AZ vs. CA:10 California Exhibits, Vol. X; Nos. 458-528

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CALIFORNIA DEFENDANTS Exhibit No4.9.7.. Identification: .J.UL.5L...1957 Admitted: 80th Congress ) SENATE ( Document 1st Session ) 1 No. 7 AQUEDUCT NEAR SAN DIEGO, CALIF. LETTER FROM THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING A REPORT RELATIVE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN AQUEDUCT NEAR SAN DIEGO, CALIF., UNDER A. CONTRACT EXECUTED BY THE NAVY DEPARTMENT WITH THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO January 27, 1947.-Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments January 29 (legislative day, January 27), 1947.- Ordered to be printed General Accounting Office, Washington 25, January 27, 1947. The President pro tem of the Senate. My Dear Mr. President: There is transmitted herewith, for the information of the Senate, a report relative to the construction of an aqueduct near San Diego, Calif., under a contract executed by the Navy Department with the city of San Diego. The report indicates the reasons why this contract and expenditures of Federal funds pursuant thereto are considered to be in violation of law. Respectfully, Lindsay C. Warren, Comptroller General oj the United States. General Accounting Office, Washington 25, January 27, 1947. The Congress: During the course of a regular examination of the accounts and records of the construction engineer, Ail-American Canal and Gila projects, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, there has come to my attention the matter of the construction of an aqueduct running from a connection with the Colorado River aqueduct of the metropolitan water district of southern California near the west portal of San Jacinto tunnel in Riverside County, to San Vicente Reservoir in San Diego County. This project is being financed with funds appropriated for the War and Navy Departments. Since there appears to be involved an expenditure or contract made by a department or establishment in violation of law, the matter is being specially