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<br />-e <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />r~ <br />.::.. <br />~ <br />Co; 1 <br /> <br />..\ <br /> <br />--. <br />I <br /> <br />/Y1 a.5ler Copy'_ <br /> <br />NOVEMBER <br />!l 1943 <br /> <br />REPORT Oil THE ADMINISTRi.TIO~ OF' THE AP.KANSAS RIVER <br />UNDER <br />THE COLORADO-KANSAS STIPULATION OF 1933. <br /> <br />Prior to the initiation of lidministr..tion of the Stil'ullition, the State <br /> <br />Engineer of Colorado conferred with representatives of the Attorney General's <br /> <br />office and Counsel for the Arkansas Valley Ditch Association first on Februor.y- <br /> <br />3rd, and subsequently at other times. Other ccnferences between the officials <br /> <br />cf Colorado and of Kansas were held to consider questions relating to intcr- <br /> <br />pretations of the provisions of the Stipulation and administration. <br /> <br />The <br /> <br />last conference was held .on August 19th between the Attorneys General of <br /> <br />Colorado and Kansas, the two State Engineers, Counsel for the Arkansas Valley <br /> <br />Ditch Association and other ditches, and representatives of the Colorado Wate~ <br /> <br />Conservation Board. At the several meetings of the Colorado representatives, <br /> <br />it was the co~sensus.of opinion that the Stipulation posed many original and <br /> <br />involved questions of administration not theretofore presented, which called <br /> <br />for the exercise of tolerance and patience on the part of the water users <br /> <br />pendi.ng the forthcoming decision of the Supreme Court of the United States <br /> <br />wr~ch would determine future administrative procedure. It waS also the con- <br /> <br />sensus of opinion at the early conferences, that due to the involved character <br /> <br />of conflicting interests, it would be necessary that the State Engineer of <br /> <br />Colorado exercise his discretion in meeting many problems as they arose from <br />