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Show perm:it. FILE FILE By Section 10 of an act of Congress, approved March 'A. 1899, entitled. ''An act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain.: public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,"' it is provided that it shall not be lawful to build or commence the building of any wharf, pier, dolphin, boom. war. breakwater, bulkhead, jetty, or other structures in any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, navigable river, or other water of the United States, outside established harbor lines, or where no harbor lines have been established, except on plans recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War; and it shall not be i \\\- t ful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of, any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, lake, harbor of refuge, or in-closure within the limits of any breakwater, or of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, unless the work has been recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War prior to beginning the same; And WHEREAS, Application has been made to the Secretary of War by the IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT. of 31 Centro California. for authority to construct a temporary diversion dan across the Colorado River, immediately below the intake of its canal at Kanlons Heading, Arizona, for the purpose of raising the lov-vater stage of tne river aufiiciently to supply the ctnal during the coming season; which work has been recommended by the Chief of 3ii£ ine e rs;_____________________________________________^__^________ Now THEREFORE, This is to certify that the Secretary of War hereby authorizes the said work of constructing a teniporary diversion dam across the Colorado river at said place,_______________________________________________________ upon the following conditions: 1. That it i> to be understood that tliis authority does not give any property rights either in rial estate or material, or any exclusive privileges*; and that it does not authorize any injury to private property or invasion of private rights, or any infringement of Federal, State, or local laws or regulations, nor does- it obviate the necessity of obtaining State assent to the work authorized. It mkkkly KXrRESSKS thk assent or THK FkDKHAK (iOVKKN'MF.NT SO KAR AS COXCKBXH THK I'l BI.K" lilOHTS OK NAVIGATION. (See Cnmmings r. Chicago, 188 V. S.. 110.) 2. That the work shall be subject to the supervision and approval of the Kngineer Officer of the United States Army in charge of the locality, who may temporarily suspend the work at any time if. in his judgment, the interests of navigation so require. :>. That if any pipe, wire, or cable is herein authorized, it shall be placed and maintained with a elearanr" not less than that shown by the profile on the plan attached hereto. 4. That s<> far as any material is dredged in the prosecution of the work herein authorized it shall be removed evenly, and no large refuse piles shall be left. It shall be deposited to the satisfaction of fhe said engineer officer and in accordance with his prior permission or instructions, either on shore above high water or at such dumping ground as may be designated by him, and where he may so require, within or behind a 'sood and subsiantinl bulkhead or bulkheads, such as will prevent escape of the material into the waterway: and so far as the pipe, wire, or cable is laid in a Mi-iH-h, the formation of permanent ridges across the bed of the waterway shall be |
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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. |