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Show 12 tion of the Parker Dam in the bed of the Colorado River at the place hereinbefore set out, and pursuant to the paramount constitutional powers of the United States, a contract was made and entered into on February 10, 1933, between the United States, acting by and through the Secretary of the Interior, and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, a public corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of California. This contract, among other things, provides that the District shall advance to the United States from time to time sums not to exceed $13,000,000, and the United States shall construct by means of such funds, pursuant to the provisions of the Reclamation Act (c. 1093, 32 Stat. 388), and Acts supplemental thereto, particularly the Act of March 4, 1921 (c. 161, 41 Stat. 1367, 1404), the Act of April 21, 1904 (c. 1402, 33 Stat. 189, 224), and the Act of December 1, 1928 (c. 42, 45 Stat. 1057), the project referred to therein and in this bill of complaint as Parker Dam, for the purposes of controlling floods of the Colorado River and its tributaries below Hoover (Boulder) Dam, improving and regulating navigation, providing for the protection and reclamation of the lands within the Colorado River Indian Reservation in Arizona and public lands of the United States in Arizona, and for the re-regulation of the waters discharged in the operation of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, required by the provisions of 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. |