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McNamee & McNamee LEO A.MCNAMEE JOHN H. MCNAMEE ATTORNEYS AT LAW P.O.BOX 472 RHONE 1268 EL PORTAL BUILDING Las Vegas,Nevada August 5th, 1953 Mr. E. E. Bennett 422 West Sixth Street Los Angeles 14, California Dear Mr. Bennett: Re: Las Vegas Valley Water District. This refers to your letter of July 2nd, 1953 (your 80-11) addressed to Calvin M. Cory here, concerning language to be used in deeds from the railroad company pertaining to the reservation of water, etc. Also, please refer to your letter of June 12th, 1953, addressed to Mr. Franklin T. Hamilton, Esquire, pertaining to this subject. At the last meeting of the Board of Directors of the Water District, which I attended, this matter was discussed, and I was directed to advise you that as to the parcel of land you optioned prior to the date of the agree­ment of June 1st, 1953, between your companies and the Las Vegas Valley Water District, the District had no objection to the language to be used in your deed of conveyance, to-wit: (U.P .R.R. L.S.De^d Audit 2219), are satisfactory, although in my opinion it would be better in future deeds to add the words "and water" after the word "mineral", or in other words, have the exception read as follows: "EXCEPTING AND RESERVING to said UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, its successors, grant* : "and also excepting from this grant, and reserving unto first party, its successors and assigns, all water and water rights appurtenant to the lands hereby conveyed". As to any future conveyances to be made, the exceptions contained in the deed dated June 29th, 1953, from U.P.R.R, Co. to J.R.Henderson FIRST: Ail minerals and all mineral arid f every kind and character now known to exist or hereafter dis­covered including, without limiting the generality of the