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<br />,/ <br /> <br />~~... <br /> <br />Ii <br /> <br />L. T. BURQE8& <br />CHIl!F K"OROGlllAP'HER <br /> <br />M. C. HINDERLIDER <br />.TATf: ENQINl!IEIII <br /> <br />C. C. HEZto\ALH"'1..CH <br />DIEI"LJTY <br /> <br />W. T. BL.IGHT <br />CHIlEI'" CLJ!:RK . DIl"""...."'" <br /> <br />--- <br />---- <br />-- <br /> <br />-. <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />I[,NG~'HEER\MGo DEPARTMEN'T <br /> <br />DENVER <br /> <br />r--. <br />'_.d <br /> <br />t~ <br />A <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />NOVEMBER <br />5 194:5 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRt.TION OF THE JRKP.~;SAS P-IVER <br />UNDER <br />TIlE COLOP.ADO-KANSl-S STIPOLATION. OF 19~5. <br /> <br />- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <br /> <br />As. interpreted by the Attorney Gener&l of ColorE-do and Associate <br />Counsel. the StipulEtion of 1955 became effective April 1st, 1945, as B <br />reEUlt of the impoundment of l\'E.ter in Gaddoe Reservoir in the l':inter of <br />19412-1945. <br /> <br />-. <br />, <br /> <br />The Stipulation _s the first official recognition on the part of <br />Colorado, or its WEter users, of any obligation to make deliveries of <br />-..o.ter for use in KanS&5. .As a result of the assULption of ttis obligation, <br />Xlell' problems automaticaD.y came into being to further complicate the <br />already involved problem of administr€.tion of the "",-ters of the .t..rkLnsas <br />lliver. <br /> <br />The successful operetion of this InterstGte agreement, especially <br />during the period 'When representlitives of the two states Tere endes.voring <br />to find a substitute for the 4l? years of litigation, depended upon E. pro- <br />per construction of the language of the Stipul<tion, the efficient adl!iinis- <br />tration of the provisions thereof, "llIld the coopere.tion cf the -rater users <br />rith the TateI1 officials. <br /> <br />The Stipul~tion ~ces its administr~tion in the hbnds of the State <br />Engineer of Colorado and the Chief of the Division of ~~ter Resources of <br />Kansas, (Mr. Geo. S. Knapp). <br /> <br />At a meeting of the ~~kansas Valley Ditch Association at La Junt& on <br />J.pril 15, lS4~, which waS "ttended by the St~te Engineer of Colorado, dif- <br />ferences of opinion arose as to interpreu.tions of cert,,-in provisions of <br />the Stipuletion, directly affecting the interests of ~ter users in Colorado, <br />particula.rly those ll.bove Caddo,,- Reservoir. }.s a result, the ~_ttorney <br />General of Colorado Fas asked for an opinion as to the correctness of the <br />following interpretations which the State Engineer had placed u90n the <br />stipul~tion. <br /> <br />.---------- <br />