Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-10
LEGAL NOTICES

! said day. at which shall be sub
mitted to the qualified electors OF
Imperial Irrigation District the
question whether or not Imparia.
Irrigation District shall be author
lied TO enter into and execute thai
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 5,
1917 (Stars. 1917, pg. 243l: the pro-
i visions Of that certain act of the
! Congress approved June II, 1902
+ (32 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 Can
yon Project Act. approved Deem
Der 81. 1928 IDS Stat. l057: and
the rules and regulations OF the
Secretary cf the Interior issued i'll
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-
cember /, 1892. and approved as to
form by resolution of the Board of
Directors of Imperial Irrigation
District, December 5, 1882, and be-
ing attached 10 and made a part
of the said resolution OF said Board
of Directors Of December 5, 1882
and being on tile and of record in
the office of the Secretary of said
Board of Directors at El 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 preferred
to therein and commonly known as
Imperial Dam) in the main stream
of the Colorado River and a main
canal and appurtenant structures
(referrcd to therein and commonly
known as the All-American 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
connection with Laguna Dam, ex-
cept as TO Article 8 thereof, which
article provides for certain pay
ments by said district 10 the United
States: for the payment to the
United States Of the full costs of
said works to be constructed, not
exceeding s38,50O00O, 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 al!
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,-
coo; for the assumption by said
District, under certain conditions
therein named, of the care, opera
ton 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 the
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 Resources of the State
of California; for furnishing GER
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 II 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 and
enforce certain rules and regula.
tions; for the inclusion within the
District OF certain public and pri-
yate 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 CO.
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-
yided; for the right in the United
States to- proceed no further under
said contract in the event the Sec
rotary of tie Interinr finds that the