Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-04

flow of the Colorado River, provid-
ing for storage and for the delivery
of the stored water for reclamation
of public lands and other beneficial
uses exclusively within the United
States, the Secretary, subject to the
terms of the Colorado River Com
pact, is authorized to construct, op-
crate and maintain a dam and in
cidental works in the main stream
of the Colorado River at Black Can
yon or Boulder Canyon, adequate to
create a storage reservoir of ca
pacity of not less than twenty mil
lion acre-feet of water, and a main
canal and appurtenant structures
located entirely within the United
States connecting the Laguna Dam.
or other suitable diversion dam,
which the Secretary is also author
lied to construct if deemed neces-
sary or advisable by him upon en-
gineering or economic considera-
tions, with the Imperial and Coach
ella Valleys in California, the ex-
penditures for said main canal and
appurtenant structures to be reim-
bursable as provided in the reclaim
alton law; and
s(3 WHEREAS, after full con-
Sideration of the advantages of both
the Black Canyon and Boulder Can
yon dam sites, the Secretary has de-
termined upon Black Canyon as
the site of the aforesaid dam, here
matter styled the Hoover Dam,
creating thereby a reservoir to be
hereinafter styled the Boulder Can
yon Reservoir and has determined
that the revenues provided for by
the contracts heretofore entered in
to are adequate in his judgment to
insure payment of all expenses of
operation and maintenance of the
Hoover Dam and appurtenant
works incurred by the United
States, and the repayment within
fifty (50) years from the date of
completion of said works of all
amounts advanced to the Colorado
River Dam Fund under subdivision
(b) of Section 2 of the Boulder
Canyon Project Act, together with
interest thereon made reimbursable
under said Act; and
] w dIC
cluded within the boundaries of the
District large areas of private lands
within the Imperial Valley, and ad-
ditional private and public lands in
the Imperial and Coachella Valleys
will by appropriate proceedings be
included within the District, and
the District is desirous of entering
into contract for the construction
of suitable diversion dam and
main canal and appurtenant struc-
lures, hereinafter respectively styled
Imperial Dam and All-American
Canal, located entirely within the
United States connecting with the
Imperial and Coachella Valleys, for
the delivery to the District of stored
| water from Boulder Canyon Resar-
| voir; and
90 WHEREAS, the Secretary
| determined, upon engineering ard
economic considerations, that it is
advisable to provide for The con-
struction of such diversion dam and
main canal and appurtenant struc-
lures, and has determined that the
revenues provided for by this con-
tract are adequate in his judgment
to insure payment of all expenses
of construction, operation and
maintenance of the said diversion
dam, main canal and appurtenant
structures in the manner provided
| in the reclamation law;
go NOW THEREFORE, in con-
sideration of the mutual covenants
herein contained, the parties here
to agree as follows, to wit:
Construction by United States
CD For the use and benefit of
the District, the United States will
construct the Imperial Dam in the
main stream of the Colorado River
at the approximate location indi-
Gated on the map marked Exhibit
"A" attached hereto and by this
reference made a part hereof, and
will also construct the All-American
Canal, the approximate location of
said canal to be as shown in the
aforesaid Exhibit "a. The capaci-
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