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s Los A ngeles, S e p t. 1 1 t h , 1931 MfflMDUM FOR F IL S 9215-3-W Regarding i n c r e a s e in water r a t e s a t Las Vegas as r e c i t e d by P u b l i c S e r v i c e Commission of Nevada, Aug* 2 8 th , 1931, s u b j e c t o f c o n fe re n ce Saturday, September 6, attend ed by Messrs, K n ic k e r b o c k e r , H a lsted , McNamee, Bracken, P e r k i n s , Brunts and Ja ck s o n : The e n t i r e s i t u a t i o n was reviewed and i t was determined t h a t d e c i s i o n would n o t be appealed at the p r e s e n t tim e ; however, Mr. McNamee would arrange f o r r e i n s t a t i n g Rule 10 o f th e Rules and R e g u l a t io n s , i n a s ­much as the Commission did not understand wording o f Rules 9 and 10. Mr. McNamee v e r b a l l y advised to-day t h a t Commission had agreed Tuesday o f t h i s week to r e ­i n s t a t e Rule 1 0 , Based upon our own v a l u a t i o n f i g u r e s , the r a t e as allowed by the Commission i n t h i s order w i l l permit a r e t u r n of app roxim ately 7% ; t h e r e f o r e , i t was decided t h a t a t the p r e s e n t tim e no formal a c t i o n would be taken althou gh o b j e c t i o n t o ord e r would be made, which w i l l make i t p o s s i b l e f o r fu tu re a c t i o n should we decide to t a k e such a c o u r s e . The r a t e s allowed by the Commission lare s e t f o r t h in the order a t t a c h e d to Mr, McNamee's l e t t e r o f September 2, and in a d d i t i o n , the order i n d i c a t e s the r a t e s proposed by us a t the h e a r i n g , a l s o the e x i s t i n g r a t e s . LTJ:MM