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MR. C. M. BATES ^ e c e i v e d IAND & TAX DEFT. V'ib U . r R E C ® . LOS ANGELES cauf> February 24, 1956 80-11 be ai Mr. Leo McNamee 310 Fremont Street Las Vegas, Nevada Dear Leo: As you know, the contract of 1953 between the Railroads, the Water District, and the Water Company provides In Section 1, subparagraph (l), that there should be conveyed to the District a parcel of land described in that subparagraph for the relocation of the then existing pumping station maintained by the Water Company. The contract further provides that if the land shall not be so used for a pumping station, it shall revert to the grantor. This land, as you know, was all owned by the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, and as is our customary practice, in connection with the conveyance of this small parcel to the Water District the land was first conveyed by the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company to Union Pacific Railroad Company, and by Union Pacific to the Water District. I understand that the Water District does not propose to utilize that particu­lar piece of land for pumping station and that the directors of the District have agreed to convey it back to the grantor. In order to facilitate this reconveyance, I would appreciate if such deed of reconveyance ran directly to the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company rather than to Union Pacific, which will avoid another intercompany transfer. I presume this can be covered by an appropriate resolution of the Water District, and you can consider this letter as a request that such conveyance be made in that manner. I I discussed this matter with Mr. Campbell on my recent trip to Las Vegas and he stated that the directors \f