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Show XI-8 UPDATING THE HOOVER DAM DOCUMENTS UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240 1104 August 15, 1974 Order To : Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Assistant Secretary-Land and Water Resources Commissioner of Indian Affairs From : Secretary of the Interior /s/John C. Whitaker Subject: Title of Certain lands Riparian to Lake Havasu I have today determined to correct the designation by Secretary Ickes of November 25, 1941 that certain lands of the Chemehuevi Indian Reservation should be taken for use in the construction of Parker Dam pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1940, 54 Stat. 744. The corrected designation determines, establishes and confirms that the Chemehuevi Tribe has full equitable title to all lands within the Chemehuevi Indian Reservation riparian to Lake Havasu designated by Secretary of the Interior Ickes on November 25, 1941, between north and south boundaries as follows: North Boundary From a point in Section 18 T5N R25E, located as follows: Beginning at the SE Corner of said Section 18 due west 711 ft; thence N00°21'E a distance of 1304 ft; thence N51°20'W a distance of 1967 ft; thence N01°16'E a distance of 1130 ft. from said point the North Boundary is established on a line of S74°08'E to the minimum pool elevation of the west bank of Lake Havasu. South Boundary From a point on the south line of Sec. 33, T4N, R26E which is 3156' N89°51'E a distance of 350' more or less to the minimum pool elevation of the west bank of Lake Havasu. This corrected designation is subject to the reservation of certain rights in the United States as follows: (a) The right to deposit spoil and snags from Lake Havasu on said lands at locations mutually agreeable to the United States and the Tribe, provided that the Tribe's consent should not be unreasonably withheld; (b) the right to flood and seep said lands in connection with its operations under the Act of December 21, 1928 (49 Stat. 1057), the Act of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1028), and the said Act of June 28, 1946, (60 Stat. 338), as amended |