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in this valley can be made safe by the construction of flood <br />control dams in the river basin: and hundreds of thousands of <br />acres of additional ]ands can be irri~ated, and i~m~ence amounts <br />of hydro-electric Tower can be developed; and, <br /> <br /> Whereas, ~ouse of Representatives Bill No. 11449, "To <br />Provide for the Protection and Development of the lower Colorado <br />River Basin!', introduced in the ~ouse of Representatives by <br />Congressman Phil Swing and in the Senate by Senator Hiram <br />Johnson, is a measure looking to the early accomplishment of <br />these purposes in the best and most practical manner: <br /> <br /> Now ~l~erefore, be it resolved, by the Board of Trustees <br />of the City of Santa Aha, California, that House of Representa- <br />tives Bill No. 11~49 "T0 PROVIDE FOR T~iE PR0~TION AND <br />VELOPME~T OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER BASIN", be approved and <br />endorsed: <br /> <br /> ~at we urge upon the committee on Irrigation of Arid <br />Lands and upon the Congress the imperative necessity of an. <br />early report and passage of this bill tbst the relief therein <br />proposed may soon be givens <br /> <br /> %~at we request the Senators and Congressman from <br />California to ~ive their special attention to t~is measure and <br />press its adoption. <br /> <br /> Adopted and approved this 15th ~ay of May, 1922. <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br /> J. G. ~itchell <br />P"resident of the Board of Trustees <br /> <br />City of banta Aha, California. <br /> <br />i~.. ±~. Veg. ely <br />City cle'rk. <br /> <br />(S AL) <br /> <br /> <br />