Rio Grande Compact Commission Records, 1924-1941.

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Rio Grande Compact Commission Records, 1924-1941.

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Correspondence, telegrams, memoranda, resolutions, field notes, reports, minutes, proceedings, legal documents, maps, pamphlets, and clippings, 1924-1941, constitute the files of Richard F. Burges and Frank R. Clayton, Texas commissioners to the Rio Grande Compact Commission. The files document the commission from its origins. Records relate to the preliminary agreement among Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas for the apportionment of the waters of the Rio Grande River; lifting of the embargo which prohibited the building of dams on the upper Rio Grande; Burges' efforts in drawing attention and interest of the government in Austin to the Rio Grande water apportionment; activities of Frank B. Clayton as commissioner after the resignation of Burges in 1935.

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Burges, R. F. 1873-1945.

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Rio Grande Compact Commission

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The Rio Grande Compact Commission apportions the water of the Rio Grande River among Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. The compact was signed in 1938, though a preliminary compact was in effect from 1929. It created a reservoir and a system of gauges. The commission consists of the state engineers of Colorado and New Mexico, a Texas representative appointed by the governor, and a nonvoting member appointed by the U.S. president. From the description of Rio Grande Compact Commission Re...

Clayton, Frank (Drummer)

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