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Show ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF WATER DEVELOPMENT 83 for the ultimate payment of its direct obligations to the United States. In addition, company subscribers were organized, their Articles re- established and amended to meet the requirements of the Federal authorities. In several cases legal problems concerning these were carried to the Supreme Court of Utah and in one instance to the Supreme Court of the United States. New Legislation Formulated In addition to the Metropolitan Water District Act, other legislation essential to the security of the Project water rights and to satisfy Federal requirements had to be formulated and enacted into law. Subscription Contracts and Elections con- Subscription contracts and tracts of security, of form varying as to the various kinds of subscribers, and without precedent, had to be made up, and elections and stockholders' and directors' meetings to authorize their execution had to be called and planned and the preceedings checked and supervised, and the attendant publicity and information to voters and stockholders had to be prepared and disseminated. It was arduous and exacting labor. Weber River Winter and Power Water One of the most important and complicated of the Association's contracts is that with the United States, Utah Power & Light Company, and Weber River Water Users Association, for the transfer and exchange of Weber River winter and power water to the Provo River and for credits in power generated. Operations under its terms are exceedingly complex. No one not a combination of a " Philadelphia Lawyer" - McCaulay - Electrical Engineer would dare to attempt a brief explanation. 101. The catwalk and outlet pipes leading from the gate chamber in the center of Deer Creek dam to the power house foundations. Generators ultimately will be attached to each of the two welded steel outlet pipes. L. Clyde Anderson |