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Permit to Las Vegas Land and Water Company to lay pipelines and water mains along and through the streets and alleys in Las Vegas, February 25, 1930

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1930-02-21

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Permit for the water company to lay down and maintain water lines to supply residents of Las Vegas with water. The permit also gives the company access to the streets, alleys, avenues, and highways in Las Vegas to lay water lines. Application for the permit is linked below. Contract Audit No. 7641

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Box 75 Folder 174-2 Vol. II pt. 2 Department UPRR Water Supply-Las Vegas
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    hln001087. Union Pacific Railroad Collection, 1828-1995. MS-00397. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1q817s54

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    C O P Y Contract Audit No. 7641?LA&SLRRCo. P E R M I T TO LAS VEGAS LAND AND WATER COMPANY PERMISSION IS HEREBY given and granted to LAS VEGAS LAND AND WATER COMPANY, a Corporation of the State of Nevada, to install, lay down and maintain water pipe lines, water mains and all necessary and proper appliances used in connection therewith, or appurtenant thereto, in, through, over, across, under or along all or any of the streets, alleys, avenues and highways of the City of Las Vegas, County of Clark, State of Nevada, including Clark's Las Vegas Townsite, the Original Townsite of Las Vegas, and all additions, tracts and subdivis-ions now existing as a part of said city, and all additions, tracts and subdivisions which may hereafter be added to said City of Las Vegas, or hereafter laid out or subdivided, for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of the City of Las Vegas with water. For said purposes the said Permittee shall have the right to make the necessary excavations in said streets, avenues and alleys, providing said Permittee shall: (a) In all cases, after making any excavation in the streets, avenues or alleys, promptly restore such street, avenue or alley to its former condition. (b) Fully observe all of the ordinances of said City of Las Vegas, now in existence, or which may hereafter be adopted relative to the making of excavations in such streets, avenues or alleys. (c) At all times hold the City of Las Vegas harmless from any and all liability for damages to persons or property caused by such excavations made in the streets, avenues or alleys within the territory to which this permit extends. As further conditions upon which this permit is granted, it is provided: I. That the municipal authorities shall further have the power to make all reasonable rules and regulations necessary for the laying and maintaining of all water pipes, laterals and appliances, and shall have the power to change the rules and regulations from time to time as in their judgment may seem just and proper. II. The municipal authorities shall also have the right to direct the change in location at any time of such pipe lines, water mains, laterals and appliances, and to establish and change the grades of said streets, avenues and alleys. III. Said Permittee shall at all times keep said pipes, mains, laterals and appliances in proper condition and repair, so that the same shall not damage or obstruct the use of said streets, avenues or alleys for travel or for public uses, by reason of leakage or otherwise. IV. Said Permittee and its successors and assigns will install and maintain all fire plugs of such design as may be designated and located within City limits at such points as the Board of City Commissioners or Chief of Fire Department of said City of Las Vega: may, from time to time, designate, at actual cost of labor and material, the same to be paid for by the said City upon presenta-tion of verified claim or claims therefor to said City in the manner required by law. No charge shall be made to the said City of Las Vegas for water used from fire plugs for extinguishing fires, fire practice or testing fire plugs, or for street sprink-ling or for flushing streets or sewers, or for municipal buildings and grounds, exclusive of public parks, or for one public drinking fountain. V. A violation of any of the provisions of this Permit shall be ground for and entitle said City of Las Vegas to revoke this Permit in whole or in part, or said City may pursue such other remedy or course as the law permits. Said City hereby reserves all rights incident to the Grantor of a permit. VI. This permit shall not be construed to authorize the Permit-tee to use, or to acquire any rights in any of the streets, aven-ues or alleys of said City of Las Vegas inconsistent with the future legitimate uses of such streets, avenue or alleys by said City of Las Vegas, nor shall the grant hereby made operate in it-self or by lapse of time, or by the expenditure of moneys by Permittee whatsoever. Nor shall this Permit be construed as a grant of any right or privilege adverse to the rights of any abut-ting owner or owners of property along any of the streets. -3 avenues or alleys where said pipes, mains, laterals or appli-ances may be placed or maintained by said Permittee, nor to establish any rights in the Permittee contrary to or inconsistent with the right of the original dedicators of said streets, avenues and alleys, or their assigns. VII. Within six months after date of this Permit, the Permittee shall file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Las Vegas a plat showing the location and position of all water mains, water pipe lines and laterals now installed and laid down, and showing the location and position of any water mains, water pipe lines and laterals proposed to be installed and laid down under the authority hereby granted; should Permittee thereafter desire to extend its water mains, pipe lines and laterals in said city, it shall file in the office of the City Clerk of said City of Las Vegas a plat showing the location and position of any water mains, water pipe lines and laterals proposed to be installed and laid down other than those delineated on plat theretofore filed. VIII. Upon the acceptance hereof by said Las Vegas Land and Water Company, the Permit heretofore granted to Las Vegas Land and Water Company by this Board on the 2nd day of September, 1927, for the use of the streets and alleys in The Original Townsite of Las Vegas, for the purpose of laying water mains and laterals to supply the inhabitants of said Original Townsite -4- with water, and the Permit heretofore granted by this Board to Hawkins Land & Water Co. to use the streets and alleys of the South Addition to the City of Las Vegas for said purposes, and thereafter assigned to Las Vegas Land and Water Company, and the Permit heretofore granted to W.E. Hawkins to use the streets and alleys of Hawkins Addition to the City of Las Vegas for said purposes, and thereafter assigned to Las Vegas Land and Water Company, and the Permit heretofore granted to S.W. Craner to use the streets and alleys of Buck's Subdivision to the City of Las Vegas for said purposes, and thereafter assigned to Las Vegas Land and Water Company, shall be terminated and cancelled and no longer of any force or effect. IX. The privileges hereby granted to said Permittee shall inure to the benefit of said Permittee, its successors and assigns, for a period of fifty (50) years from and after the date hereof, provided said Permittee shall not be entitled to assign this Permit or any rights hereunder without the consent of the Board of City Commissioners of said City of Las Vegas first had and obtained in writing. X. This Permit shall become effective upon the acceptance of same in writing by the Permittee within forty days from the date of its passage, but in default of such acceptance the same shall be of no effect. Passed by the Board of City Commissioners of the City of -5- Las Vegas, on the 21 day of February, 1930. Executed in pursuance of the order of said Board of City Commissioners by the Mayor, the City Clerk, and the Water Works, Sewerage and Light Commissioner, thereunto duly author-ized, this 21 day of February 1950, executed in duplicate. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. By (Sgd) J.F. Hesse Its Mayor By (Sgd) L.B. Hammill Its Water, Sewer and Light Commissioner (Seal) Attest; (Sgd) Viola Burns City Clerk The foregoing permit accepted this 25th day of February 1930. LAS VEGAS LAND AND WATER COMPANY By (Signed) F.H. Knickerbocker Its Vice President (Seal) Attest: (Sgd) C.H. Bloom Its Secretary -6-