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<br />" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1928 <br /> <br />1:)29 <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />.' <br />, <br /> <br />1930 <br /> <br />3643 <br /> <br />~t f: T IT 0 POL I T\ N W ATE IT D I" T IT I r: T <br /> <br />tricts to cooperate in acquisition of domestic water supplies, <br />signed by Go"ernor. <br /> <br />November. Electorates of the cities of Beverly Hills, <br />Burbank, Glendale, Glendora, Los Angeles, Pasadena, San <br />Marino, Santa Monica, Anaheim, Orange, Santa Ana, Colton, <br />and San Bernardino voted on inclusion of their respective <br />cit," areas in a metropolitan water district. All approved <br />except Glendora and Orange. <br />December. President Coolidge approved the Boulder Can- <br />yon Project Act. <br />December 29. First meeting of the Board of Directors of <br />The Metropolitan \Vater District of Southern California with <br />Beverly Hills, Burbank, Glendale, Los Angeles, Pasadena, <br />San Marino. Santa Monica, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Colton, and <br />San Bernanlino represented, under temporary chairmanship <br />of W. O. HaITi, of San Bernardino. <br /> <br />February 9, William P. Whitsett of Los Angeles elected <br />permanent chairman of the Board of Directors. <br />March. California and Utah ratirled Six-State Compact. <br />June. President Hoover issued proclamation making <br />Boulder Canyon Project Act and Six-State Compact effective. <br />July 1. F. E. Weymouth was made chief engineer of The <br />Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. <br />October. Secretary of Interior Wilbur announced requests <br />for power from Boulder Canyon project insured that all <br />power would be taken. thus assuring repayment of cost as <br />required by law. <br />November 14, First report on Colorado River water supply <br />project submitted to Board of Dil'ectors by Chief Engineer <br />Weymouth. <br /> <br />April. District contracted with 'the United States for <br />storage and delivery of water, and for 36 per cent of the <br />power generated at Hoover Dam. <br />May. Dbtrict took over all engineering and other work <br />and records from the Bureau of Water Works and Supply of <br />the City of Los Angeles, and contracted to pay in full all <br />preliminar,' expense incurred by the city for the Colorado <br />River aqueduct. <br /> <br />October. Arizona rlled bill of complaint with United States <br />Supreme Court charging that construction of Boulder Can- <br />yon project was invasion of its rights. <br />