AZ vs. CA:07 California Exhibits, Vol. VII; Nos. 326-370

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Revised L. a. 1/31/55 UNITED Si'A'XES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Contract for Construction of Diversion Works and for Other Purposes 1. THIS CONTRACT, made this J day of 1955* pursuant to the Act of Congress approved August 31, 1954 (68 Stat. 1045), between THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, hereinafter referred to as the United States, acting for this purpose by /??£ /) <j~< /JHtVl/rt/ik /?*4, ~7~> , Secretary' of the Interior, hereinafter styled the Secretary, and PALO VERDE IRRIGATION DISTRICT, an irrigation district created, organized, and existing under and by virtue of an act of the Legislature of the State of California, approved June 21, 1923 (Chapter 452, Statutes of California, 1923), as amended, known as and designated "Palo Verde irrigation district act", with its principal office at Blythe, Riverside County, California, hereinafter referred to as the District; VilTNESSETH: Explanatory Recitals 2. WHEREAS, for the purpose of re-establishing for the Palo Verde Irrigation District, a public agency of the State of California, a means of diverting its irrigation viater supply from the Colorado River, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct a dam