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Show -12- 17. In case of failure on the part of the District to provide for beginning the work of enlargement of the Yuma main canal within two years from the date hereof, the Secretary of the Interior shall have the right to abrogate this contract. 18. No Member of, or Delegate to Congress, or Resident Commissioner after his election or appointment, or either before or after he has qualified and during his continuance in office, and no officer, agent, or employee of the Government, shall be admitted to any share or part of this contract or agreement, or to any benefit to arise thereupon. Nothing, however, herein contained shall be construed to extend to any incorporated company, where such contract or agreement is made for the general benefit of such incorporation or company, as provided in Section 116 of the Act of Congress approved March 4, 1909 (35 Stat, L. 1109). In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused the execution of these presents as of the day and year first above written. The United States of America By /s/ Franklyn K. Lane Secretary of the Interior. Imperial Irrigation District By /s/ Leroy Holt President. Attest [Illegible] Secretary. |
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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. |