Colorado for the negotiation of interstate compacts with other States respecting other Colorado streams shall be appointed the commissioner for Colorado hereunder.

SEC. 2. The Governor of Colorado shall notify the Governor of Arizona of the appointment of the commissioner for Colorado as soon as said commissioner shall have been appointed and qualified, but said commissioner for Colorado shall not enter upon the performance of his duties until a commissioner to serve upon said joint commission shall have been named and have qualified for each of the States mentioned in section 1 hereof, and until the United States shall have designated its representative to act upon said joint commission, and until the fact of the appointment of said commissioners for all of said States and the representatives of the United States shall have been officially communicated and made known to the Governor of Arizona. Upon failure of all of said States and of the United States to have designated their respective commissioners and representatives upon said joint commission and, except Arizona, to have officially communicated said facts to the Governor of Arizona, on or before October 15, 1922, and upon failure of the Governor of Arizona to have notified the governor of each of said States. except Arizona, and the accredited representative of the United States of the appointment and qualification of all of the members to said joint commission on or before said date, the appointment of the commissioner for Colorado hereunder shall, without further act, cease and terminate, and he shall be relieved of any further duties hereunder.

SEC. 3. As soon as the commissioner for Colorado shall be called to enter upon the performance of his duties, as hereinbefore provided, he shall be furnished such legal, engineering, and other assistants as the governor and attorney general may deem advisable and necessary.

SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the State engineer and of the division engineers and water commissioners in all irrigation divisions and water districts comprising streams within the drainage area of the Colorado River in Colorado to aid and assist the commissioner for Colorado wherever essential to facilitate the work of said commissioner, and to bring about a speedy and satisfactory adjustment between said States and between said States and the United States as provided in section 1 hereof.

SEC. 5. The compensation of the commissioner for Colorado and of his stenographic and other assistants shall be fixed by the governo, and attorney general and he and they shall be entitled to reimbursement for all necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in the performance of his or their duties both with and without the State of Colorado.

SEC. 6. Said commissioner for Colorado shall have full authority to make any and all investigations of the Colorado River and the drainage area thereof, which may become necessary in order to sufficiently advise said commissioner of the physical conditions obtaining upon said stream and of the present and future needs of the State of Colorado and its citizens to the use and benefit of the waters of said stream, and to that end said commissioner shall have authority to administer oaths, examine and require the attendance of witnesses and to perform such other duties as may be necessary to sufficiently apprise said commissioner of the facts and furnish him with adequate information in order that he may properly perform his duties as commissioner for Colorado upon said joint commisson.

SEC. 7 The compensation of the commissioner and his assistants, together with all his or their traveling or other necessary expenses, and all other necessary costs, charges and expenditures hereunder, including the payment of an equitable portion of the costs and expenses of said joint commission, shall be paid monthly, upon vouchers approved by the governor and the attorney general and warrants drawn for the payment thereof upon the State treasurer by the State audtor in the ordinary manner, out of any funds appropriated for the defense of the waters of the State of Colorado under the provisions of an act entitled, "An act to enable the State of Colorao to protect the waters of its natural streams and to maintain the right of appropriation and use of such waters for beneficial purposes within this State and making an appropriaton therefor of the first class."

SEC. 8. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that this act and each and every sentence, phrase and clause thereof is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety.

SEC. 9. In the opinion of the general assembly an emergency exists, therefore this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved April 2, 1921.

LAWS OF NEVADA

[Senate bill No. 20-Senator Griffith]

[Chap. 115]

AN ACT Creating a commission to be known as the Colorado River development commission of Nevada, defining its powers and duties, and making an appropriation for the expense thereof

The people of the State of Nevada, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. A commission is hereby created, to be known as the Colorado River Development Commission of Nevada, to consist of the State engineer of the State of Nevada and three other members, to be appointed by the governor. A majority of the State commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Within thirty days after the passage and approval of this act the governor shall appoint said commissioners and they shall hold office for a term of four years. or until their successors are appointed and qualified. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor.

SEC. 2. The said commissioners shall have the following qualifications: They shall each be citizens of the State of Nevada and have a general knowledge of the development of the Colorado River and its tributaries within the State of Nevada, but at no time shall there be more than two of said commissioners members of the same political party.

SEC. 3. The governor may at any time remove any commissioner for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.

SEC. 4. The members of said commission shall receive as compensation ten ($10) dollars for each day actually employed on the work of said commission and their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

SEC. 5. Within a reasonable time after the appointment of the members of said commission, they shall meet upon the call of the governor and effect an organization by electing one of their members chairman and one of their members secretary. The commission shall audit all bills for expenses and per diem of its members, and, when the same shall have been certified to by the chairman and secretary, the secretary shall file the same with the state board of examiners for approval, and the same shall be paid out of any moneys appropriated for that purpose.

SEC. 6. The commissioners shall meet at such times and at such places as may be designated by the chairman.

SEC. 7. The duties of said commission shall be to collect and arrange all data and information connected with the Colorado River and its tributaries which may affect or be of interest to the State of Nevada; to present the same to the governor for his information; to represent the State of Navada in such interstate or other conferences or conventions as may be called for the consideration of the development of reclamation projects connected with the Colorado River or its tributaries; or for the consideration of Federal and State rights and procedure relating thereto; to tender the friendly cooperation of the State of Nevada to such constructive enterprises as look to the conservation of the waters of the Colorado River and its tributaries and the development of power thereon; to negotiate with the representatives of other States and the United States in endeavoring to equitably settle and define the rights of the States and the United States in the waters of the Colorado River and its tributaries; to report to the governor such measures for legislative action as may be deemed necessary to secure to the people of Nevada all possible benefits from such enterprises.

SEC. 8. Said commission shall have the power to hold hearings, require the attenance of witnesses, and take testimony whenever it shall deem it necessary in carrying out the provisions of this act. Any commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to administer oaths to any witnesses called to testify in any hearing or proceeding before the commission.

SEC. 9. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, the sum of five thousand ($5,000) dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, March 21, 1921.

CHAPTER 121

[H. B. No. 182 (as amended); approved March 11, 1921]

AN ACT Providing for the appointment of a commissioner on behalf of the State of New Mexico to negotiate a compact and 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 the rights of said States and the United States thereto, and making an appropriation therefor

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico:

SECTION 1. The Governor of New Mexico shall, with the advice and consent of the State senate, appoint a commissioner who shall represent the State of New Mexico upon a joint commission to be composed of commissioners representing the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, and a duly authorized representative of the United States of America, to be constituted by said States and the United States for the purpose of negotiating and entering into a compact or agreement between said States and between said States and the United States, with consent of Congress, respecting the future utilization and disposition of the waters of the Colorado River and all streams tributary thereto and fixing and determining the rights of said States and the rights of the United States in and to the use, benefit and disposition of the waters of said stream: Provided, however, That any compact or agreement so entered into by said States and the United States shall not be binding or obligatory upon any of the high contracting parties thereto unless and until the same shall have been ratified and approved by the legislature of each of said States and by the Congress of the United States.

SEC. 2. The Governor of New Mexico shall notify the Governor of Arizona of the appointment of the commissioner for New Mexico as soon as said commissioner shall have been appointed and qualified, but said commissioner for New Mexico shall not enter upon the performance of his duties nor receive any compensation until a commissioner to serve upon said joint commission shall have been named and have qualified for each of the States mentioned in section 1 hereof, and until the United States shall have designated its representative to act upon said joint commission and until the fact of the appointment of said commissioners for all of said States and the representative of the United States shall have been officially communicated and made known to the Governor of Arizona. And said commissioner so appointed shall retain such appointment and perform the duties of his said office until the purposes of this act shall have been completed and accomplished, except as herein otherwise provided. Upon failure of any of said States or of the United States to have designated their respective commissioners and representatives upon said joint commission and, except Arizona, to have officially communicated said facts to the Governor of Arizona, on or before July 1st, 1922, and upon failure of the Governor of Arizona to bave notified the Governor of each of said States, except Arizona, and the accredited representative of the United States of the appointment and qualification of all of the members to said joint commission on or before said date, the appointment of the commissioner for New Mexico hereunder shall, without further act, cease and terminate and he shall be relieved of any further duties hereunder and the appropriation herein made shall thereupon revert to the permanent reservoirs for irrigation purposes income fund of the State.

SEC. 3. As soon as the commissioner for New Mexico shall be called upon to enter upon the performance of his duties, as hereinbefore provided. he shall be furnished a competent stenographer capable of taking and extending testimony and of performing such clerical duties as may be required by such commissioner, and he shall also be furnished such legal and engineering assistants as the governor and attorney general of the State of New Mexico may deem advisable and necessary.

SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the State engineer to aid and assist the commissioner for New Mexico wherever essential to facilitate the work of said commissioner, and to bring about a speedy and satisfactory adjustment between said States and between said States and the United States as provided in section 1 hereof.

SEC. 5. The compensation of the commissioner for New Mexico and of his stenographic and other assistants shall be fixed by the governor and attorney general, and he and they shall be entitled to reimbursement for all necessary

traveling and other expenses incurred in the performance of his or their duties both within and without the State of New Mexico.

SEC. 6. Said commissioner for New Mexico shall have full authority to make any and all investigations of the Colorado River and the drainage area thereof, which may become necessary in order to sufficiently advise said commissioner of the physical conditions obtaining upon said steam and of the present and future needs of the State of New Mexico and its citizens to the use and benefit of the waters of said stream, and to that end said commissioner shall have authority to administer oaths, examine and require the attendance of witnesses, and to perform such other duties as may be necessary to sufficiently apprise said commissioner of the facts and furnish him with adequate information in order that he may properly perform his duties as commissioner for New Mexico upon said joint commission.

SEC. 7. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, including the payment of an equitable portion of the cost and expenses of said joint commission, there is hereby appropriated out of the permanent reservoirs for irrigation purposes income fund, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purposes herein provided. The compensation of the commissioner, stenographer, and other necessary assistants, together with all traveling and other necessary expenses, and all other costs and charges and necessary expenditures hereunder, shall be paid monthly upon vouchers approved by the governor and attorney general and warrants drawn for the payment thereof upon the State treasurer by the State auditor in the ordinary manner.

SEC. 8. That it is necessary for the preservation of the public peace and safety of the inhabitants of the State of New Mexico that the provisions of this act shall become effective at the earliest possible time, and therefore an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this act shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.

LAWS OF UTAH

COLORADO RIVER-DISTRIBUTION OF WATERS

[Chapter 68. House bill No. 145. Const., art. 17; Compiled Laws, 1917, p. 724; Laws, 1919. p. 177. (Passed March 9, 1921. Approved March 14, 1921. In effect May 10, 1921)]

AN ACT Providing for the appointment of a representative on behalf of the State of Utah to negotiate a compact and agreement between the States of Arizona, California, Colorado. Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, and between said States and the United States Reclamation Service respecting the use and distribution of the waters of the Colorado River and its tributaries and the rights of said States and the United States thereto

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah:

SECTION 1. Joint commission for seren States, on Colorado River distribution. The governor is hereby authorized by this act to appoint a representative who shall represent the State of Utah, on a joint commission to be composed of a representative of Arizona, Colorado, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, and duly authorized representatives of the United States Reclamation Service and the United States Federal Power Commission, the same to constitute a commission for the purpose of negotiating and entering into a compact or agreement between said States, and between said States and the United States, with the consent of Congress, respecting the further utilization and disposition of the waters of the Colorado River and streams tributary thereto, and fixing and determining the rights of said States and the rights of the United States in and to the use, benefit, and disposition of the waters of said stream, provided, however, that any compact or agreement so entered into by said States and the United States shall not be binding or obligatory upon any of the high contracting parties thereto unless and until the same shall have been ratified and approved by the legislature of the said States and by the Congress of the United States.

SEC. 2. When to enter upon duties.-The governor shall notify the governors for the other States mentioned in section 1 hereof, and the United States Reclamation Service, of the appointment of the representative of Utah, as soon as said representative shall have been appointed and qualified, but said representative shall not enter upon the performance of his duties until repre

sentatives from at least five of the States named in section 1 hereof shall have been named and qualified.

SEC. 3. Authority of Utah representative.-Said representative from Utah shall have full authority to make any and all investigations of the Colorado River and the drainage area thereof which may become necessary in order to sufficiently advise said representative of the physical conditions obtaining upon said stream, and of the present and future need of the State of Utah, and its citizens of the use and benefit of the waters of said stream. To that end said representative shall have authority to administer oaths, examine and require the attendance of witnesses, and perform such other duties as may be necessary to sufficiently apprise said representative of the facts and furnish him with adequate information in order that he may properly perform his duties as representative of the State of Utah upon said joint commission. Approved, March 14, 1921.

CHAPTER 120

[Senate file No. 42.]

DISTRIBUTION OF WATERS OF COLORADO RIVER

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.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

SECTION 1. Appointment of Commissioner--Agreement-Ratification.-The governor shall appoint a commissioner who shall represent the State of Wyoming on a joint commission to be composed of one commissioner from each of the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, and two duly authorized representatives of the United States of America, such commission to be constituted for the purpose of negotiating and entering into a compact or agreement between said States and between said States and the United States, with the consent of Congress, respecting the future utilization and disposition of the waters of the Colorado River and streams tributary thereto, and fixing and determining the rights of said States and the rights of the United States in and to the use, benefit, and disposition of the waters of said stream: Provided, however, That any compact or agreement so entered into by said States and the United States shall not be binding or obligatory upon any of the high contracting parties thereto unless and until the same shall have been ratified and approved by the legislature of each of the said States and by the Congress of the United States.

SEC. 2. Notification by governor-Time of entering upon performance of duties. The Governor of Wyoming shall notify the governors of the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah of the appointment of the commissioner for Wyoming as soon as said commissioner shall have been appointed and qualified, but said commissioner shall not enter upon the performance of his duties until a representative to serve upon said joint commission shall have been named and qualified for each of the States named in section 1 hereof.

SEC. 3. Authority of commissioner.—Said commissioner from Wyoming shall have full authority to make any and all investigations of the Colorado River system and the drainage area thereof which may become necessary in order to sufficiently advise said commissioner of the physical conditions obtaining upon said system, and of the present and future needs of the State of Wyoming and its citizens to the use and benefit of the waters of said stream. To that end said commissioner shall have authority to administer oaths, examine and require the attendance of witnesses, and to perform such other duties as may be necessary to sufficiently apprise said commissioner of the facts and furnish him with adequate information in order that he may properly perform his duties as representative of the State of Wyoming upon said joint commission. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, February 22, 1921.