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Las Vegas Review Journal-February 15, 1950 Lack of Funds |j **t6 Halts Wafer I District Plans The Las Vegas valley water district is stalemated by a lack Of funds, it was reported today by members of the directorate of the unit, and until money is forthcoming from the county j commissioners, it is not likely ] that further steps toward bring-i ing water in from Lake Mead 1 can be taken. The district board has requested $25,000 from the county j board, it was reported today by ! Harry E. Miller, chairman, and j the commissioners have request-f| ed a ruling from the attorney ; general regarding the legality of f any such payment. To date no ' answer to the request has been I received. The county board, it | Was reported, has received num- < erous complaints that the advance of funds to the water district by former boards is illegal and, until a ruling is received from the attorney general, do not plan to take any action on tiie water district’s request. Meantime, the grand jury was reported to have become interested in the finances of the water district, summoning the chairman and the secretary of the district before them this morning to secure information regarding a $600 fee which was baid District Attorney Robert E. ! Jones for services rendered to the commission. Members of the water board ; said today that, had the work j Been done by another attorney, the fee probably would have been triple the amount paid j Jones and that the district at- 1 tomey had given much of his ersonal time to aid the water oard in setting up the various steps necessary. Members of the water board: said that nationally famous se-l curity underwriters were interested in the local project and representatives of Blair - Rawlings company, New York un- i derwriters, were scheduled to be here next week to discuss plans for a possible bond issue. However, members of the board said, until such time as additional funds are available : for a continuation of the survey now under way, the board is stymied and can progress no further. Alan Bible, attorney general, is in Washington attending a crime prevention meeting, and could not be reached for a statement regarding the ruling which has been requested of him by the county commissioners.