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"Resolved, rhat it is the sense of this conference that the present and future rights of the several States whQse territory is iu whole or in part included within the drainage area of the Oolorado River, i and' the rights of the United States, to the use and henefit of the waters of said stream and its tributaries, should be settled and determined by compact or agreement be- tween said States and' the United States, with consent of Oon- gress, and that 'the legislatures of said States be requested to authorize the appoiutment of a commissioner for eacll of said States for the purpose of entering into sucb compact or agree- ment for subsequent ratification and approval by the legislatUl'e of each said States and the Oongress of the United States," Pursuant to the last-quoted resolution, and at the reqnest of the governor :of Arizona, president of the League of the South- west, bills were drawn and submitted to the legislatures of the seven States involved, and were thereafter enacted by all of said States. Each of said bills provide for thc appointment of a commis- sioner for eacll of said States by the respective governors for the purpose of formulating the compact or agrcement provided for by the eoncurrynt legislation, rhe legislation by eaeh of the States also provided for a representative ~f the United States to act on behalf of the Fed- eral Gov.ernment in th.e formulation of the interstate compact or agreement, Pursuant to' the above legislation, the governors of each of the States have ap]lointed their re$pective commis.ioners, May 10, 19Z1, the governors of thE! scven States, 01' their dnly accredited representatives, met at the city of Denver and there formulated resolutions calling upon the President of the United States and upon Oongress to provide for the appointment of a . representative for the United States in harmony with the above. mentioned legi~lation by the States, and directed that the reso- lution so formulated be laid before the President and Oongress by the governors of the States, rhe resolution adopted by the governors at Denver was presented by the governors, or their duly accredited representatives, to the Secretary of the Interior, at Washington, May 17, and to the President of the United States, May 19, ,1921. i BRIEF!6N LAW OF INrERSrATE OOMPAGrS. J POWERS OF STkTES TO ENTEla INTO OOMPACTS. , Oompacts' 01' agreements between the States are recognized by Article I, section 10, paragraph 3, of the Oonstitution of the United States, which provides: [ 20 ]