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

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Contract i:c 1U-O6-W-1O6 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF RECLAMATION BOULDER CANYON PROJECT Contract With City of Yuma For Delivery of Water THIS CONTRACT, made this 12th day of November________, 1959, pursuant to the Act of Congress approved June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, all of which acts are commonly known and referred to as the Reclamation Law, and particularly pursuant to the Act of Congress approved December 21, 1928 (45 Stat. 1057), designated the Boulder Canyon Project Act, between THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, hereinafter referred to as "United States", acting for this purpose by_______Fred A. Scaton______________, Secretary of the Interior, hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary", and the CITY OF YUMA, a municipal corporation of the State of Arizona, hereinafter referred to as the "City"; WITNESSETH THAT: Explanatory Recitals 2. WHEREAS, for the purpose of controlling floods, improving navigation, regulating the flow of the Colorado River, providing for storage, and for the delivery of stored waters for the reclamation of public lands and other beneficial uses exclusively within the United States, the Secretary, acting under and in pursuance of the provisions of the Colorado River Compact and the Boulder Canyon Project Act, has constructed and is now operating and maintaining in the main stream of the Colorado River at Black Canyon that certain structure known as and designated Hoover Dam