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Helen J, Stewart - Water Eights Jr ¥ 1 Mr, R. E, Wells, General Manager, Dear sir:* Aug, 2 6 , 1 9 0 7 , I hand you herewith letter from Mr,Waters under date of the 24th inst., and letter from Mr,Cullen under date of the 19th inst,, relating to the above subject. The deed from the Stewarts to W.A.Clark, contains the following clause H "Together with all the water arising o-n said land or flowing therefrom, and all water rights belonging thereto and used in connection therewith, except four miner’s inches of water (California measurement) or so much thereof as may be required by the parties of the first part to irrigate said burial plat, from the Vegas Creek, and the waters shall at no time be diverted from said Vegas Creek, in such manner as to interfere with the rights herein reserved, unless provision shall otherwise be made by the said party of the second part, his heirs or assigns, to convey to the tract of land so reserved, the water aforesaid, for use as aforesaidH£ There is also excepted in said deed four acres of land in the form of a square in the N,E,£ of the S,®.£ of section 27, which was reserved by the parties of the first part for their use, said four acres being the Stewart burial plat, and more praticularly described in said deed. It is my opinion that it is our duty, under the deed, to see that the water is furnished to said burial plat in the full amount and to the full effect in which the water was conveyed thereto at the time of the making 'pf the deed, I recommend that you give immediate directions to the proper person to see that the terms of this deed are absolutely complied with. Yours very truly.