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Show -21- that said Board thereafter reported, recommending the construction of such canal for the service of irrigation and domestic water to the Imperial Valley and reported that it was its belief that it would be necessary to construct in the future a high line canal to serve lands in the Imperial and Coachella Valleys. That under date of October 23, 1918, there was executed by the United States and the Imperial District an agreement for the connection of the main canal of said Imperial District with that certain dam on the Colorado River commonly known and designated as the "Laguna Dam"; that said agreement provided for the construction of a main canal entirely within the United States from said Laguna Dam to the canal system of said Imperial District in the Imperial Valley; that in said agreement the United States reserved the right to arrange for the connection with and use of Laguna Dam on such terms as the Secretary of the Interior might deem expedient, by any other irrigation enterprise, district, corporation or individual; also of the head works and main canal and other govern-mentally constructed works and works constructed jointly by the parties to said agreement, after proper enlargement and modification on terms stipulated therein, without, however, impairing the utilization of said dam, canal, and other works to the extent necessary to irrigate the lands within the boundaries of the Imperial Irrigation District. That on the 17th day of June, 1919, there was introduced in the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States a bill, known as the "First Kettner Bill", and numbered H. R. 6044, 66th Congress, 1st Session, providing for the construction of a canal and necessary works entirely within the United States, connecting the present irrigation system of said Imperial District with |
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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. |