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H .W .O ’ MELVENY 1885-1941 LOUISW. MYERS JO^g^LVENY Kp WILl -^Pn. clary HARRY L.DUNN JAMES L.BEEBE PIERCE WORKS HOMER I. MITCHELL CLINTON LATOURRETTE GRAHAM L.STERLING. JR. W. B. CARMAN MAYNARD J.TOLL JACKSON W. CHANCE JAMES M. IRVINE,JR. SIDNEY H. WALL RICHARD C. BERGEN WILLIAM P. MARTIN DEANE F. JOHNSON RAY H. LINDMAN JAMES C.GREENE WILLIAM W.ALSUP LAW OFFICES OF O’MELVENY 5c MYERS <433 SOUTH SPRING STREET LOS ANGELES 13 JOHN A. POWELL FREDERICK N. EDWARDS ADRIAN C. STANTON LAUREN M. WRIGHT RODNEY K. POTTER PHILIP A. LOOMIS. JR. GEORGE F. ELMENDORF ROBERT W. LEWIS RUTH ANN SAYLES HOWARD J. DEARDS EDWARD C. FREUTEL.JR. FRANKLIN T. HAMILTON JAMES E. DUNLAP PHILIP F. WESTBROOK,JR. HUGH L.MACNEIL CLYDE E-TRITT ERNEST M- CLARK, JR. SUBJECT EVERETT B. CLARY BENNETT W. PRIEST JAMES E.CROSS E.HARLEY WALTHER JAMES W. BEEBE RICHARD B.RAGLAND WARREN M.CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM E. WILEY, JR. RICHARD F. IGL ROY E. POTTS ROGER WILLIAMS R.BRADBURY CLARK GILBERT E. HAAKH WENDELL B. WILL WILLIAM L. SCOTT EDWARD B. SMITH.HI P E. B. P1953 June 26th 19 5 3 n x 6920 SUNSET BOULEVARD HOLLYWOOD 28 CABLE ADDRESS“MOMS” IN REPLY REFER TO LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICT B-2805 Mr. Spencer L. Butterfield Vice President, Las Vegas Valley Water District Bank of Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada Dear Mr. Butterfields In a letter o provided Mr. McNamee a Pacific requested adv^cy inserted in leases a rles of the "shop gro of sale between/^ri3T)n 2 thereof, protfld^l thsr any portion or /the shop Pacific "all/tiie water duce and putltta benefic covenant proMqing thi shall be dril^cKfchsi'fe , copies of which were fi^Mt^TSIa^heXl, Mr. Bennett of Onion conce^mngsc^rtain language to be contracts po sell land within the bounda- tds." You will recall that the contract £lflc jm/i the Water District, in Section aeific will not lease or sell unless they reserve to Union ?hts and the right to drill for, pro- a use water produced therefrom, or a ,o well exceeding 100 feet in depth except for use" by Union Pacific. In the letter of June 12, 1953» Union Pacific requested information whether the following clause in a deed of a portion of the shop grounds would be satisfactory: and also excepting from this grant and reserving unto the First Party, its successors and assigns, all water and water rights appurtenant to the lands hereby conveyed," Mr. Bennett requests advice from the District whether the suggested provision is satisfactory to the District in view of the contract provisions. It appears to our office that the provision suggested by Union Pacific is satisfactory, and is either literal or substantial compliance with the contract pro­visions. However, since the matter relates to a Nevada water