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Show [119] ditches, canals, reservoirs and other structures and appliances for collecting, storing and conducting water and irrigating land; to supply and distribute water to, and irrigate and cultivate the lands of the company and of others; to sell or let such water or the right to use the same; to acquire, own, possess, sell and let land and other real estate in the United States and Republic of Mexico, and water rights and franchises; to introduce settlers and colonists on such lands, and to make and acquire colonization contracts; in connection with such business and objects to acquire, construct, sell and let dwellings and other structures; to develop and improve such land, of the company or of others, to furnish labor and materials and capital for, or to construct and equip, upon such lands, railways, and other means of transportation, telegraphs, telephones and other means of communication, plants for power, light, water works, or manufacuring, of any description, and operate by steam, gas or electricity; and to acquire by purchase, exchange therefor of its own stock or securities or in any other lawful manner or for other lawful consideration, the whole or any part of the capital stock, bonds, notes or securities of other corporations organized to acquire, construct, maintain or operate works of the nature described; or to develop and improve such lands, or to lay out town sites therein; and to perform all acts and transact all other business advisable in connection with, or necessary or incident to the foregoing objects and purposes, or any of them. The portion of the business of said company which is to be carried on out of this State is the acquisition of part of the company's land, the improvement and development of its own and other land, the construction of irrigation works, the irrigation, colonization, and letting, |
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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] : |