AZ vs. CA:25 California Exhibits, Vol. XXV; Nos. 7501-7859

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36 as aforesaid, 9,000,000 acre-feet annually, all of which is now subject to appropriation in Arizona. XXXIII Pursuant to and under color of said act, said defendant Ray Lyman Wilbur has made and prescribed general regulations for the lease of electric power to be generated at said dam. A copy of said regulations is appended hereto at page 89. Pursuant to and under color of said act and of said regulations, said defendant has made a pretended contract with said City of Los Angeles and Southern California Edison Company, Limited, a corporation of the State of California, for the lease of power privileges at said dam, and a pretended contract with said Metropolitan Water District of Southern California for the sale of electric power to be generated at said dam. Said pretended contract for the lease of power privileges provides for the leasing of certain generating machinery to be installed by said defendant, part to said City and part to said Company; for the generation by said lessees of all electric power allotted by said defendant; for the delivery to said lessees of falling water from said reservoir sufficient to generate all power so sold; for the sale to said lessees, respectively, of amounts of electric power specified therein; and for the payment by said lessees of the cost of said machinery, and certain further sums on account of electric power to be taken by said lessees. Said pretended contract is for a period of 50 years. The pretended contract with said District in this paragraph referred to provides for the sale to said District of specified amounts of electric power annually for a period of 50 years. Said power is to be used for the sole purpose of pumping into and in a proposed aqueduct, to be constructed by said District, the 1,050,000 acre-feet of