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V-Loa Angeles * March 31, 1930 Mr. Ws. Reinhardt: (cot Mr. Oscar W, Bryan m has Vegas Mr. A.H. Folger - » * ) Referring to question as to exlsting lavs in the City of has Vegas to prevent vasts of water. Section i of Chapter 32 of the has Vegas City Code reads In part as follows: *No person owning or controlling any hose, water pipe, ditch, lawn sprinkling system, canal, flume or waterway shall or permit water from the sane or any part thereof to flow over or into any side­walk, street, alley or public place) pro­vided, that nothing herein shall be so con­strued as to prevent the wetting of any sidewalk, alley, street or public place for the purpose of cleaning the same or allaying the dust thereon. * * **. (Page 324} fhe following provisions are found in Chapter 3? of the same Code (Page 644). "Sec. 4. Waste of water— Prohibited. "Waste of water la the city is hereby prohibited and declared unlawful, (ord. 8o. 274. Seo. 1}.* "Sec. 5. Same - Acts constituting. "Any one of the following acts shall con­stitute waste of water, as the term Is used in this chapter? *(a) Leaking taps, hydrants, etc. Permitting a hydrant, tap, cock or valve con­nected with any water system belonging to any public utility, to leak onto the ground or into any sink, bowl, toilet or tub connected