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Show 15 1 tion law, and shall constitute revenue from said project 2 and be covered into the fund herein provided for: Pro- 3 vided, That all persons who have served in the United 4 States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps during the war with 5 Germany, the war with Spain, or in the suppression of the 6 insurrection in the Philippines, and who have been honor- 7 ably separated or discharged therefrom or placed in the 8 Regular Army or Navy Reserve, shall have the exclusive 9 preference right for a period of three months to enter said 10 lands, subject, however, to the provisions of subsection c 11 of section 4, Act of December 5, 1924 (Forty-third Statutes 12 at Large, page 702) ; and also, so far as practicable, pref- 13 erence shall be given to said persons in all construction work 14 authorized by this Act: Provided further, That in the event 15 such an entry shall be relinquished at any time prior to 16 actual residence upon the land by the entryman for not 17 less than one year, lands so relinquished shall not be sub- 18 ject to entry for a period of sixty days after the filing and 19 notation of the relinquishment in the local land office, and 20 after the expiration of said sixty-day period such lands shall 21 be open to entry, subject to the preference in this section 22 provided. 23 Sec. 10. That nothing in this Act shall be construed 24 as modifying in any manner the existing contract, dated 25 October 23, 1918, between the United States and the |
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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. |