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Show ARIZ. EXH. NO. 57 Appendix 213 THE COLORADO RIVER COMPACT: REPORT OF R. E. CALDWELL, COMMISSIONER FOR UTAH Mr. President and Members of the Utah Senate: It is my purpose to present to you in outline, matters concerning, pertaining to, and pertinent to the Colorado River Compact which is before you for ratification. I shall sketch the history of it, give you a few reasons for it, and indicate to you the scope and gist of it. The Colorado River compact as it is before you, is the direct result of the work of the Commission which has come to be known as the Colorado River Commission. REASON FOR THE COMMISSION Chapter 68, Session Laws of the State of Utah, 1921, is an act providing for the appointment of a representative on behalf of the State of Utah to negotiate a compact and agreement between and among the States of the Colorado River Basin, and between the States of the Colorado River Basin and the United States of America respecting the use and distribution of the waters of the Colorado River and its tributaries, and the rights of said States thereto. On the 14th day of January 1922, at the pleasure of Hon. Charles R. Mabey, Governor, I had the honor to receive an appointment as the representative of the State of Utah provided for by statute. Since receiving the appointment I have functioned as such representative, and I am now directed by the Governor and requested by your President to make a report of my stewardship and that of the Colorado River Commission to you gentlemen of the Senate. Possibly what I shall say is a recapitulation of much of what you have already heard and know of this important matter. It is my hope that when I have done this that there will have arisen in your minds out of your general conception of the Colorado River problem pertinent questions which you will wish to ask, and, time permitting, I should like to engage with you in a brief informal discussion believing it to be the surest way of getting before you the things which you wish to and should know. 77831-48------20 All 3 |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : |