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Show __3__ flumes, ditches, or canals, to cause the water to flow to said points from the Colorado River; and such needful works are hereby authorized for the purposes aforesaid; and the amount of water furnished shall be sufficient for the purposes of travel and emigration over said routes, and may be used for the purposes of irrigation. The aqueducts, dykes, dams, flumes, ditches, or canals, shall be of a permanent and lasting character and quality; Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorize any person or persons to appropriate the water of the Colorado River in sufficient quantity to obstruct or interfere with the navigation of said river, as it at present exists. Sec. 3. The land herein conveyed is bounded Description J of grant. and described as follows, to wit: Beginning at the initial point of the San Bernardino base-line, as established by the general survey of the State of California, by the authority of the United States Government, and running east, on said line, to the Colorado River; thence down said river, along the boundary of the State-line, to its junction with the southern boundary of this State; thence west, along said southern boundary, to the eastern base of the main range of mountains; thence northerly, along the base of said range of mountains, to the place of beginning: excepting and reserving, from the tract above described, the part or portion thereof which the United States may, at any time, reserve for the use of the military post at Fort Yuma, or at any other point; Provided, however, that nothing in |