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MOLUTION
Be It Resolved By The Council of Pueblo:
WHEREAS The City of Pueblo has In recent tirea
been devavtc-ted by flood resulting in 6x lose of life
and property, Lzid the people of Pueblo have determined to
prevent a recurrence of such disaster and
WHEREAS, until such prevention is accomplished
the lives and the property of the Inhabitants of the City
are imperiled by threatened reretition of such disaster,
and aaoordirgly the City of Pueblo with, the assistance of
'Pueblo County has secured the eervioee of engineers of
- national promirerae, and work preliminary to construction
is reGring completion, and
77ITMEAS it is impossible to further carry out
a plan of flood prevention without new legislation per-
mitting the formation of conservancy distrl;te for such
purpose; tmd unless such legislation be enacted, the work
of flood prevention and reconstruction in this City will
be hindered and indefinitely daluyeds
NOW, TIMBEFORE Be it further resolved by the
Council of Pueblo that we request the Governor of our ;;tate
to call an extraordinary session of the General ,assembly of
the State of Colorado for enactment of such legislation at
an early day, and that a oory of thie resolution be sent to
Honorable Oliver If. Shoup, lovernor of Colom do, as a
rerorlal of our request#
none at Tlueblo, Colorado, this . day of January,
19 21 '1 .
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