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Show -7- and by the laws of Arizona where not inconsistent therewith, where such rights have vested, modified, if modified at all, by the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of said Association. 11. Nothing contained in this memorandum, or to be implied from the fact of its execution, shall be construed, held, or deemed to be an approval by the Secretary of the Interior, nor an adoption by him of the Articles of Incorporation of said Association, in all their details as the form of organization of water users contemplated and authorized by Section 6 of the said Act of Congress of June 17th, 1902, but such approval and adoption is expressly reserved until the conditions authorizing such approval and adoption prescribed in said act shall have arisen. And when the Secretary of the Interior shall make, approve, and promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of the water to be supplied from said proposed irrigation works, such rules and regulations, and such modifications thereof as the Secretary may, from time to time, approve and promulgate, shall be deemed and held to be obligatory upon this Association as fully and completely and to every intent and purpose, as if they were now made, approved, promulgated and written out in full in this memorandum, and are to be read and construed as if so done. In witness whereof, the undersigned have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals the day and year first herein written. (Sgd) Ethan A. Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior, for and on behalf of the United States of America PARTY OF THE FIRST PART |