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<br />February, Fall,Davis report on problems of Imperial Val,
<br />ley and vicinity transmitted to U, S. Senate,
<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,
<br />Davis report on Imperial Valley,
<br />November 24. Colorado River Compact ~igned at Santa
<br />Fe, New Mexico.
<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 first reconnaissance for the Colorado
<br />River aqueduct,
<br />December, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico,
<br />Utah, and Wyoming ratify Colorado River Compact as
<br />written, In Arizona legislature bill to ratify failed of passage,
<br />1924 February. 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 filed with California Division of Water Rights
<br />by City of Los Angeles,
<br />September, Colorado River Aqueduct Association organ,
<br />ized at Pasadena, California,
<br />1925 February. Colorado I1nd Wyoming ratified Six,State
<br />Compact,
<br />March, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah ratified Six,State
<br />Compact.
<br />October, City of Los Angeles issued $2,000,000 Colo,
<br />rado River project bonds for preliminary sllrveys and in,
<br />vestigations.
<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 January. Utah repealed 1925 ratification of Colorado
<br />River Compact,
<br />May, Metropolitan Water District Act, enacted by Cali,
<br />fornia legislature permitting noncontiguous cities and dis,
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