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Recorder of Clark County, Nevada. The District consents to the res­ervation by Salt Lake Company, its successors and assigns, of the right to appropriate 2.5 cubic feet of water per second for the pur­poses stated in said Certificate of Appropriation, provided said wa­ter is not appropriated, produced or diverted from said Well No. 1, but is appropriated, produced or diverted from the existing water well of the Railroad Companies located in the NW£ of the SWij- of the NWij- of Section 3^ in Township 20 South, Range 6l East, M.D.B. & M., Clark County, Nevada, or through additional wells to be drilled by said Railroad Companies, their successors and assigns, within the boundaries of their shop grounds as hereinafter described. It is agreed that Salt Lake Company, its successors and assigns, shall make application to the State Engineer of the State of Nevada prior to the sale date for the purpose of changing the point of diversion of the said 2.5 cubic feet of water per second referred to in said Certificate of Appropriation of Water from said Well No. 1 to said existing shop well or said new wells to be drilled within the boun­daries of said shop grounds. The District shall not protest or con­test such application or applications. The term "shop grounds" as used herein shall mean those lands bounded on the west by a line parallel to and 1600 feet westerly of the westerly line of Main Street, on the east by the westerly line of said Main Street, on | e the north by Bonanza Road, and on the south by Charleston Boule- L vard in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 7 hereof, if the Railroad Companies shall not on or prior to the sale date have been author­ized by the State Engineer to change the point of diversion of the entire quantity of 2.5 cubic feet of water per second authorized to be appropriated by the said Certificate of Appropriation referred to in this Section 2 from the existing point of diversion in Well No. 1 to a new point or points of diversion at said existing shop well or new wells to be drilled within said shop grounds, the lands referred to in paragraph (a) of Section 1 hereof shall be conveyed to the Dis­trict subject to said Certificate of Appropriation to the extent of that portion of 3aid 2.5 cubic feet of water per second for which the State Engineer shall not have authorized a change in the point of di­version. Within two years subsequent to the sale date the Railroad Companies shall have the right to obtain from the State Engineer au­thority to change the point of diversion for the entire quantity of water authorized to be appropriated in said Certificate of Appropri­ation from said Well No. 1 to said existing shop well or such new well or wells as shall be drilled by the Railroad Companies within the shop grounds during said two-year period. When authorization has been obtained to change the point of diversion of the entire 2.5 cubic feet of water per second from Well No. 1 to said existing shop well or said new wells within the boundaries of said shop grounds,or 10.