AZ vs. CA:25 California Exhibits, Vol. XXV; Nos. 7501-7859

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"IT IS AGREED that the United States does not by anything contained in this instrument "become bound by or a party to the aforesaid agreement of February 21st, 1930, or any other contract or con* tracts between the District and others than the United States, but, nevertheless, the Secretary reserves the right to make any disposition of the water to which the District thereby .has relinquished or may relinquish claim." And also by inserting in said water contract a provision granting to said first party the right to accumulative storage of water in the Boulder Canyon Reservoir out of The Metropolitan Water District's allocation, not exceeding at any one time a total of five million (5,000,000) acre feet which the said first party shall have the right to store in said reservoir and the exclusive right to withdraw as needed. The second parties do each hereby mutually covenant and agree that they will support and abide by, in all particulars, the said agreement of February 21, 1930, and the said resolutions approving and interpreting the same, said resolutions being similar in form to resolution No. 36, of first party, and that they will limit their claims to water rights as against The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to such limitations as are set up by said resolution No. 36 of The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the similar resolutions by the second parties. The second parties hereby further mutually covenant and agree that they will immediately v/ithdraw the protests which any of said second parties may have heretofore filed with the Division of WatGr Rights of tho State of California against the filing of the City of Los Angeles and/cr The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California for water from the Colorado River upon the proviso that said combined filings shall not be allowed for any amount in excess of one million one hundred thousand (1,100,000) acre feet per annum and with the further proviso that any such permit or permits be issued in accordance with and subject to the said agreement of February 21, 1930, tho said resolution No, 36 of first party and this agreement. Each and all of the second parties do hereby further covenant and agree not to file any further protest or protests and not to oppose the said water filing of the City of Los Angeles and/or said The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California subject to the forGgoing provisos. The second parties do hereby further mutually covenant