AZ vs. CA:14 California Exhibits, Vol. XIV; Nos. 2051-2100

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18 1 of Article XI of said compact, which makes the same binding 2 and obligatory only when approved by each of the seven 3 States mentioned in said section 12, and shall have approved 4 said compact without condition save that of such six-State 5 approval, and until the President by public proclamation 6 shall have so declared. 7 (b) Before any money is appropriated or any con- 8 stmction work done or contracted for, the Secretary of the 9 Interior shall make provision for revenues, by contract or 10 otherwise, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, 11 adequate, in his judgment, to insure payment of all expenses 12 of operation and maintenance of said works incurred by the 13 United States and the repayment, within fifty years from the 14 date of the completion of the project, of all amounts advanced 15 to the fund under subdivision (b) of section 2, together with 16 interest thereon. 17 Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby 18 authorized, under such general regulations as he may pre-19 scribe, to contract for the storage of water in said reservoir 20 and for the delivery thereof at such points on the river ana* 21 on said canal as may be agreed upon, for irrigation and 22 domestic uses, and delivery at the switchboard to municipal 23 corporations, political subdivisions, and private corporations 24 of electrical energy generated at said dam, upon charges that 25 will provide revenue which, in addition to other revenues