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Show HOW TO USE THIS BOOK ix tice, but are useful to explain the development of water law doctrines and institutions; and are important in some instances to explain the nature of present water rights acquired under an earlier system and preserved under new reforms. The "Publications Available" sections also contain the name and address of the water resources research agency or institute of each State designated to receive research funds from the Office of Water Resources Research of the Department of Interior. There are volumi- nous unpublished reports available on water resources through these institutes. These are not generally available to the researcher utilizing regular source materials found in libraries, and for this reason it might prove to be productive for the reader to contact the water resources research agency of a particular State to determine the existence or availability of unpublished papers and reports that relate to his area of interest. The reader will note that there is no index in this volume. An index seemed to be impractical in that it would have been necessary to in- clude a citation for each of the 50 States in connection with virtually every topic included within such an index. However, the reader will be guided to the particular subject matter which may interest him by reference to the table of contents. The summary of contents simply identifies the five chapters of part I and then lists the 50 chapters covering the individual States under part II. That is followed by a detailed table of contents for part I, which includes a subdivisional breakdown identifying the various subjects discussed within each major section of each chapter of part I. While there is no detailed table of contents for each of the individual State summaries, there is a uniform summary of contents which appears on the first page of each individual State digest. Therefore, the reader may refer to the summary of contents to locate the individual digest for any particular State; and may then turn to that State for the uniform summary of contents, and thus find the subject matter of interest to him. If he wishes more detail with respect to that subject, he may refer to the corresponding section in part I. By way of acknowledgement, it must be noted that drafts of the State summaries were sent to the State attorneys general for review. The assistance thus received from the States' legal officers was very helpful and is deeply appreciated, but the editors of this volume alone carry responsibility for the accuracy of these summaries. It would be impossible to acknowledge the assistance of everyone who assisted in preparing, typing, and reviewing the manuscript, and so there will be no effort to do so. However, the editors do wish to express their appreciation to Philip M. Glick, the Commission's general counsel, and to Charles J. Meyers, professor of law and assistant counsel to the Commission, for their guidance, assistance, and encouragement during the preparation of the manuscript. Richard L. Dewsnup, Dallin W. Jensen, Editors. Robert W. Swenson, Associate Editor. |