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U N IO N P A C IF IC R A IL R O A D C O M P A N Y W IL L IA M R E IN H A R D T , V IC E PR E S ID E N T L O S A N G E L E S 14, C A L IF . November 26, 1948. Mr, Harry E. Miller, President, Las Vegas Valley Water District, c/o Campbell Realty Company, 135 South Fourth Street, Las Vegas, Nevada. Dear Mr. Miller: Shis communication refers to the meeting held on Wednesday, Novem­ber 24th, which was attended by the following: Las Vegas Valiev Water District Directors Union Pacific R.R. Co. Harry E. Miller, President Wm. Reinhardt Tom Campbell, Vice President Spencer Butterfield, Sec' y-Treasurer R. A . Blonde James Cashman S. 0. Underhill At this meeting there was a great deal of discussion, first, as to the legal position and responsibilities of the District Directors, and par­ticularly with regard to their authority to make expenditures for engineering and other investigations necessary for a comprehensive program of District development and to determine the cost of this development; second, the matter of arranging for a survey by a competent firm of water service engineers to develop the information, recommend a program, and estimate the cost of the development contemplated by the recent election. In connection with the determination of the Board's legal position, it was agreed that a careful legal investigation would be made by the Board's legal representatives, assisted by the Legal Department of Union Pacific, and that this investigation would be undertaken promptly so that should any addi­tional legislation be necessary it could be arranged for at the next session of the State Legislature which convenes in January, 1949. The legal study is to include recommendations for additional auth­ority, if needed, for making expenditures, and particularly authority and pro­cedure for obtaining the funds necessary to make such expenditures; also to provide additional authority, if needed, to call a special election for the purpose of authorising the issuance of bonds to cover the cost of such devel­opment program as is agreed upon by the Board. This investigation should also include a study of whether the Board is now empowered to acquire properties, which may be necessary for the ultimate development, by negotiation or whether condemnation would be necessary to legalize any such acquisitions. It is recognized that the employment of an engineering firm to undertake the survey and make the recommendations for a development program will not be possible by the Board until the funds necessary to cover the cost of such