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<br />.i))18i3 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />/~ <br />::/ <br /> <br />-3- <br /> <br />Prior to 1900, "hen Arizon2. ',raS a sparsely <br /> <br />inhabi ted territory, the California Development COLil,any <br /> <br />obt2ined richts ~ooQ un~er Co1i:ornia l~, to divert 10,000 <br /> <br />cubic feet l,er second of the "aters of the Colorado <br /> <br />River for use ln iiexico 11nc1 the Im,)erlal Valley of <br /> <br />California, throu:c;h the Alamo Canal, "hich ran throL'gh <br /> <br /> <br />iiexico an(l back into the Im',erial \Talley, <br /> <br />The c1evel07,lent of the Im1)erial Valley of <br /> <br />California c:nd adjacent ':.'ortions of Hexico, ',as under- <br /> <br />t2.1:en by the Sc'~ile .'.:roDoters as one :'croject, Ho"ever, ln <br /> <br /> <br />lie:::i,ao they 1rere required to orgE\nize a iiexican corpora- <br /> <br /> <br />tion ;~no1Jn as the IISocied.:\d l~e Irri3ac10n y ferl'enOF.' <br /> <br />de lEIs 3ajE\ Californla, S. A.", 1'.11 of the stoc~: of <br /> <br />"hich VIe'S o'med by the oriGlnal proc:oters of irrigation <br /> <br />ln bexico and the Im;)erial Valley, 8.nc1 all of the stocl~ <br /> <br /> <br />of ']hich \Jas later tr2.nsferrec~ to the officers of <br /> <br />the Ir,1peri::.l Irrigation Die trict of California ..hen that <br /> <br />District Ul:on its orCc.nizction too': over the propert~r <br /> <br /> <br />llnJ riGhtc of the Callfornla Develop;.~ent Comrany. <br /> <br />Such stoc~ was so held in 1945b~ the officers of the <br />IL~erlal Irrlcation District, as testified to by <br />