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Show 33 terior, has proceeded and is now proceeding thereunder, and has threatened and now threatens to enforce and carry out the provisions of said act, and, unless enjoined therefrom, will enforce and carry out all of said provisions, and will thereby accomplish and effect all of the things attempted by said act, as set forth in paragraph XXVIII hereof. Pursuant to and under color of said act, said defendant has seized and taken possession of all that part of the Colorado River which flows in Arizona and on the boundary thereof, and all of the water flowing in said river, including the 8,000,000 acre-feet of unappropriated water now flowing therein, and all of the dam sites and reservoir sites mentioned in paragraph X hereof, and now has said river, said water and said sites in his possession; has excluded and is now excluding the State of Arizona, its citizens, inhabitants and property owners from said river, said water and said sites, and from all access thereto; has prevented and is now preventing said State, its citizens, inhabitants and property owners from appropriating any of said 8,000,000 acre-feet of unappropriated water, all of which is now subject to appropriation in Arizona; has thereby prevented and is now preventing the irrigation of the land in the irrigation projects mentioned in paragraph XI hereof; and, unless enjoined therefrom, will continue so to do. XXXI Pursuant to and under color of said act, said defendant Ray Lyman Wilbur has made surveys, plans and specifications for, and has commenced, the construction of the dam, reservoir, power plant and other works provided for in said act. According to said plans and specifications, said dam will have a height of 727 feet, said reservoir will have a storage cacapity of 29,500,000 |
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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] : |