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RESOLUTION NO. 1865
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, CONCERNING THE WATER EMERGENCY IN CALIFORNIA.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES RESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. WHEREAS, there is pending in Congress a proposal to
construct, at the expense of the American people, an irrigation project
in Arizona which would serve to deprive the people of California of the
Colorado River water which they so badly need, and to which the people
in California are entitled,
NOW, THEREFORE, the said City Council hereby records its opposition
to House Bill 934 and Senate Bill 75, and expresses the hope that the
settlement of any existing controversy concerning the Colorado River
water may be submitted for settlement to the Supreme Court of the United
Statesl.
SECTION 2. ThEt copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the
Honorable William F. Knowland and Sheridan Downey, Senators, Senate
Office Building, Washington, D. C. , and to the Honorable Richard M.
Nixon, Member of Congress, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Resolution.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopted at
a regulaI' meeting of the City Council of t he City of Arcadia, held on
the 3rd day of May, 1949, by the affirmative vote of at least three
Councilmen, towit:
AYES
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Councilmen, Boucher, Klomp, Libby, Nugent and Ruseel1
NOES
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None
ABSENT: None
SIGNED and APPROVED this
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CITY CLERK of the Ci~~ Arcadia
3rd~aY May 1949.
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