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Los Angeles - October 19, 1 9 ^ 1-733* Mr, W. R. Bracken: (CO - Mr. E. E. Bennett Mr. L. A. McNamee) With reference to your letter October l6th, file ¥ 3-1 , to which is. attached letter from City Auditor T. E . Fennessy of Lae Vegaa* requesting adjuetaent of water chargee over an undis­closed period for the reason that some of the water passing through the meter serving the City Hall is not chargeable to the City, because of the provision in the City's permit to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company that no charge shall be made to the City for water used for municipal buildings and grounds, exclu­sive of public parks. X am not entirely familiar with this situation, but it would seem from your letter that there is a single meter in the line which Jointly serves the City Hall and the City Park, and that you have charged the City at the rate of 5^ Per 100 ou. ft. for all water registered by that meter, a portion of which, and perhaps a minor portion, has been used for the City Hall, which portion under the permit should be free water. If my understending is correct, it would seem that the City is entitled to some adjustment, and I think the way to arrive at the adjustment would be to construct the separate connection mentioned in the last paragraph of your letter October l6th, which would permit unmetered water going to the City Hall for use therein, and the metered water to the City Parkj then, after a twelve-months record you could determine what portion of the previously billed quantities were used on the City Park and make adjustment accord-ingly. Inasmuch as the quantity of water used on Park grounds varies so materially in accordance with the weather, it would seem a twelve-months period would be required to arrive at any fair conclusion. I am trying to get into shape to be in Las Vegas next week, and if able to do so, will go into this along with other matters. Frank Strong