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

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and incidental works, creating thereby a reservoir designated Lake Mead of a capacity of about thirty-two million (32, 000, 000) acre-feet; and 3. WHEREAS, said Boulder Canyon Project Act provides that the Secretary, under such general rules and regulations as he may prescribe, may contract for the storage of water in the reservoir created by Hoover Dam, and for the delivery of such water at such points on the river as may be agreed upon, for irrigation and domestic uses, and provides further that no person shall have or be entitled to have the use for any purpose of the water stored, as aforesaid, except by contract made as stated in said Act; and 4. WHEREAS, it is the desire of the parties to this contract to contract for the storage of water and the delivery thereof for domestic use by the City; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows, to wit: Definitions 5. (a) The Colorado River Compact, herein referred to, is the compact or agreement signed at Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 24, 1922, pursuant to an act of Congress approved August 19, 1921, entitled, "An Act to permit a compact or agreement between the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming respecting the disposition and apportionment of the waters of the Colorado River,and for other purposes", which Compact was approved in Section 13(a) of the Boulder Canyon Project Act. (b) The term "domestic", as used in this contract, shall include water uses defined as "domestic" in the Colorado River Compact.