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Show 16 1 been honorably separated or discharged therefrom or placed 2 in the Regular Army or Navy Reserve, shall have the exclu- 3 sive preference right for a period of three months to enter 4 said lands, subject, however, to the provisions of subsection 5 (c) of section 4, Act of December 5, 1924 (Forty-third 6 Statutes at Large, page 702) ; and also, so far as practicable, 7 preference shall be given to said persons in all construction 8 work authorized by this Act: Provided further, That in the 9 event such an entry shall be relinquished at any time prior 10 to actual residence upon the land by the entryman for not 11 less than one year, lands so relinquished shall not be subject 12 to entry for a period of sixty days after the filing and nota- 13 tion of the relinquishment in the local land office, and after 14 the expiration of said sixty-day period such lands shall be 15 open to entry, subject to the preference in this section pro- 16 vided. j7 Sec. 10. That nothing in this Act shall be -construed 18 as modifying in any manner the existing contract, dated 19 October 23, 1918, between the United States and the Im- 20 perial Irrigation District, providing for a connection with 21 Laguna Dam; but the Secretary of the Interior is authorized 22 to modify the said contract, with the consent of the said 23 district, and also to enter into contract or contracts with the 24 said district or other districts, poons, or agencies for the 2f» construction, in accordance with this Act, of said canal and |
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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. |