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Show -6- or any portion thereof so forfeited and paid as liquidated damages; provided, that the Secretary of the Interior may in his discretion extend the time for any such payment upon the payment of seven per cent interest in advance. 10. Subject to the provisions of the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat., 388), and acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, the United States shall have and retain perpetually the title to and the complete control, operation, and management of said Laguna Dam, auxiliary works, and enlarged main canal from the dam to and including the Siphon Drop with appurtenant structures as enlarged, including the diversion works at Siphon Drop for the diversion and delivery of water to the Yuma project and the District. The District shall pay to the United States, quarterly, on demand, April 1, July 1, October 1, and December 31, its proportionate share of the cost of operation and maintenance of said dam, auxiliary works, and enlarged main canal for the preceding quarter, such payment by the District to bear the same ratio to the total cost of such operation and maintenance as the amount of water received by the District at the point of delivery to the District's canal at Siphon Drop bears to the total amount of water carried in said main canal at that point plus the amount of water diverted from the canal above the Siphon Drop for use on the Yuma project lands; provided, that such extraordinary expense as may be caused by the operation of such desilting works as may be necessary to as nearly as may be maintain the efficiency of the desilting works at Laguna Dam, as such efficiency would be were the Yuma project fully developed, shall be borne by Imperial Irrigation District. Such extraordinary expense, if any, shall be determined by the Secretary of the Interior. If the District fails to pay to the United States within thirty |
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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. |