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Show Pursuant to the last-quoted resolution, and at the request of the Governor of Arizona, president of the League of the Southwest, "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 billE provided for the appointment of commissioners for each of said States by the respective Governors for the purpose of form- ulating the compact or agreement provided for by the concurrent legislation. The legislation by each of the States also provided for a repre- sentative of the United States to act on behalf of the Federal Government in the formulation of the interstate compact or agreement* Pursuant to the above legislation, the governors of each of the States have appointed their respective commissioners. May 10, 1921, the Governors of the seven States, or their duly accredi-fced" representatives, met at the city of Denver and there formulated resolutions calling upon the President of the United States and upon Con- gress to praride for the appointment of a representative for the United States in harmony with the above-mentioned legislation by the States, snd directed that the resolutions so formulated be laid before the President and Congress by the Governors of the States, The resolution adopted by the Governors of 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, |
