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<br />46 <br /> <br />46 <br /> <br />basis. vIe will also need a Coinmittee on legal questions., I think <br />it will be necessary to look into:the Mexican treaties and it may be <br /> <br />. ' <br />. . <br />" . ' ~ . <br />necessary; to make some sllrvey of the already existing.rights to clear <br />up points formally; and there also may be a legal question in con- <br />nection with power in this sense-~that while no power rights have <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />been granted that are consequenti!}l the allocation of the water would . <br />need to be followed by some subse~uent action in the matter .of letting <br />water rights that did not give an~ one priority as against such an <br />allocation of water, Therefore I 'would like to suggest for the con- <br />sideration of my fellow Commissioners the desirability of setting up <br /> <br />.these three Committees so that weican get ahead for formal action. <br />Mr. Emerson. May I ask, Mr. ,Hoover, whether it is supposed that <br />these' Committees can Hork now and'report back later to the Committee <br /> <br />as a whole? <br /> <br />Secretary Hoover (Chairman).; I think we would make better <br /> <br />progress if we had someone to condense the facts into basic statements. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />It is more a matter of selecting ~terial for presentation to the Com- <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />mission as a ,Thole, If we had a Committee 'IOrkingwith,Mr. Davis of <br /> <br />the Reclamation Service we oould arrive at the volume of water avail- <br /> <br />able both with and without .storag~. If we' had a digest of the require- <br /> <br />ments of the various states, we <br /> <br />, <br />c6uld immediately test out the avail- <br />I <br />n\.>t know whether that appeals to the <br /> <br />ability with the claims. I did <br /> <br />Commission, to have some prelimin~ry work done of that kind. <br /> <br />, . i <br />Mr, Scrugham. Mr. Chairman,! if a motion is desirable, I move <br />that the Chairman appoint such Commtttees. <br />Mr. Carpenter. I second theimotion. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br />