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Show 280 4. An Executive Order of September 18, 1890, transferred the Fort Mohave Military Reservation, which included the Hay & Wood Military Reserve, to the Department of the Interior for Indian school purposes.45 This Reservation is presently known as the Fort Mohave Indian Reservation. 5. An Executive Order of February 2, 1911, which superseded an Order of December 1, 1910, reserved additional lands for the Reservation.46 6. In 1896, pursuant to the Swamp and Overflowed Lands Act [9Stat. 519 (1850); 43 U. S. C. §§982-984 (1958)], the United States conveyed lands to California, some of which lay in the area in dispute in this case. These lands were subsequently conveyed to private owners prior to 1928.47 7. In 1923, pursuant to the Act of July 27, 1866 (14 Stat. 292), the United States conveyed certain lands in the disputed area to the Southern Pacific Railroad.48 8. In 1928, the United States Field Surveying Service, under the direction of the General Land Office, surveyed the boundaries of the Fort Mohave Indian Reservation. The survey was approved by the General Land Office in 1931.49 9. The 1928 General Land Office survey resolved the conflict between the call to the monuments and the calls for specified courses and distances in favor of the former.50 10. The locations of the monuments defining the western boundary of the Hay & Wood Reserve, which now con- 45U. S. Ex. 1303. 46U. S. Exs. 1304-1305. 47Calif. Ex. 3511. 48Tr. 20367-20369 (Pratt) ; Calif. Ex. 3512. 49Calif. Exs. 2611, 2616. 50Calif. Ex. 2616, pp. 4, 7-9. |
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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 |