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Show -34- 1914 O. & M. Report. Pp. 5-7: On November 30, 1914, the total acreage on the Project receiving water was 25.207 acres, divided as follows: Yuma Valley 19,150 acres, Gila Valley 783 acres, Reservation (White settlement) 4,612 acres, Indian lands 662 acres. Through the canals constructed up to November 30. 1914, Service could have supplied water to 60,000 acres, divided as follows: Yuma Valley 44,000 acres, Gila Valley 4500 acres, Reservation (White settlement) 6500 acres, Indian lands 5000 acres. Water is delivered to the Yuma and Gila Valleys on a rental basis, a charge of 50^ an acre-foot being made for water delivered at farm turnout. The 6503 acres assigned to white settlers on the Indian Reservation were opened under Public Notice, dated January 12, 1910, designating 40 acres as size of farm unit, except around the townsite of Bard where the sub-division was 20 acre units. There are 153 of the 40 acre and 20 of the 20 acre tracts. The portion of the Reservation set aside for the Indians approximates 8230 acres, which has been sub-divided into 10 acre tracts. The Operation and Maintenance charge on the White and Indian lands on the Reservation was set at $1.00 an acre a year. The Twenty Year Extension Act will change this method of Operation and Maintenance charges for future years. The Building Charge on unit opened was $55.00 an acre; a second Public Notice dated March 8, 1912 graduated the payments and changed the Building Charge to $66.00 an acre. The duty of water for these lands as designated by Public Notice is Sl/2 acre-feet per annum delivered at the farm. |
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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. |