Arizona republican., 1904-03-31
PROPOSED CONTRACT WITH THE SALT RIVER VALLEY WATER USERS ASSOCIATION.

SALT RIVER VALLEY WATER
 USERS ASSOCIATION.
 This menDrandum wltnesseth:
 That whereas the Salt River Valley Water Users' Ass0clafio Is a corpora ton organized and existing under the laws of the Territory of Arizona for the purpose mentioned in its Articles of incorporation. a copy of which .s appended fo thls rlemorandum (which la marked Articles Of Incorporation referred Co in the attached meme-an- dun. and attested by the Signature of me Honorable the Secretary of the Interior 0f the United States Of Amer lea. and of the President of the Salt River Valley Water Users Association. for the purpose of identlhcatiOn") and ar- for every purpose of the interpre- taflon. construction and consideration of thls memorandum. and of the rights cf the parties hereunder to be deemed. held. read and considered as if fully written out or printed herein. and deemed Q part hereof
 And whereas the lands embraced within the district of lands described in Sectlcf. three t3J of Article " of fald Articles Of Incorporation are nat urnlly desert and arid and incapable of proper cultivation without irrigation. and unless the waters of the Salt and Verde Rivers ln Arizona and their tributaries be lmpounded and the flow thereof otherwise regulated and con trolied will. to a greater or less extent. remain unreciaimed. unfit for habita- ton and uncultivafed. in which cond. ton they. or a great part thereof. are nos.
 And whereas the Secretary of the Interior Of the United States of Amer lea confenplafes the construction of certain irrigation works under the pr0riEioEs Of an Act of Congress en- titled An Act apprOpriating the re- ceiTts from the sale and disposal of puhiir lands in certain States and Ter ritories 10 the construction Of irriga- lion works for the reclamation of arid lands approved June IT. 1902. in and across Salt River at a point about g miles up the course of said Salt River above tho confluence of the Verde Riv- sr and said Salt River. said point being near the mouth Of Touto Greek. for the purpose of there impending the waters of said Salt River and otherwise regulating and controlling the flow Of water therein. and works necessarily or conveniently incident thereto. for the use of said waters for the reclamation Of arid lands along the course of said Salt River. and
 Whereas the lncOrporators of said Salt River Valley Water Users As HOciatlon and its shareholders are. and under the provisions of it's Articles of Incorporation must be. owners and occupants of lands and the appro- priat0rs Of water from said Salt River and sa-d Verde River and their re- Epecfive tributaries for the irrigation thereof. and in addition thereto such lncOrporatOTE. shareholders and con- Htifuents and their assigns or success orE must initiate rights to the use of water from the said proposed irrigation works. 10 be constructed by the said Secretary of the Interior. as soon as Euch rights may be initiated. and thereafter complete the acquisition thereof in the manner and upon the terms and conditions to be prescribed therefor by the Secretary of the Inter tor. which rights shall be. and there after continue 10 be. forever appurte- nant Co designated land owned by such shareholders and constituent mem bers. and
 Whereas neither the relative priority and extent Of the individual appropria- ton of such water heretofore made by said incorpOratOrs. shareholders and constituent members nor the propor