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<br /> <br />Distriot. Art. 12 (e). <br />Article 16 ct the ccntract expressly provides that the District <br />"hall havs no right to the water made avo.1lable by the Green I!ountain <br />Resorvo1%>, and exoludes the right tc the use of water reserved in Articlos <br />24 and 25 thereof. <br />In Artiele 21, the United states reserves the right to refuse to <br />deliver water tc the District in the evant ot a default for a period of <br />more than 12 months in any payment due, and further prov1d.... thAt in auoh <br />evont the United States _y "take ovor the control ot an7 or allot the <br />trannterred works." The article provides also that the United Statea may <br />at its option reduoe the amount ot wo.ter delivered. <br /> <br />Article Z7 followsl <br /> <br />"Z7. Title to all of the works constructed by the United <br />StateD uro.er this contro.ct shall be and re_in in the name of the <br />United States untU otherwise provided tor by Congress, notwith- <br />standing that some of the vorla1 my be tre.naterred to 1;ho District <br />for operation and maintenance." <br /> <br />The sa1d oont1'8ct 1III.S Illllde pursuant to, and in what has been oon- <br /> <br />sidered oonformity with Ch. 266, of S.L. of Golo. lm7, which said Act wall drall21 <br /> <br />by the attorney tor this District. That Act authorizes the Distriot, inter <br /> <br />alia. "to oontract with the government ot the United States or any agenoy <br /> <br />thoreof tor the construction, preservation, operation and lIIll.intenance of <br /> <br />tunnols, rcsBrVo1%>., 1'egulat1n.g baa1.ns, diversion canals and work., dams, <br /> <br />~ ~ + " sec. 13 (0). <br /> <br />In view of all these facts, it would soem that & labored argument <br /> <br />that the United States has the right in its 0lID name to institue 1W7 <br /> <br />proceed1ngn, whether general adjudication 01' an ordinary equity p1'oceed1ng <br /> <br />to enjoin other appropriators from interfering with the 1'ighta ot the pro- <br /> <br />joot io not ~anted. <br /> <br />We, therefore, submit tbat it in the ordinary shlpls case, lIbere <br /> <br />the ditch comp&n7 is nothing but & llAked legal trustee for the users ctlf <br /> <br />for the users and stockholders, the ditch corporation 18 the only necessary <br />and proper party, here the United States ill the onl7 necessary and proper <br />party to an adjudication p1'oeeed.1ng. <br />So tar as the jurisdictional question is concerned, the tact that <br />the water rights for other than power purposes, will be owned, exoept in <br /> <br />-10- <br /> <br />., <br />~'.Ic." <br /> <br />