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    October E5, 1945 Mon. Alfred Merritt Smith State Engineer Carson City, a evade. Dear Sir: Section 4 of the Act relating to the conserve tion and distribution for the signing of a poeft iutnidoenr gbryo utnedn wpaertceernst porfo vitdhees tsihmmeer wsi tohf twehlel sS taitne anEyn gpianreteirc’us laOrf fibcaes ins o anads tfoi laiuntgh otrhe­ize the State Engineer to administer the Act. I am writing this to ascertain whether or not any such pe­tition has been signed and presented covering any area iofn tthhee vairceian isto y coofv eLraeds Vbeyg assu cahn dp etiift isoon .a description Act may noitt bies meyn fooprieandi ounn ltehsast tshuec h pra ovpiestiiotniso n ofi st hparte ­sented* I know you advocated the bringing in of the Las Vegas area under the provisions of the Act back in 1s9i3gn9e da ndb y aLs asa rVeesgausl tL aonfd y%ou rW atdeersi rCeosm paan yc,e rtthief iCcoautnet wyas Commissioners of Clark County, and the City of Las Vegas, and I am wondering if you are now acting under that certificate or whether the petition called for in the Act was presented to you. My reason for obtaining this information is that if the proper petition has not been presented, it is the intention of some of my clients to have a psro optehart pyeotui tmiaoyn, prweiptahr eadu,t hosriigtnye,d aanddm. ipnriessteenrt eadl l too f yotuh e provisions of that Act. Thanking you for this information, I am Very truly yours, LAMjXM oci Mr. IMS* Bennett SWT*. W f i l t a t * f i * M-f»sadiron LEO A. MoSAHSB