Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-20
LEGAL NOTICES

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question whether or not Imperial
Irrigation District shall be author
lied to enter into and execute that
certain proposed contract with the
United States of America, under
authority of law and particularly
under that certain act of the Leg
islature of the State Of California,
authorizing irrigation districts To
cooperate and contract with the
United States, approved May S,
1917 (Stats. 1917, pg. 243); the pro-
visions of that certain act of the
! Congress approved June II, 1902
/ go Stat. 38S) and the acts amend
atory thereof and supplementary
/ thereto, commonly known and re-
/ ferred to as the reclamation law;
and particularly the Boulder Cam
yon Project Act. approved Decem-
ber 81. 1923 CAS- Stat 105O; and
the rules and regulations of the
Secretary of the Interior issued in
pursuance of the Acts OF Con-
gress aforesaid. which said proposed
contract was executed by the Sec
retary of the Interior on behalf of
the United States of America, De-
cemher l. 1882, and approved as to
form by resolution of the Board of
Directors of Imperial Irrigation
District, December 5, 1882, and be-
ing attached to and made a part
of the said resolution of said Board
of Directors of December 5, 1882,
and being on file and of record in
the office of the Secretary of said
Board of Directors at FL Centre,
California, to which reference is
hereby expressly made for all the
terms, conditions and covenants
thereof. Said proposed contract
provides, among other things, for
the construction by the United
States of a diversion dam (referred
to therein and commonly known as.
Imperial DAM in the main stream
of the Colorado River and a main
canal and appurtenant structures
(referred to therein and commonly
known as the All-Ameriean CanaO
located entirely within the United
States, connecting said diversion
dam with the Imperial and Goa
chella Valleys in California; for the
termination of that certain con-
tract between the United States of
America and Imperial Irrigation
District, dated october %, 1918, pro-
viding, among other things, for a
connection with Laguna Dam, ex-
cept as to Article 9 thereof, which
article provides for certain pay
ments by said district to the United
States; for the payment to the
United States of the full costs of
said works to be constructed, not
exceeding S38,500,000, including
damages and incidental expenses in
not to exceed forty annual INSTALL
ments as provided in said recla-
nation law; for the repayment to
the United States Of expenditures
incurred on account of any and all
damages, due to the existence,
operation or maintenance of said
works, the incurrence of which in
creases expenditures by the United
States beyond the sum of s38,500,-
600; for the assumption by said
District, under certain conditions
therein named, of the care, opera
tion and maintenance of works to
be constructed under said proposed
contract, and damages incident
thereto, and Laguna Dam; for
keeping said diversion dam, main
canal and appurtenant structures
in repair; for the construction of
works for the benefit of the Yuma
Reclamation Project of the Bureau
of Reclamation; for carriage and
delivery of water for agencies other
than the district and for division
of cost of construction and opera
ton and maintenance between 6he
district and such other agencies;
for the delivery to the District of
storage water available in the res
erYoir created by Hoover Dam and
from the Colorado River, in ac-
cordance with a certain recommend
alton Of the Chief Of the Division
of Water Resource of the State
Of California; for furnishing cer-
tain electrical energy to the Yuma
Reclamation Project for project
purposes under certain conditions;
for assessment of public lands; for
the payment of interest upon any
moneys due the United States but
unpaid; for division of the district
into units for the purpose OF
equitably meeting the obligations
due from time to time to the
United States and for other pur-
poses; for a right in the United States
TO refuse delivery of water to the
district in case OF default by the
district for more than u months
in any payment due the United
States under said proposed con-
tract; for the right of the Secre-
tary of the Interior to make ane
enforce certain rules and regula
tions; for the inclusion within the
District of certain public and pri-
vate lands within certain times and
upon certain conditions particularly
set out in said proposed contract;
for the elimination of certain OF
said works and the reduction Of ca
pacity of other of said works upon
the failure Of certain lands TO petit
ton for inclusion within the dis
trict within certain times as pro-
vided: for the right in the United
States to proceed no further under
said contract in the event the Sec
retary of the Interior finds that the
determination of the Board Of Di-
rectors of the District upon such
inclusion proceedings substantially
inpairs the interest Of or security
/ otherwise available to the United
/ Statac under said contract. that