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Show -11- Under the agreement by which the plaintiffs' lands became members of the Project, it is provided: "? * * all of the District Lands shall be provided and thereafter furnished in perpetuity with irrigation and drainage service, including ditches for surface water, equal to the like service, then or thereafter provided and furnished to the Project Lands; that the District Lands, for, on account of or in connection with which the Association shall accept subscriptions for shares of its capital stock, as herein provided, shall from date of such acceptance be entitled to and receive all the rights, privileges and benefits and be subject only to the same liabilities and obligations as the Project Lands; that the District Lands, for, on account of, or in connection with which the Association shall not accept subscriptions for shares of its capital stock, as herein provided, shall, upon the payment of reasonable charges therefor, be entitled to irrigation and drainage service for the Project Lands; but shall not participate in any other rights, privileges and benefits from the Project or the Association." It will be noted therefrom that the plaintiffs' lands have the same rights and the same liabilities as all of the rest of the lands in the Project. (Page 9 of the Tempe Contract.) All of the lands of the Salt River Project hold stock in the Salt River Water Users' Association. It is also provided, after setting forth the obligation under which said assessments are made, as follows: "* * * Said contract shall fully authorize and empower the Association and (or) the United States to levy against each acre of the land covered by such lien and to collect from the subscriber and (or) his successors in the ownership of said land assess- |
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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] : California exhibits. |