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Show 34 acre-feet, and said power plant will have a generating capacity of 1,200,000 horsepower. Also, pursuant to and under color of said act, said defendant has made and prescribed general regulations respecting contracts for the storage of water in said reservoir and for the delivery thereof for irrigation and domestic use. A copy of said regulations is appended hereto at page 78. Said regulations provide that water stored in said reservoir will be sold upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may fix from time to time, but that no charge shall be made for water, or for the use, storage or delivery of water for irrigation or potable purposes in the Imperial or Coachella Valleys of California; that no person shall have or be entitled to the use of any water stored in said reservoir, except by contract made in pursuance of said regulations; that contracts respecting water for domestic use shall be for permanent service; and that all purchases of water shall be subject to the terms and provisions of the Colorado River Compact and of the Boulder Canyon Project Act. XXXII Pursuant to and under color of said act and of said regulations, said defendant Ray Lyman Wilbur has made a pretended contract with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, a municipal corporation of the State of California, for the storage of water in said reservoir and for the diversion, sale and delivery of said water to said District for transportation to and consumptive use in said District. A copy of said pretended contract is appended hereto at page 79. Said District consists of the City of Los Angeles and the municipalities of Anaheim, Beverly Hills, Burbank, Colton, Glendale, Pasadena, San Bernardino, San Marino, Santa Ana and |
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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] : |