18. To the N.E. corner of the S.E.4 of the N.E.4 of Sec. 7, T. 8, R. 12, thence

19. Along the Easterly boundary line of said Sec. 7 to the S.E. corner of said Sec. 7, thence 20. To the S.E. corner of Sec. 17, T. 8, R. 12, thence

21. Along the Westerly boundary line of Sec. 21, T. 8, R. 12, to the S.W. corner of the N.W.14 of said Section, thence

22. To the N.E. corner of the S.W.14 of said Sec. 21, thence

23. To the N.W. corner of the S.W.1/4 of the S.E.1/4 of said Sec. 21, thence

24. To the N.E. corner of the S.E.4 of the S.E.4 of said Sec. 21, thence

25. Along the Easterly boundary line of said Sec. 21 to the S.E. corner of said Sec. 21, thence

26. Along the Northerly boundary line of Sec. 27, T. 8, R. 12, to the N.E. corner of the N.W.14 of said Sec. 27, thence

27. To the S.E. corner of Sec. 26, T. 8, R. 12, thence

28. Along a straight line between the N.W. corner and the S.E. corner of Sec. 36, T. 8, R. 12, to a point where said straight line intersects a projection Northerly of the East line of Sec. 2, T. 9, R. 12, thence

29. Along said last-named projected line and the East line of said Sec. 2 to the S.E. corner of the N.E.1⁄4 of said Sec. 2, thence

30. To the S.W. corner of the N.E.4 of said Sec. 2, thence

31. To the S.E. corner of the S.W.14 of said Sec. 2, thence

32. Along the Southerly boundary line of said Sec. 2 to S.W. corner of the S.E.4 of the S.W.14 of said Sec. 2, thence

33. To the S.E. corner of the N.W.1/4 of the N.W.14 of Sec. 11, T. 9, R. 12, thence 34. To the S.W. corner of the N.W.4 of the N.W.14 of Sec. 10, T. 9, R. 12, thence 35. Along the West line of Sec. 10 to the N.W. corner of said Sec. 10, thence

36. Along the South line of Sec. 4, T. 9, R. 12, to the S.W. corner of the S.E.1⁄4 of the S.E.4 of said Sec. 4, thence

37. To the N.W. corner of the S.E.4 of the S.E.4 of said Sec. 4, thence

38. To the S.W. corner of the N.W.1/4 of the S.E.4 of said Sec. 4, thence

39. To the N.W. corner of the N.E.1⁄44 of said Sec. 4, being a point in the Southerly boundary line of said County of Riverside, thence

40. Along said boundary line and the Northerly boundary line of said Sec. 4 to the point of beginning.

EXHIBIT "E"

DESCRIPTION OF LANDS OUTSIDE COACHELLA VALLEY COUNTY WATER DISTRICT AND WITHIN THE COACHELLA Service Area, Designated thE FISH SPRINGS AREA

All that certain tract of land situate in the County of Imperial, State of California, and in the Townships (designated "T") hereinafter mentioned South, and Ranges (designated "R") hereinafter mentioned East, of the San Bernardino Base Line and Meridian, particularly described as follows, to-wit:

Beginning at the N.E. corner of the N.W.14 of Sec. 4, T. 9, R. 9, which is a point in the South boundary line of Coachella Valley County Water District and of the County of Riverside and the North Boundary line of the County of Imperial and running thence along said boundary lines and along the Northerly boundary lines of said Sec. 4 and of Sec. 5, T. 9, R. 9:

1. To the N.E. corner of the N.W.14 of the N.W.1/4 of said Sec. 5, thence

2. To the S.E. corner of the S.W.4 of the N.W.14 of Sec. 8, T. 9, R. 9, thence

3. To the S.E. corner of the N.W.14 of said Sec. 8, thence

4. To the S.E. corner of the S.W.1/4 of said Sec. 8, thence

5. To the S.E. corner of Sec. 17, T. 9, R. 9, thence

6. To the S.E. corner of Sec. 21, T. 9, R. 9, thence

7. To the S.W. corner of Sec. 12, T. 10, R. 9, thence

8. Along the Southerly boundary line of said Sec. 12 to the S.E. corner of said Sec. 12, thence

9. To the S.E. corner of Sec. 6, T. 10, R. 10, thence

10. To the N.E. corner of the N.W.14 of said Sec. 6, thence

11. To the S.W. corner of the N.E.1/4 of the N.E.4 of Sec. 16, T. 9, R. 9, thence

12. To the N.E. corner of the N.W.1/4 of the S.E.1/4 of Sec. 4, T. 9, R. 9, thence 13. To the S.W. corner of the N.E.4 of said Sec. 4, thence to the point of beginning.

NOTE.-Annex "A" consists of the proposed contract with Coachella Valley County Water District, together with its exhibits, which contract was later executed under date of October 15, 1934 (No. Ilr-781)

[ITEM 17]

BOULDER CANYON PROJECT

CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CAPACITY IN DIVERSION DAM, MAIN CANAL AND APPURTENANT STRUCTURES

(I1r-1151)

ARTICLE 1. THIS CONTRACT, made this 2d day of October, nineteen hundred thirty-four, pursuant to the Act of Congress approved June 17, 1902 (32 Stat., 388), and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, all of which acts are commonly known and referred to as the Reclamation Law, and particularly pursuant to the Act of Congress approved December 21, 1928 (45 Stat., 1057), designated the Boulder Canyon Project Act, and the Act of Congress approved June 16, 1933 (48 Stat., 195), designated the National Industrial Recovery Act, between THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, hereinafter referred to as the United States, acting for this purpose by Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, hereinafter styled the Secretary, and THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, a municipal corporation of the State of California, organized under a freeholders' charter, hereinafter referred to as the City:

WITNESS ETH:

EXPLANATORY RECITALS

ARTICLE 2. WHEREAS, for the purpose of controlling the floods, improving navigation and regulating the flow of the Colorado River, providing for storage and for the delivery of the stored waters for reclamation of public lands and other beneficial uses exclusively within the United States, the Secretary subject to the terms of the Colorado River Compact, is authorized to construct, operate and maintain a dam and incidental works in the main stream of the Colorado River at Black Canyon or Boulder Canyon, adequate to create a storage reservoir of a capacity of not less than twenty million acre-feet of water, and a main canal and apurtenant structures located entirely within the United States connecting the Laguna Dam, or other suitable diversion dam, which the Secretary is also authorized to construct if deemed necessary or advisable by him upon engineering or economic considerations, with the Imperial and Coachella Valleys in California, the expenditures for said main canal and appurtenant structures to be reimbursable as provided in the reclamation law; and

ARTICLE 3. WHEREAS, after full consideration of the advantages of both the Black Canyon and Boulder Canyon dam sites, the Secretary has determined upon Black Canyon as the site of the aforesaid dam, hereinafter styled the Boulder Dam, creating thereby a reservoir to be hereinafter styled the Boulder Canyon Reservoir; and

ARTICLE 4. WHEREAS, (a) there has been executed under date of December 1, 1932, a contract, herein styled Imperial Contract, between the United States and Imperial Irrigation District, an irrigation district created, organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, hereinafter referred to as the District, which contract provides for the construction of a suitable diversion dam and main canal and appurtenant structures, therein and