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

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-5- strictly with said surveys and specifications, and such modification thereof as the Secretary of the Interior may approve in writing. In case any of said works are constructed under contract made by the District and are not in accordance with said surveys and specifications, the Secretary may, at his option, replace such unsatisfactory construction work at the expense of the District, or stop said work of construction or cancel this contract, or resort to any other lawful remedy, and the decision of the Secretary of the Interior whether said surveys and specifications or modifications thereof have been complied with shall be final and conclusive. The District shall make complete detailed progress reports of the said construction work upon demand of the Secretary of the Interior. The cost of the inspection on the part of the United States provided by this section shall be paid by the District to the United States upon demand. 9. For the right to use the Laguna Dam, the main canal, and appurtenant structures, and divert water, as herein provided, the District agrees to pay to the United States the sum of $1,600,000 in twenty instalments, the first of which shall become due and payable December 31, 1919, and subsequent installments annually thereafter. The first four instalments shall each be two per centum, the next two instalments each four percentum, and the next fourteen each six per centum of the total amount. Upon failure of the District to make any such payment at the time and in the amount specified, then all rights under this contract shall be at an end, and all payments theretofore made shall become forfeited to the United States as liquidated damages; and as a further consideration for entering into this contract on the part of the United States, the District hereby releases and relinquishes any and all claims whatsoever for said moneys