Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-16
RETAILS OF PLAN FOR
DIVERSION FROM La
GUNA DAM FOR IMPE-
RIAL VALLEY GIVEN
IN FULL.
Amendment States That Yu-
ma Project Shall Be Civ
en- Amount of Water
Needed Up to One-fOurth
of River Flow.
Contract Between the United States
and the Imperial Irrigation Dis

Contract Between the United States
and the Imperial Irrigation Dis
trict.
This agreement, made the. .........
day of .........., A. D. 1918, by and
between the United States of Amer
ica, acting in this behalf by. ....,
Secretary of the Interior, hereinafter
styled the United States, party of the
first part, and the Imperial Irrigation
District, corporation duly organized
and existing under and by virtue of
the laws of the State of California,
hereinafter styled the District, party
Of the second part, witnesseth:
2. Whereas, in, connection with the
Yuma project, Arizona California, un-
der the provisions of the Reclamation
Act of June II, 1902 (32 Stat, 1881,
and acts amendatory thereof and sup
Elementary thereto, and particularly
Section % of the Act of April 21,
1904 (33 Stat, 224), the United States
Reclamation Service has constructed
on the Colorado river at cost of
$2,O00,000 dam known as the Laguna
dam and certain auxiliary works, sit
Yuma, Arizona. together with a main
southwesterly to a point known as
Siphon Drop, situate in Section 10,
Township 16 South, Range % East,
S. B. NJ, and
3. Whereas under the aforesaid act
of Congress, the United States con-
templates the reclamation of 10000
acres of irrigable land, more or less,
under the Yuma project, with water
diverted at Laguna Dam, and the Dis
trict desires to change its point Of
diversion, and to secure the right to
divert water at SAID dam for the ir-
rigatiOn' of all irrigable land within
the present boundaries of the District,
and
4. Whereas the District is author
lied under Chapter 100 of the Stat
utes of California, 1917, Page 243,
to contract with the United States for
as upply of water for irrigation,
) Now, Therefore. in consideration
of the mutual covenants and AGREE
ments to be kent and performed and
considerations to he paid, as herein
after provided it is hereby agreed as
follows. to wit:
6. That Immediately on the execu-
ton of this contract the District shall
proceed with Diligence to secure data,
which. tooether with other available
data. and data to he gathered under
the eXiStinp co-operativo contract dat
ed Fehrua~v ..... win constitute .
o'''o'otn dotailed survey with speei-
f'cat'""e "nd setimates of cost for
the following:
/ t"N Az "oceesarv worlrs and struc-
tnree for the diversion of water from
the Colorado River at Taguna Dam,
thence throu"h saide existing main ca-
Ira' of the Yuma project. and suffi-
"ieot enlaroement and modification.
iinclrdino such works or devices. as
the Secretary Of the Interior nav re-
ouire for the puroose of waintanino
pc nna "as NAV be the efficiency Of
/ the desiltin0 and sluicino works ~
7 aguna Dam, such efficiennv would
he were the Yuma rroiect fully do
welcomed to divert and carrv al' v,a
or needed hv The District for the H..
! ieatio~ of it's lands ahove refer~ed
to- without imrairing tho utilization
of said Lapuna Dam. main canal. md
auxilarv works to tho fnli extent
necessary to irri@ate the Yuma pro-
ject when fully devolonad
! (b) A main canal nth ~ neeea-
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