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Show In reply refer to: 90-2-1-2342 Sol.-Ind. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of the Secretary (Seal) Washington 25, D. C. May 13, 1958 Gentlemen: Our letter dated April 8, 1958, advised that your lease contract with the Secretary of the Interior executed August 13, 1957, for the development and use of unassigned lands on the Colorado River Indian Reservation, has been violated. The violation consisted of your failure to furnish to the lessor, within 30 days of August 13, 1957, an acceptable corporate surety bond in the amount of $5,-000,000.00, conditioned upon and guaranteeing performance of the contract in the particulars stated in section 16 thereof; or in lieu thereof, to deposit with the lessor cash or negotiable United States Treasury bonds or other negotiable Treasury obligations in like amount of said bond. You were further advised that such a violation subjected the contract to cancellation, and that all payments made of advance rentals or otherwise shall thereupon be retained by and become the property of the lessor as liquidated damages for your failure to furnish the required bond in violation of the contract. By the same letter, you were notified that you were required to show cause on or before May 7, 1958, why the lease contract should not be cancelled, and that your |
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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] : |