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Show -30- 6?TH CONGRESS, ) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (DOCUMENT 1+th Session. ) ( No. 605. COLORADO RIVER COMPACT. Letter from the Chairman of the Colorado River Commission, Transmitting Report of the Proceedings of the Colorado River Commission and the Compact or Agreement Entered into Between the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming Respecting the Apportionment of the Waters of the Colorado River. March 2S 1923*-Referred to the Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands and ordered to be printed. Department of Commerce, % Office of the Secretary, Washington, March 2, I923. The Speaker of the House of Representatives Washington, D. C. Sirj The act of Congress of August 19, 1921 (h£ Stat. L. 171), per- mitting a compact to be entered into between the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, respecting the apportionment of the wa-bers of the. Colorado River, authorized the President of the United States to appoint a representative who should participate in the negotiations as a representative of and for the protection of the interests of the United States,, and who should report to Congress the proceedings of the commission and the compact or agreement entered into. The President appointed me as the Federal representative under this act. As directed by the act, I have the honor to report the oompact and pro- ceedings as follows 1 The commission met for the first time January 26, 1922, in the city of Washington. The following commissioners from all the interested States were presents W. S. Nor-viel, commissioner for Arizona; W. F. McClure, commissioner for California; Delph E. Carpenter, commissioner for Colorado; J. G. Scrugham, commissioner for Nevada; Stephen B. Davis, jr., commissioner for New Mexico; R. E« Caldwell, commissioner for Utah; Frank C. Emerson, commissioner for Wyoming # |