AZ vs. CA:13 California Exhibits, Vol. XIII; Nos. 1800-1842; 1901-1906; 2000-2044

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1 project herein authorized a self-supporting and financially 2 solvent undertaking, the Secretary of the Interior, subject to 8 the terms of the Colorado River compact hereinafter men- 4 tioned, is hereby authorized to construct, operate, and main 5 tain a dam and incidental works in the main stream of the 6 Colorado River at Black Canyon or Boulder Canyon adequate 7 to create a storage reservoir of a capacity of not less than 8 twenty million acre*feet of water and a main canal and 9 appurtenant structures located entirely within the United 10 States connecting the Laguna Dam with the Imperial and 11 Coachella Valleys in California, the expenditures for said 12 main canal and appurtenant structures to be reimbursable, as 13 provided in the reclamation law: Provided, however, That 14 no charge shall be made for water or for the use, storage, or 15 delivery of water for irrigation or water for potable purposes; 16 also to construct and equip, operate, and maintain at or 17 near said dam, a complete plant and incidental structures 18 suitable for the fullest economic development of electrical 19 energy from the water discharged from said reservoir; and 20 to acquire by proceedings in eminent domain, or otherwise, 21 all lands, rights of way, and other property necessary 22 for said purposes. 23 Skc. 2. (a) There is hereby established a special fund, 24 to be known as the ** Colorado River Dam fund " (herein- 25 after referred to as the "fund"), and to be available, as