the Administration. In order to protect Administration
funds against loss, the Administration on October 20, 1950, adopted
a resolution, a copy of which is attached as Appendix B.

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5, Rules and Regulations
In accordance with Article VIII B(l) of the Compact and Arti,
cle VI of the By-Laws of the Administration, Rules and Regulations
for the administration of the Arkansas River Compact were adoptecJ
by the Administrat10n on March 24-, 1950, published and became
effective on April 15, 1950. A copy of these Rules and Regula.tions
is attached hert.:to as Appendix C.

6, Cooperative Studies and Activities

(a) Article VIII G(l) of the Arkansas River Compaet re.
quires the Administration to cooperate with the Chief Official of
each of the States <if Colorado and Kansas charged with the admin.
istration of water rights and with the Federal agencies in a sys-
tematic determination and correlation of the facts as to the flow and
diversion of the water of the Arka.nsas Riva and as to the opera-
tion and siltation of John Martin Reservoir and other related struc'
tures; and Article VIII G (2) requests the Director of Ihe United

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