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Show United States Department of the Interior Office of the Solicitor M. 85161 The Honorable The Secretary of the Interior. Dear Mr« Secretary- I hare your request for opinion as to whether the provisions of Assembly Bill Ho. 1070, passed by the Cali fornia Legislature March 4, 1929, entitled "An aot to limit the use by California of the waters of the Colorado River etc." meet the requirements laid down in section 4-a of the Boulder Act, approved December 21, 1926, Pub-lic 3o, 642, 70th Congress, under which the State of California is required to commit itself to a consumptive use of not exceeding a specified amount of the waters ap portioned to the lower Basin States under the provisions of the Colorado River compact. Upon careful consideration of the act of the Call fornia legislature of March 4, 1920, anpra. the act of December 21, 1S2£1, supra, and the Colorado River compact I find that the California act embodies the, express agree-' ment required of ths State by said act ,of\, Congress which Washington April 24, 1929. OVflOUI. OOP! FOB MDUMATIOT 8JBVXCI |
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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] : |