Minutes: Red River Compact Commission Meeting of 8/3/1973

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1vlINlITES OF lliE 47th MEETING
RED RIVER C~WACT COMMISSION
DALLAS, TEXAS
3 AUGUST 1973
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AI?proved at ~8t~ Meeting
VIcksburg, MISSIssippi
8 November 1974
TIle 47th meeting of the Red River Compact Corronission was convened at 9 a.m.,
3 August 1973, in the Adolphus Hotel, Dallas, Texas. An attendance list
is attached (Inclosure 1). In welcoming the participants, General Noble
recognized Mr. Orville Saunders as the new Corronissioner for the State of
Oklahoma, and expressed his appreciation for the outstanding services
C'·., rendered by Mr. Guy Keith. Each Corronissioner then introduced the other
C· representatives from his State. General Noble recognized Mr. Calvin Watts,
Executive Director of the Red River Valley Association.
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The minutes of the 46th meeting were read and approved.
The Oklahoma and Texas Commissioners reported that meetings had been held
concerning the division of water~on the North Fork in Reach I, but no 4 _
progress had been made toward a satisfactory agreement on this stream.
Mr. Robert Harbison, the Attorney for the AJtus-Lugert Irrigation District,
suggested that the compact recognize that litigation would be required,
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an~ that. subsequent to the litigation, the water would be allocated jv
ac-cordance with the decision of the court. The Legal Advisory Corronittee
was asked to review this proposal, and to give its views at the next meeting
of the Compact Commission .. Oklahoma representatives stated that they would
agree that Texas could receive all water for M&I purposes on the North Fork
for which they could demonstrate a reasonable need. Mr. Wells stated that
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