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Revi etf-J ournal April 23, 1950f Commission Ads To Save City’s Precious Water ' Anticipating an acute water shortage during the coming1 summer, the city commissioners! late Friday adopted an amendment to local ordinances prohibiting the use of water for lawn® between the hours of 9 AM and 6 PM and midnight to 6 AM.( The new order becomes effec-j tive June 1 and will continue through September 15, the commissioners announced. The board also authorized Acting Police Chief Archie Wells to hire, at city expense, two special officers to enforce the amendment. The board said it plans to inaugurate an intensive water con-j servation program during the summer season. Recalling the situation, as. regards the Water supply, which : was faced last summer, the city has agreed to lend every support to a Campaign to conserve the precious liquid. The Las Vegas Land and Water- company, last summer, said it had reached the end of its; resources in supplying additional water for the community, and j unless .the citizens co-operated in conserving water, it was quite ! likely that there Would be a cpn- tinued shortage. i
