AZ vs. CA:07 California Exhibits, Vol. VII; Nos. 326-370

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-3- "Palo Verde valley," in Riverside and Imperial counties, the greatest possible use, conservation and protection of the waters of the Colorado river to the extent that the same may be lawfully diverted to their lands, to the end that their water system, their land, structures and other properties may be protected from overflow of the flood waters of said river, their swamp lands drained, and thereby the greatest productivity of the largest possible area may be accomplished and safely carried on within reasonable limits of economy. Investigation having shown conditions in the £rCthfsty act. Palo Verde valley to be peculiar to that valley, it is hereby declared that a general law cannot be applicable thereto, and the enactment of this special law is therefore necessary for the proper distribution and use of the waters available for the valley, the protection of the valley against inundation, the reclamation of the swamp lands, and financing the development of the valley by the means herein provided. 2. Sec. 2. There is hereby created, subject to the approval of the owners of property within the district as hereinafter provided, a unified irrigation, protection and reclamation district, to be known and designated as, "Palo Verde irrigation district," hereinafter in this act referred to as the "district," and which shall comprise all of the lands now included both within the boundaries of the Palo Verde joint levee district of Riverside and Imperial counties, California, and the Palo Verde drainage district, both of "Palo Verde irrigation district" created.