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Show (a) In order to comply with the conditions precedent established by Section 4 (a) of the Project Act, California duly enacted a law hereinafter referred to as the California Limitation Act (Act of March 4, 1929; Ch. 16, 48th Sess^ ; Statutes and Amendments to the Codes, 1929, pp. 38-39) which reads as follows: "An-A-ot act to limit the use by California of the waters of the Colorado River in compliance with the act of Gongreas congress known as the "¦ _!_Boulder Ganyon canyon Pro-jeet project Act act, u_^ approved December 21, 1928, in the event the Colorado River river Gompoet compact is not approved by all of the states signatory thereto. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: ^Section 1. In the event the Colorado River river Compact compact signed at Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 24, 1922, and approved by and set out at length in that certain act entitled u_^An Act-act to* ratify and approve the Colorado River river Gempe-et compact, signed at Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 24, 1922, to repeal conflicting acts and resolutions and directing that notice be given by the governor of such ratifications and approval,u_^ approved January 10, 1929 (statutes 1929 , chapter 1), is not approved within six months from the date of the passage of that certain act of the Gongress congress of the United States known as the a_^Boulder Genyem canyon Project- project Aet act," ' approved December 21, 19 28, by the legislatures of each of the seven states signatory thereto, as provided by article eleven of the said Colorado River river Gotnpae-t compact, then when six of said states , including California, shall have ratified and approved said Gompeei compact, and shall have consented to waive the provisions of the first paragraph of article eleven of said compact which makes the same binding and obligatory when approved by each of the states signatory thereto, and shall have approved said Gompoct compact without conditio'ns save that of such six states approval and the President by public proclamation shall have so declared, as provided (e) Section 13 (e) (a) of the Project Act gives the required consent of Congress to the Compact upon the satisfaction of the conditions set out In Section 4(a). (f) Bv Section 8v'a) and Sections 13fh>), (c). and (d), the United States subjects all of its rights, and the rights of those claiming under it, to the provisions of the Compact. |
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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] : |