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<br />.J'".. <br /> <br />,', <br /> <br />OOl'9i)t <br /> <br />-30- <br /> <br />Southern CD,lh'ornia ,'hich claiueel richts in the Colorado River, <br />fJ,:);-eared at all int erstate Deetin::;s cone ernin[; the River; anil <br />s:,ol:e in the int eres ts of their respective ae;encies, <br />In 1837 the Lec;islature of 'CaJ.1fornia created the Colorado <br />River Doar(\ of California, and restrict eel its nenbershlp to <br />representatives of the Cnlifornia agencies, The agencies were <br />the PRlo Verde Irri:ation District, the Imperial Valley District, <br />Coachella Valley County ;;ater District, the ;'etropolitan 'later <br />District of Southern California, the Depart!;:ent of Uater e, <br />Pouer of the City of Los AnGeles, aml the City of SE'.n Diego, <br />It is ny un(I,erstanelin:,: the.t the repres entati ves of thos e ngencies <br />uho siGned the Intrq-State Pri'Jrities At;reer,lent in California, <br />are still actinG in the intereGts of their respective agencies <br />2nel tryinG to carr~' out their inter-[lgency priorities agreement <br />"hich Has s i::;nee:. by them on Au~;ust 18, 1931; aml that they feel <br />bound to each other by that 2,::;reerr:ent, al thoL1Gh they (10 not <br />apparently feel boun& by the California Self_Lil11itation Statute, <br />Later, after hE,vir.g, in ,:~y o:;::>inlon, so"e"hat belateOly <br />deter,:,inec1 that they should not bring an action att2cl:in:::; the <br />valiQity of the Colorado River Compact and the California Self- <br />L1mitation Statute they gnve lip-service to those documents; <br />and yet by strained constructions 0nd ~'istin::; of "ords, they <br />trieel to avoid their plain !:lce",ling, Therefore, they hCl,ve thouCht <br />up the strainecl constructions and r1istortions l'Thich are n01. <br />being presented to Concress as substantial controversies requiring <br />iw.lec1iate aQ~uc1ication, in spite of the solemn acree':lI;mts of <br /> <br />their State i'\nc1 the ;.lain ueaninc of those a;~reeT,lents. <br />