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Show -3- perial South Side Water Company, Imperial East Side Water Company, and South Alamo Water Company. The area of the mutual companies generally coincided with the boundaries of the Imperial Irrigation District in the locality in which the mutual water companies were operating. The one exception was that Imperial Water Company No. 8 included within its borders certain lands outside the Imperial Irrigation District. The bonds above referred to were sold and it was agreed between the Imperial Irrigation District and the various mutual water companies that the Imperial Irrigation District should assume control on November 1, 1922. For practical purposes the mutual water companies ceased to exist upon that date. The Imperial Irrigation District has been operating as a unit since then. On November 1, 1922, all the mutual companies except Imperial Water Company No. 3, Imperial Water Company No. 9, and the South Alamo Water Company executed leases to the Imperial Irrigation District providing for the operation under a lease for a period of six months ending with the first day of May, 1923. On January 8, 1923, Imperial Water Company No. 9 executed a lease, and on January 9, 1923, the South Alamo Water Company executed its lease. When I interviewed the Secretary of the Imperial Irrigation District on February 18, 1923, he advised me that Imperial Water Company No. 3 had not executed a lease but that he expected to receive it within a few days. He stated, however, that the Imperial Irrigation District was operating under the provisions of the lease the same as if it had been executed and he said there was no doubt but what the lease would finally be received by him. The final transfer of the properties has not yet been made. |
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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] : |