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Show -lithe survey, construction and maintenance of the works referred to in this contract, shall be exempt from all federal taxes, with the exception of those to be paid in stamps, which taxes shall be paid in accordance with the said law. Article Eighteenth. The Company, grantee, is at liberty to enter into contracts and agreements with individuals and private and public corporations for the use of the water granted to it, being subject in the prices to be charged, to the tariff which with due opportunity shall be presented to the Secretary of Development for his examination and approval, the Company, grantee, having the right, nevertheless, to use said waters in the irrigation of Seal the lands belonging to it. Article Nineteenth. The Company, grantee, shall lose the right to use the water granted to it in this contract in Article Fourth in case it does not use it for a period of ten consecutive years, the government being at liberty to grant it to any other persons, who, if they c°aCnSkdp should accept the works made by the Company, grantee, shall have to pay to this company the amounts fixed by the appraisers appointed by both parties. Article Twentieth. The Company, grantee, may transfer all or part of the concessions in the present contract with the previous permit of the Secretary; also may mortgage it to individuals or private corporations; it being absolutely necessary in the first case that individuals or associations accept respectively all |
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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. |