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Water System * Las Vegas. Los Angeles, June 27, 1936. Mr. F. H. Knickerbocker: Z return herewith Mr. Bracken's le tte r to you of June 2^th in connection with the water situation at Vegas. There is no doubt that we should secure remedial le g is la tio n at the next session of the le gislatu re. As a matter of fact we endeavored to do that at the last session and you w ill re c a ll that the attempt died on the vine due to certain representations of the Las Vegas people which I under­stand they have not kept. I believe the present law could be repealed, but i f not I see no reason why it could not be amended so as to permit meters on commercial and in du strial properties. However, I do fe e l that the City Of Las Vegas could pass an emergency ordinance prohibiting sprinkling except during certain hours of the day. That has frequently been done in Los Angeles City, and i f such an ordinance were passed restrictin g sprink-l| ne to one hour a day it would undoubtedly be a temporary maker&bift measure which would help u n til the state law was amended. The unfortunate part of tying in with the Reno Light, Water & Power Company in this situation is that I understand the present law was put in to prohibit certain alleged abuses by the Reno Water Company years ago, and it might be better i f we were on, our own on this deal and it did not become pub­lic ly known we were associated with that company. E. E. Bennett. Enc. oc - Mr. Walter R. Bracken, Las Vegas.