Arizona republican., 1917-08-06

part tHeIeOl SIldH remain In as SOOC
 and efficient condition, and of equa
 capacity for the storage, development diversion and distribution of irrigation
 water, and for the service of electric energy as the same is now, at it's owr
 cost and without cost to the United States, (prOvided that said association
 shall not be required to maintain the capacity of the Roosevelt reservoir sc far as that may be diminished natural | ly by the deposit of sit therein by
 the Salt river, Tonto creek and other
 tributaries thereto), and provided further that the association shall not be required to make any replacements
 renewals or 1epairs which may be
 made necessary by injury to or de- struction of said works or an essential
 part thereof by public enemies of the
 United States or by the United States itself as a war measure. That it will
 promptly pay all such cost Of the care operation and maintenance of the prof 1 ect, as it is incurred. That it vii
 make no substantial change of any of
 said works, without first having ob-
 tained the consent thereto, to be ex-
 pressed in writing, of the secretary of the interior. It may, however, con-
 struct additional works, at it's own cost
 without the necessity of procuring the 1 assent of the secretary of the interior of the United States provided that such additional works shall not in any wise impair or diminish the present eff i ciency or adequacy of the project for the purposes for which it has been designed, constructed and acquired. Fourth-The association shall re- pay to the United States the cost of the construction and acquisition otherwise of said project promptly and without default.
 | Such cost shall be computed on the | basis of a net balance due the gov ernment on that account on the 1st day of January, 1917, of $10,279, ,1909S. To this there shall be added any sums expended by the United States, or the cost of which it shall have incurred, on account of the construction, care, oper- ation and maintenance of said project ! during the time elapsing between said ] 1st day of January, 1917. and the date upon which the association shall take over the care, operation and mainten- ance thereof, under the provisions of this agreement. If the expenditures for operation and maintenance of the irri- gation system shaI be greater or less than the receipts from rentals up to the time when the project is turned over to the association, the difference shall be paid to the United States by the association in case of deficit, or the difference shall be credited on the first installment in case of surplus. Such adjustment to be made December | l, 1917.
 1 The exact amount of the balance of such construction cost shall be com puted to the date of the taking over by ha and maintenance of said project, and then stated in writing by the secretary of the interior to the association, and the amount so stated shall be deemed to be the net cost of said project which the association agrees to pay the United States.
 ! Such payments shall be made in an- nual installments as follows:
 Two per cent thereof on or before December 1st, 1917.
 | Two per cent thereof on or before December 1st 1918.
 Two per cent thereof on or before | December 1st, 1919.
 l Two per cent thereof on or before December 1st, 1920.
 1 Four per cent thereof on or before ] December 1st, 1921.
 Four per cent thereof on or before December 1st, 1922.
 1 Six per cent thereof on or before December 1st, 1923.
 Six per cent thereof on or before December 1st, 1924.
 Six per cent thereof on or before | December 1st, 1925.
 Six per cent thereof on or before l December 1st, 1926.
 Six per cent thereof on or before tDecember lSt 1927.
 1 Six per cent thereof on or before
 December 1st 1928.
 Six per cent thereof on or before December 1st. 1929.
 Six per cent thereof on or before December 1st, 1880.
 Six per cent thereof on or before December 1st, 1881.
 Six per cent thereof on or before December 1st, 1892.
 Six per cent thereof on or before December 1st, 1883.
 Six per cent thereof on or before
 December 1st, 1884.
 Six per cent thereof on or before
 December 1st, 1885.
 Six per cent thereof on or before December 1st, 1886.
 All without interest.
 The association shall pay all penal
 ties which may be prescribed by thu
 reclamation law for individual delln
 quencies.
 The United States will and does re
 serve the means given to it by tn
 reclamation laws to enforce payments
 of installmentS of construction costs
 and will at its option, in case of indi
 vidual default, adopt, practice, and en
 force them, as occasion may require notwithstanding the undertaking of tn
 association to pay them. Fifth-The association will use 1t
 powers and resources, cumulatively, l , necessary. including the power to with hold the delivery of water, to enforc l the rules and regulations made by tn } secretary of the interior under the pro visions of law, or by the asSoclatlol under it's articles of association and by , laws, for the proper care, operation and maintenance of the project ana TO carving out the provisions of thi agreement. If the enforcing of am r such rules and regulations shall re 7 ouire the collection of any charges, pen l alties or interest from persons holdin l land the title to which has not passe l ont of the United States. the assocla tion shall report such cases to the sec retary of the interior who will aid tn association in enforcing such collec tions by the cancellation of entries am water right applications or by othe , means authorized by law. But fallur , on the part of the secretary or the Tn '| terior to enforce such collections I such cases shall not relieve the asso , citation from the ob igations assume by it under this agreement. r SiXth-The association shall use a practical methods to insure the eco ? nomical and beneficial use of irrigatio