Power Chapter VI deals with the Hoover Dam power contracts of 1930, which were required by the Project Act as a condition precedent to the making of appropriations and the commencement of construction. Part VI of the appendixes includes only the general regulations of 1930-31 and a tabulation of the contracts made thereunder, these regulations and contracts having been superseded by those made in 1941 (ch. VIII, infra) under the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act. Chapter VII summarizes briefly the compliance with the conditions precedent to construction, followed by the appropriations for and the construction of, Hoover Dam and power plant. Part VII of the appendixes tabulates certain material relating thereto. Chapter VIII deals with the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act of 1940, under which the Hoover Dam rates were readjusted. Part VIII of the appendixes contains the text of that statute and related material. Chapter IX summarizes the Hoover Dam power contracts made under the Adjustment Act, and part IX of the appendixes contains the texts of the 1941 regulations and contracts. Water Chapter X deals with the Hoover Dam water-storage contracts (other than the All-American Canal repayment contracts, which are treated separately in ch. XI). Part X of the appendixes contains the texts of the corresponding contracts. Chapter XI is concerned with the All-American Canal and the repayment contracts relating thereto, and part XI of the appendixes collects the statutes and the texts of the contracts on that subject. Related Projects Chapter XII refers briefly to the projects which are more or less directly related to the Boulder Canyon project, some of which are integrated with it by statute, others by contract, and all of which utilize waters stored by Hoover Dam. These are Parker Dam, the Colorado River aqueduct and its San Diego branch, Headgate Rock Dam, the Palo Verde weir, the Colorado River front work, the Yuma and Gila projects, Davis Dam, the Morelos Dam in Mexico, and the "comprehensive plan of development." Part XII of the appendixes contains the statutes, principal contracts, and related material, bearing on these projects. Litigation Chapter XIII summarizes the four Colorado River cases which have been brought in the Supreme Court, and part XIII of the appendixes contains the texts of the opinions in these cases. International Problems Chapter XIV is concerned with the Mexican water treaty, and part XIV of the appendixes brings together the treaty documents and related material. The net effect of these compacts, statutes, treaties, orders, regulations, and contracts has been to impose upon the use of the Colorado River system certain controls which are in part Federal, in part State, and in part international, and which distinguish it from any other river system. Acknowledgment The texts of the Federal contracts printed in the appendixes were made available be the Bureau of Reclamation. The authors desire to express their appreciation to Secretary of the Interior Julius A. Krug, Commissioner of Reclamation Michael W. Straus, and the members of their staffs for these and other courtesies. R. L. W. N. E. CHAPTER I. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE 3. Authorization of negotiations by State legislatures 4. Authorization of negotiations by Congress. 5. Appointment of the Commissioners. B. Negotiation of the compact. . 4. Effect of decision in Wyoming v. Colorado . 5. The Hoover compromise: Division of the basin 6. Final 20 meetings of the Commission and the execution of the compact. 30 B. Ratification of the Colorado River compact by all States except Arizona E. The Governors' conference, 1927 F. Attempts at Federal legislation, 1922–27 1. The first Swing-Johnson bill. . 1. Conditions precedent to effectiveness of the Project Act. 2. Conditions precedent to appropriations under the authorizations of the 51 |