All-American Canal in Imperial and Coachella Valleys, CalifU.S. Government Printing Office, 1920 |
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All American Canal in Imperial and Coachella Valleys, Calif: July 9, 1919 ... U. S. Comm. On Irrigation of Arid Lands Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
All American Canal in Imperial and Coachella Valleys, Calif: July 9, 1919 ... U. S. Comm. On Irrigation of Arid Lands Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
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acres all-American canal amendment American Legion amount appropriation authorized BARBOUR bonds boundary line build Calif California cent Centro CHAIRMAN charge Coachella Valley Colorado River construction contract cost DAVIS directors divert east mesa Elwood Mead engineer estimates farm FINNEY fund HAYDEN hereby Holtville Imperial County Imperial district Imperial irrigation district Imperial Laguna Water Imperial Valley interest Interior Kettner bill KIBBEY Laguna Dam legislation LITTLE loans main canal Mead ment mesa lands Mexican lands Mexico navigation necessary payment present President proposition public lands purchase question Reclamation Service Representatives reservoirs Salton Sea second-feet Secretary sell settlers SINNOTT SMITH of Idaho sold soldiers storage surveys SWING TALLMAN TAYLOR thereof tion Treasury treaty United Washington water right water supply water users weir William Kettner YAGER Yuma County Yuma project
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Página 221 - War ; and it shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of, any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, lake, harbor of refuge, or inclosure within the limits of any breakwater, or of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, unless the work has been recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War prior to beginning the same.
Página 196 - ... to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico; thence, westwardly, along the whole southern boundary of New Mexico (which runs north of the town called Paso) to its western termination; thence, northward, along the western line of New Mexico, until it intersects the first branch of the river Gila...
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Página 196 - ... at the port of San Diego, and proceed to run and mark the said boundary in its whole course to the mouth of the Rio Bravo del Norte.
Página 197 - Grande, as provided in the fifth article of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; thence, as defined in the said article, up the middle of that river to the point where the parallel of 31° 47' north latitude crosses the same; thence due west one hundred miles; thence south to the parallel of 31° 20...
Página 196 - Colorado; thence across the Rio Colorado, following the division line between Upper and Lower California, to the Pacific ocean. The southern and western limits of New Mexico, mentioned in this article, are those laid down in the map entitled "Map of the United Mexican States, as organized and defined by various acts of the congress of said republic, and constructed according to the best authorities. Revised edition. Published at New York, in 1847, by J. Disturnell.
Página 374 - That nothing herein contained shall be construed as affecting or intending to affect or in any way to interfere with the laws of the respective States relating to the control, appropriation, use, or distribution of water used in irrigation or for municipal or other uses, or any vested right acquired therein.