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Show 26 obligatory upon the State of California when at least six of the signatory states should likewise have waived the requirement of seven-state approval and ratified the same without such approval and the United States should have consented thereto. By a separate act of the same date California agreed to the limitation upon aggregate annual consumptive use of Colorado River water for use in California required by Section 4(a) of the Project Act.88 By act of March 6,1929, the State of Utah again waived the Compact's requirement of seven-state approval and agreed that the Compact should become binding upon Utah upon approval by at least six of the states and consent by the United States.90 Six states, including California, having ratified the Compact and having waived seven-state ratification, the President of the United States on June 25, 1929, issued Public Proclamation No. 1882,81 the text of which is as follows: "Pursuant to the provisions of section 4(a) of the Boulder Canyon project act approved December 21, 1928 (45 Stat. 1057), it is hereby declared by public proclamation: "(a) That the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming have not ratified the Colorado River Compact mentioned in section 13(a) of said act of December 21, 1928, within six months from the date of the passage and approval of said act. "(b) That the States of California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming have ratified said compact and have consented to waive MAriz. Ex. 14. The complete text of the California Limitation Act appears in Appendix 4. 90Ariz. Ex. 23. "46 Stat. 3000, Ariz. Ex. 3. |
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Original Report: State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Imperial 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 |