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

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8 j ized hereunder shall bo made until the lands to bo irrigated 2 thereby shall have first been legally obligated to repay their 3 proper portions, as may be determined by the Secretary of 4 the Interior, of the total costs thereof to the United States 5 in accordance with the terms of repayment prescribed in <; the Act of Congress approved June 17, 1902, entitled "An 7 Act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal 8 of public lands in certain States and Territories to the con-0 s-truction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid 10 lands," and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary 11 thereto, hereinafter referred to as the reclamation law. 12 Sec 3. That the Secretary of the Interior is empowered 13 to receive applications for the right to use for the generation 14 of electrical power portions of the water discharged from 15 said reservoir and available for the generation of electrical 1G power at said dam, and, after full hearing of all concerned, to 17 allocate to such applicants such portions of such power priv-1 <* ileges as, in his judgment, may be consistent with an equitable 19 distribution thereof among the various interested States and 20 among the various interested communities in each State. The 21 said Secretary, in making such allocation, may give consid- 22 cration to the plans of the various applicants, having regard 23 to their relative adaptability to utilize such power privileges 24 in the public interest, and at reasonable cost to the communi-2o ties served: Provided, That subject to such allocations he