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Los Angeles, May 21, 1954 8 0 -11 Mr. R. M. Suttont (cc - Mr. W. R. Rouse Mr. L. R. Maag) I have your letter of May 19, 1954, your file 704-36, enclosing statement and supporting supplements showing a-mount due for Las Vegas water system as of April 30, 1954, to be the net amount of $2,317,663.43. One of the items which you have added to the Basic Purchase Price to.arrive at this figure is the balance on April 30, 1954, in Account 113— Accounts Receivable on the books of the Water Company in the amount of $41,331.79* Under Section 9(e) of the Sale Agreement of June 1, 1953, the balance charged to Account 113 is added to the pur­chase price and assigned to the District effective upon the sale date except that amounts due for water furnished for air-conditioning, refrigeration, ice-making and other similar equipment which were the subject of I & S Docket 142 and Case No. 1221 before the Nevada Public Service Com­mission are not assigned to the District upon the sale date or added to the purchase price unless the District consents thereto in the escrow. Will you please advise if the a-mount of $41,331.79 in Account 113 as of April 30, 1954, Includes any unpaid charges for air-conditioning, refrig­eration, ice-making and other similar equipment. We shall have to have an understanding with the Dis­trict whether the District will take over any unpaid charges for such service accrued as of the sale date so that the Escrow Instructions can contain an appropriate provision indicating whether the District consents to take over the collection of such unpaid charges as provided in Section 9 of the agreement. The latest draft of the Es­crow Instructions which has been drawn does not include a provision to take care of this matter. E. E. Bennett ECRsMSB