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Approved and ordered this
10th
day of
March
At the Executive Council Chamber, Victoria,
, A.D. 1948.
Lieutenant-Governor.
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PRESENT:
The Honourable
Mr. Johnson
Mr. Kenney
Mr. Pearson
Mr. Wismar
Mr. Putnam
Mr. MacDonald
Mr. Carson
Mr. Straith
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
in the Chair.
To His Honour
The Lieutenant-Governor in
The undersigned has the honour to
Council:
report :
THAT by reference to the International Joint Commission
the Governments of Canada and the United States determined
to investigate the resources of the Columbia River watershed,
and
THAT The International Joint Commission has appointed a
Board, entitled the International Columbia River Engineering
Board, and a Committee entitled the International Columbia
River Engineering Committee, to organize and conduct the investigation, and
THAT it is desirable that British Columbia, having ownership of all Natural Resources, be represented at the meetings
of the said Board and Committee:
AND TO RECOMMEND:
THAT the International Joint Commission or other appropriate body be advised of the wish of the Province to be so
represented, and
FURTHER TC RECOMMEND:
THAT Mr. George P. Melrose, Deputy Minister of Lends, be
designated to represent the Province at such Board and Committee meetings with power to call on all Departments of the
Government for advice and assistance.
Dated this
9th
day of
roh
A.D. 1948
Elnistar_of-LWaifi and
Approved this
9th
day of
March
A.D. 1948
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Presiding Member-al; Executive Council.
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