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Show 24 fied in Section 4 of the Boulder Canyon Project Act, the President of the United States by proclamation dated June 25, 1929, declared said Act to be effective that day. XVII California's Limitation of Her Use of the Waters of the Colorado River Pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 of the Boulder Canyon Project Act, quoted in the preceding Paragraph XVI, it was enacted by the Legislature of the State of California, by an act entitled, "An Act to limit the use by California of the waters of the Colorado River in compliance with the act of congress known as the 'Boulder canyon project act,' approved December 21, 1928, in the event the Colorado river compact is not approved by all of the states signatory thereto," approved by the Governor of the State of California on March 4, 1929, as follows: "Section 1. * * * the State of California as of the date of such proclamation agrees irrevocably and unconditionally with the United States and for the benefit of the states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming as an express covenant and in consideration of the passage of the said 'Boulder canyon project act' that the aggregate annual consumptive use (diversions less returns to the river) of water of and from the Colorado river for use in the State of California including all uses under |
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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] : |