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<br />_r~-' <br />'-,', U · <br />6 ,.}.. ~[ E T I{ 0 l' 0 LIT A N W ATE R D 1ST I{ leT <br /> <br />April. First Swing-Johnson bill to authorize construction <br />of Boulder Canyon Dam and All-American Canal introduced <br />by Phil D. Swing, to carry out recommendations of Fall-Davis <br />report on Imperial Valley. <br />1923 May. Boulder Dam Association formed at Fullerton, <br />California. <br />October. Chief Engineer Mulholland, Los Angeles Bureau <br />of Water Works and Supply, H. A. Van Norman, E. A. Bay- <br />ley, and party started tirst reconnaissance for the Colorado <br />River aqueduct. <br />December. California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, <br />Utah, and Wyoming ratify Colorado Ri,'er Compact as <br />written. <br />1924 Febmary. Report on the problems of the Colorado River <br />Basin submitted to Commissioner of Reclamation by F. E. <br />Weymouth. <br />June 28. Application 4056 to appropriate a maximum of <br />1,500 cubic feet per second from the surplus water of the <br />Colorado River tiled with California Division of Water Rights <br />by City of Los Angeles. <br />September. Co'lorado River Aquedut't A:::.sot'iatiol1 organ- <br />ized at Pasadena, California. <br />1925 February, Colorado and Wyoming ratified Six-State <br />Compact. <br />March. Nevada and New Mexico ratified Six-State <br />Compact. <br />October. City of Los Angeles issued $2,000,000 Colo- <br />rado River project honds for preliminary :-;lll'\'eys and <br />in\'€stigations. <br />1926 April 15. City of San Diego applied to California Division <br />of Water Resources for the right to divert 155 cubic feet <br />per second from the Colorado River for city water supply <br />purposes. <br />1927 May. Metropolitan Water District Act, enacted hy Cali- <br />fornia legislature permitting noncontiguous cities and di8- <br />tricts to cooperate in acquisition of dome~tic water supplies, <br />signed by Governor. <br />1928 November. Electorates of the cities of Beverly Hills, <br />Burbank, Glendale, Glendora, Los Angeles, Pasadena, San <br />Mitrino, Santa Monica, Anaheim, Orange, Santa Ana, Colton, <br />and San Bernardino voted on inclusion of their respective <br /> <br />'I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />