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ARIZ. EXH. NO. 51 Appendix 214 THE COLORADO RIVER COMPACT: REPORT OF FRANK C. EMERSON, COMMISSIONER FOR WYOMING To the Honorable William B. Ross, Governor, and to the Honorable Senate and House oj the Seventeenth Wyoming Legislature. Sirs: I have the honor to submit herewith for your consideration my report upon the Colorado River Compact as negotiated between the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, including such explanation and comment as seems at this time proper. Believing that a treaty based upon this Compact would inure to the lasting benefit of the State of Wyoming, it is my earnest recommendation that the Compact be ratified by appropriate action of your honorable bodies with the approval of the Governor. Respectfully, Frank C. Emerson, Commissioner for Wyoming. Cheyenne, Wyoming, January 18, 1923. (Mr. Emerson's report contains the full text of the compact, followed by comments. The text is omitted here, to avoid duplication. The comments follow.) Comment Chapter 120, Session Laws of Wyoming, 1921, sets forth in its title the purpose of negotiating a compact concerning the use and distribution of the waters of the Colorado River System, as follows: AN ACT Providing for the appointment of a Commissioner on behalf of the State of Wyoming to negotiate a compact or agreement between the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, and between said States and the United States, respecting the use and distribution of the waters of the Colorado River and tributaries, and the rights of said States and the United States thereto. By appointment of Governor Robert D. Carey, State Engineer Frank C. Emerson became the duly authorized Commissioner for Wyoming and represented this State upon the Colorado River Commission, which, on November 24, 1922, at Santa Fe, New Mexico, unanimously A121