AZ vs. CA:04 California Exhibits, Vol. IV; Nos. 151-192

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-2- Agreement 1. This Indenture, made this 6th day of June, 1922, between Imperial Irrigation District, a municipal corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of California, and doing business in Imperial County, State of California, hereinafter called and referred to as The District, and Yuma County Water Users' Association, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Arizona, and doing business at Yuma, State of Arizona, acting for and on behalf of its, and all of its, constituent members and shareholders; hereinafter called and referred to as The Association; WlTNESSETH : 2. Whereas, The District is engaged in the business of appropriating and diverting irrigation waters from the flow of the Colorado River at a point in said river known as Hanlon's Heading at, or near, fractional Sections Thirty-five and Thirty-six (35 & 36) Township Sixteen (16) South, Range Twenty One (21) East S.B.M., in Yuma County, State of Arizona, for the irrigation and reclamation of many hundreds of thousands of acres in Imperial Valley, Imperial County, State of California, known as Imperial Valley Irrigation Project; and 3. Whereas, in order to secure a sufficient flow of irrigation water to properly irrigate and reclaim said lands, and to prevent the same from returning to their original desert condition, it is now necessary to erect, and temporarily maintain, during low-water periods in said river, a dam, or weir, in said river, at or near said Hanlon's Heading; and