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Show 17 1 said canal and appurtenant structures; said payments to be 2 made in such installments and at such times as may be speci-8 fied by the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with the 4 provisions of the said reclamation law, and shall constitute 5 revenue from said project and he covered into the fund herein 6 provided for: Provided, That all persons who have served 7 in the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps daring 8 the war with Germany, the war with Spain, or in the sup- 9 pression of the insurrection in the Philippines, and who have 10 been honorably separated or discharged therefrom or placed 11 in the Regular Army or Navy Reserve, shall have the exclu- 12 sive preference right for a period of three months to enter 13 said lands, subject, however, to the provisions of subsection 14 (c) of section 4, Act of December 5, 1924 (Forty-third 15 Statutes at Large, page 702) ; and also, so far as practicable, 16 preference shall be given to said persons in all construction 17 work authorized by this Act: Provided further, That in the 18 event such an entry shall be relinquished at any time prior 19 to actual residence upon the land by the entryman for not 20 less than one year, lands so relinquished shall not be subject 21 to entry for a period of sixty days after the filing and nota- 22 tion of the relinquishment in the local land office, and after 23 the expiration of said sixty-day period such lands shall be 24 open to entry, subject to the preference in this section pro- 25 vided. S. 728------2 |
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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. |