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Show 1 8ro. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior is empowered 2 to receive applications for the right to use for the generation 3 of electrical power portions of the water discharged from 4 said reservoir and available for the generation of electrical 5 power at said dam, and, after full hearing of all concerned, to 6 allocate to such applicants such portions of such power priv- 7 ileges as, in his judgment, may be consistent with an equitable 8 distribution thereof among the various interested States and 9 among the various interested communities in each State. 10 The said Secretary, in making such allocation, may give 11 consideration to the plans of the various applicants, having 12 regard to their relative adaptability to utilize such power 13 privileges in the public interest, and at reasonable cost to 14 the communities served: Provided, That subject to such 15 allocations he shall give preference to applications made by 16 political subdivisions. 17 Sec. 3. That the said Secretary is authorized to make 18 leases of the power privileges so allocated, limited to fifty 19 years, on such terms and under such regulations as he may 20 prescribe, and to fix what he may find to be a reasonable 21 compensation therefor. Upon or after the expiration of any 22 such lease, or renewal thereof, the United States may take 23 over the property of the lessee which is dependent for its 24 usefulness upon the continuation of the lease, and if it shall do 25 so shall pay to the lessee its net investment in the property |
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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. |