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Show D copies of which have been heretofore furnished in duplicate to Mr. Rowland of the San Francisco office of the Bureau of Land Management. The lands in the lower Mesa area to be included within the boundaries of the District and to become a part of this Improvement District No. 1 were selected on the basis of the Soil Survey of July, 1946, made by the University of California, College of Agriculture, of Mesa lands within Riverside County, which survey was conducted by Walter W. Weir and R. Earl Storie, copies of which Report are attached hereto, made a part hereof, and marked "Exhibit D".* Based upon said soil survey, approximately 17,778 acres were selected as lands which would be most productive and desirable. Pursuant to paragraph 3 of Circular 592 of the Department of the Interior General Land Office approved March 6, 1918 (46 L.D. 307), reprinted August 16, 1920, entitled "Regulations Concerning State Irrigation Districts in Their Relation to Public Lands of the United States", the following data is herewith submitted: (a) (1) Address-Palo Verde Irrigation District, 127 South Spring Street, Blythe, California. (2) Official Organization-organized under Statutes of California, 1923, page 1067, as amended, and organization approved by the Supreme Court of California in Barber v. Galloway, 195 Cal. 1, Dec. 1, 1924. ?Counsel's note: "Exhibit D" is the report introduced in evidence as PI. Ex. No. 386, Tr. 18,639. |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : |