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Show 9 1848 (9 Stat. 922). Said reservation was established by the Act of Congress of March 3, 1865 (c. 127, 13 Stat. 541, 559), and at the date of said statute embraced about 75,000 acres riparian to the Colorado River in Arizona. Said reservation was enlarged by Executive Orders of November 22, 1873, November 16,1874, May 15,1876, and November 22, 1915, and now embraces an area of about 232,990 acres, of which 150,000 acres riparian to the Colorado River are irrigable. By the Act of March 2,1867 (c. 173,14 Stat. 492, 514), the Congress appropriated $50,000 for the purpose of constructing diversion and irrigation works for said reservation, and by the Act of July 27,1868 (c. 248,15 Stat. 198, 222), an additional $50,000 was appropriated for like purposes. That at various times since said last-named date Congress has appropriated further and additional amounts for similar purposes. That the total appropriations made by Congress for said purposes exceed $1,359,000. On January 31, 1903, the Secretary of the Interior withdrew, pursuant to Section 3 of the Reclamation Act (c. 1093, 32 Stat. 388), all lands in Arizona lying within six miles of the Colorado River west of the 114th meridian. Said area so withdrawn includes, among other areas, the site of Parker Dam, and all lands between Parker Dam and the Colorado River Indian Reservation within six miles of the Colorado River. By the Act of April 21, 1904 (c. 1402, 33 Stat. 189, 224), the Congress authorized the Secre- 106318-35------2 |
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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] : California exhibits. |