Arizona republican., 1917-07-16
SALT RIVER VALLEY WATER
 USTISS' ASSOCIATION

Proposed agreement for the taking Over of tha care. operation and Main tenance of the irrigation works known as e Salt River Valley Water Users association.
 This Memorandum of an agreement made by anG between the United States of America, lctinG in this behalf by
 ho ~ocretarv of the interior under the provisions of the act of June r, 1902 S2 Stat, 2SS), and of acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, to- gethcr constituting the reclamation law. CC tha frs part and the Salt River Valley Water Users association,
 corporation, duly organized and doing business under the laws of the terri torr fnow state) of Arizona. of the sec ond part and hereinafter for the sake
 " t-ovtv oF expression designated as the association witnesseth:
 F'irst-This agreement is to be he'd and deemeu supplementary to the agreement made by and between the same parties. the memorandum where 0f is fatcd June 25th. 1904, and it is un- derstood and agreed that that agree mcnt shall not be held or deemed in anyWise to be affected, modified, cha nged or abrogated, in whole or in n9~+. by this agreement, except as it mGy he done by the express terms of i this a~~eement. by reason of irrec- oncilable inconsistencies between the
 rns the sa ,d agreement of June 25th. 1904 snd the terms of this pres ent agreement, and then only in those i particular provisions so expressly here by affected, modified, changed or i abrogated, or between which there is such irreconcilable inconsistency mani- i fested. in which case and so far only, ! ricinr Of h .-l, prevail over and to that extent affect, i modify, change. or abrogate the pro- visions of said agreement of June 18th, l 1904.
 i Second-ln consideration of the doing l of the things. and Of the full and i prompt performance by the association ] of all the covenants and agreements l hereinafter contained, which it hereby agrees that it sha do, perform and ob l serve and subject to all the conditions i terms, limitations and obligations here i matter imposed upon it by the pro- visions of this agreement the United | States agrees to and will as soon after i the signature of this agreement as may 1 be practicable, turn over to and vest in l the said association, the care operation and maintenance of the irrigation works known as the Salt River Project, 1 situated in the counties of Gila, Pinal and Maricopa, consisting generally of i the Roosevelt dam, the Granite Reef dam, irrigation canals, laterals and ditches, and other conduits, gates. pipes. power plants. power houses, ! buildings and other structures of every ] kind. transmission, te egraph and tele- phone lines, wires, pumps, Slachincry, tools and appliances and all property of whatsoever kind, real personal or | r11lyn nd lrf con, l structed or otherwise acquired to be used, in connection with the said Salt l River Project. WheresoeVer said prop erty may be situated, and as we'll all i water rights and franchises, and rights
 to the storage diversion and use of
 water for irrigation or other purposes water power. electric power and power privileges, with such right of posses sion of all thereof, as shall be neces- Sary or convenient for the care, opera - tion and maintenance of said project by
 su.u t-sUclatIoA, as hereinafter pro-
 vided. And said association sha l from
 the lime of the taking over of the care
 operation and maintenance of saiC
 project thenceforward have and receive
 to its own use and benefit all the
 rents, issues, profits, revenue and in
 come, including all income from power and power privileges growing out o
 or arising rom the Opei itIon and main
 tenance of the project and every par 1 thereof by it.
 Third-The association agrees to ac-
 cept the transfer to it of the care
 operation and maintenance of saiC
 project, and that it will care for, oper ate and maintain the same and ever, essential part thereof in full comph
 ance with law and the provisions O ! 9s Te, a
 S3aIl have such charge of the sam
 under the provisions of this agreement
 in such manuer that the same and ever,
 pIrt thereof shall remain in as goot
 and efficient condition, and of eQua
 capacity for the storage, development
 diversion and distribution of irrigation
 water, and for the service of eiectri energy as the same is now, at it's owl , cost and without cost to the Unitet , States, (provided that said association shall not be required to maintain tn , pacity of the Roosevelt reservoir S far as that may be diminished natural
 ly by the deposit of si therein h.
 nc salt river. Conto creek and othe
 tributaries thereto), and provide,
 further that the association shall no
 be required to make any replacemente
 renewals or npairs which may b
 made necessary by injury to or de
 struction of said works or an essentia part thereof by public enemies of tn
 United States or by the United State 1 itself as a war measure. That it wi . promptly pay all such cost of the car, ] | operation and maintenance of the prof
 ect. as it is incurred That it wi
 make no substantial change of any C \ said works, without first having ob
 tained the consent thereto, to be ex
 pressed in writing, of the secretary C : the interior. 1t may, however con . struct additional works, at it's own cos
 without the necessity of procuring tn assent of the secretary of the interio 5 of the United States provided that sue additional works shall not in any wis /: impair or diminish the present eff . ciency or adequacy of the project fo
 the purposes for which it has bee : designed, constructed and acquired. , Fourth-The association shall re-pa 7, to the United States the cost of tn = construction and acquisition otherwis
 of said project promptly and withou
 default.
 Such cost shall be computed on tn
 basis of net balance due the gov
 ernment on that account on the Is
 day of January, 1917, of $10,279 1909 ii To this there shall be added any sum D expended by the United States, or tn , cost of which it shall have incurred. O = account of the construction, care oper
 ation and maintenance of said projet
 during the time elapsing between sai
 1st day of January, 1917, and the dat = L,A <&1,. .t,,n t,l-