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<br />,-, _ "..., :II E 'J' K 0 PO Ll TAN WATER 0 r 5 T R It: T <br />~L'_.:.., <br />The aSHes,ed valuation of property subject to District. taxes, on <br />the first Monday in March 1950, increased $99,706,870 over that of <br />the same day in 1949. The basis of assessment is approximately 50 <br />pel' cent of fair market valuation, so that the total value of all <br />property within the Metropolitan Water District, including prop- <br />erty exempt from taxation and property of municiphlities, counties, <br />the State. and the United States upon which no taxe, are levied, is <br />now almost $10,000.000,000. <br />The total population for each census year since] 890 and the <br />estimated population in 1950 of the Metropolitan Water District <br />and of the entire coastal area which ean be supplied with Colorado <br />River water are as follows: <br /> <br /> GllOWTH COA!'TA1. GROWTH <br />YL",R I)I~l'RICT Pm CEt'T 1\ II E.\ P~:I1 r:F.~1' <br />1890 78.000 _ 175,000 <br />l~OO 1.:\.7.~OO a7.3 n!.OUll 5'1.0 <br />JljlO 4S0.000 20.).7 7.10.f)OI1 16H <br />Itj2{) RS2.0Qa 89.3 1,lY7.000 6.1.0 <br />)030 1.::\95,000 122.4 2,700,000 I 25.f'i <br />1940 L.376.nOO 2S.3 .1,.t30.000 2.';.S <br />1%0 3..1.'i~.OOO 40.0 5.2SrJ,nOO 5.J.l <br /> <br />The pOl'ulation of the coastal area for 1950 is based on published <br />figures of the U. S. Eureau of Cen"" for the fi,'e coastal counties <br />after deducting the estimated population north and east of tIle <br />mountain!-;. <br /> <br />CHRONOLOGY OF' THE <br />COLORADO RIVER AQUEDUCT <br /> <br />1928 Pr"liminary otudies of Colorado River as a sOllrce of addi- <br />tional water snpply were begun by City of Los Angeles. <br /> <br />1924 Colorado River Aqueduct Association organize,] at Pas- <br />adena. California, <br /> <br />1925 City of Los Angeles issued $2,000,000 Colorado River <br />project bonus for preliminary surv"ys an,] investigations. <br /> <br />1927 Metropolitan Water District Act enacted by California <br />Legislature permitting noncontiguous cities and districts to <br />coopernte in acquisition of domestic water supplies. <br /> <br />1928 The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California <br />organized with eleven member cities. <br /> <br />g <br />~ <br /> <br />I <br />/ <br />! <br />