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Show -23- tion, addressed to said Coachella District and other districts, agencies and interests, a letter inquiring whether such districts, agencies and interests desired to participate in irrigation from the Colorado River. That by letter to said director, dated November 23, 1920, said Coachella District definitely informed said director that it desired to participate in said Project. That on February 28, 1922, Albert B. Fall, Secretary of the Interior, transmitted to said Congress his report under said Kincaid Act, by which said Secretary recommended the construction of said All American Canal for the benefit of said Imperial and Coachella Valleys, and also recommended the construction of a dam and reservoir at or near Boulder Canyon on said Colorado River. That in pursuance of said recommendations there was introduced in said House of Representatives on April 25, 1922, a bill known as the "First Swing-Johnson Bill", and numbered H.R. 11449, 67th Congress, 2d Session, for the construction of said dam at or near Boulder Canyon and a main canal and appurtenant structures for the diversion of water from said Colorado River at the Laguna Dam and delivery of water for irrigation and domestic use to the Imperial and Coachella Valleys; that said bill was not enacted into law. That there was introduced in said House of Representatives on December 10, 1923, a bill for the like purposes, known as the "Second Swing-Johnson Bill", and numbered H.R. 2903, 68th Congress, 1st Session; said bill was not enacted into law. That there was introduced in the said House of Representatives on December 21, 1925, a bill for like purposes, known as the "Third Swing-Johnson Bill", and numbered |
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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. |