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Show CALIFORNIA DEFENDANTS Exhibit No. 254 Identification: May 13, 1957 Admitted: May 14, 1957 [Public Law 728-81st Congress] [Chapter 780-2d Session] [H. R. 4584] An Act To provide for disposition of lands on the Cabazon, Augustine, and Torres-Martinez Indian Reservations in California, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior, or his authorized representative, shall designate the restricted Indian lands on the Cabazon, Augustine, and Torres-Martinez Indian Reservations which may be irrigated from facilities of the Coachella Valley County Water District of Riverside County, California, and may enter into an appropriate contract with the said water district whereby the Secretary, acting on behalf of the United States, for the benefit of said restricted Indian lands, may assume an obligation to pay or guarantee payment to said water district of all costs and charges made by said district on account of the construction, operation, and maintenance of the works and facilities required for the delivery of water to such lands to the same extent as other lands of the district shall be charged therefor. There is hereby created |
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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. |
