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Show 70 THE ALL-AMERICAN CAJSAL. Dam to and including the power-house site near Pilot Knob, to be determined by the Secretary. In case capacity be also provided by enlargement for the irrigation of lands in the United States outside of the Imperial Irrigation District, then the cost of enlargement computed as above as chargeable to the Imperial Irrigation District shall be borne by such district and such other lands in the ratio of their respective irrigable acreages. The cost of any works used jointly by several irrigation enterprises below the point near Pilot Knob where power is developed shall be apportioned equitably by the Secretary of the Interior. No water shall be diverted for power purposes from such main canal below siphon drop at any time when such water shall be required for irrigation of lands being irrigated therefrom in Imperial County. 13. It is understood and agreed that the connection with Laguna Dam herein provided for is to be constructed as a part of an all-American canal, which the district hereby agrees to build at as early a date as possible and within reasonable time; and when the district shall have completed said all-American canal it shall have the right to drop water at some other point than the vicinity of Pilot Knob for power development, and in this event agrees to place at the disposal of the United States at Pilot Knob, or some other point to be agreed upon, such power in addition to that generated at Pilot Knob as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior is necessary for pumping and other irrigation operation and maintenance purposes of the Yuma project or any auxiliary thereof, not in excess of 8.500 water horsepower in the aggregate, at the cost of development thereof at the power house, plus 10 per cent, said cost to include interest at 5 per cent and reasonable depreciation as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. All power development, operation, and maintenance of power plants on the all-American canal, and sales of power, shall be under the control of the Secretary of the Interior, and charges for commercial power shall be upon rules adopted by the Secretary of the Interior, applying equally to both Imperial and Yuma A'alleys. The profits from commercial power shall be divided between the Imperial Irrigation District and the Yuma project in ratio of their respective investments in power, including the enlargements, alterations, and extensions of the headworks and Tnain canal down to and including the power-house site near Pilot Knob, plus investments in the power plants, power house, transmission lines, and other accessories. In dividing profits, the district shall be credited with the net revenue from the amount of power by which the total power output is increased by the all-American canal west of Pilot Knob, which shall be determined by the Secretary of the Interior. Power delivered to Imperial Irrigation District for pumping and other irrigation operation and maintenance purposes shall be delivered on the same terms as power delivered to the Yuma project for said purposes. 14. It is understood and agreed that the Secretary of the Interior shall control the division of water and shall divert for use of the Yuma project or any auxiliary thereo 43 heretofore or hereafter undertaken by the United States within the present boun* daries of the United States and not exceeding 120,000 acres sufficient water to secure the permanent and economical reclamation thereof, not exceeding, however, one-quarter of the water in the river above Laguna Dam. The.foregoing applies only to the natural flow of the Colorado River, and not to storage water, which shall be delivered to the party entitled thereto. The United States makes no guaranty or representation as to the quantity of water that may be available without storage for delivery to the district under this contract-and shall not be responsible for failure to deliver water under this contract caused by insufficient supply of water in the Colorado River, hostile diversion, or drought, interruption made necessary by repairs, nor on account of any valid order or decree of a competent court; nor for any damages by floods, acts of hostility, or unavoidable circumstances; nor for loss of crops or other damage caused by nondelivery of water. 15. It is understood and agreed that the district shall have the right at any time to extend its boundaries within the United States and water additional lands upon pay- |
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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. |