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Show 23 prived of their right to appropriate any of the unappropriated water of said Colorado River System, aggregating 9,000,000 acre-feet annually, all of which is now subject to appropriation in Arizona. The States of Arizona, California and Nevada have not entered into said proposed agreement, nor have they entered into any agreement whatsoever. XX Said act provides in section 4 (b) thereof that, before any money is appropriated for the construction of said dam or power plant, or any construction work done or contracted for, the Secretary of the Interior shall make provision for revenues, by contract, in accordance with the provisions of said act, adequate in his judgment to insure payment of all expenses of operation and maintenance of said works incurred by the United States, and the repayment, within 50 years from the date of the completion of said works, of all amounts advanced by the United States for the construction of said works (other than said canal and appurtenant structures), together with interest thereon at the rate of four per cent, per annum. The facts regarding the pretended contracts by which said Secretary has attempted to provide such revenues are set forth in paragraphs XXXII and XXXIII hereof. By an act approved July 3, 1930, and known as the "Second Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1930", Congress appropriated the sum of $10,660,000 for the commencement of construction of said dam and incidental works. XXI Said Boulder Canyon Project Act provides in section 5 thereof that said Secretary is authorized, under such general regulations as he may prescribe, to contract for the |
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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] : |