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iiii S S * 1 ? / 7 ^ Las Vegas. Nevada — May 28, 1963 Mr* W. B. Groome: cc: Mr. S. C. Renwick Please refer to correspondence concerning pro­posed retirement of a 70,000 gallon steel water tank at Arden, Nevada, ending with Mr. Renwick'a letter to me o f M a y I 4 , 1963, forwarding copy of the Certifi­cate of Appropriation of Water from Upper Cottonwood Springs, Nevada. X have examined the Certificate of Appropriation of Water which was recorded February 26, 1932, in Book 1 Page 78 of Water Appropriations, Clark County, Nevada* This certificate is a change in the manner and place of use provided in a prior permit No. 7072 dating back to March 29, 1924, and, therefore, the priority of use under the present certificate dates back to March 29, 1924* The 70,000 gallon storage tank is named in the certificate as a part of the description of the works constructed to place the water to beneficial use. However, the use of the water at Arden, Nevada, is not restricted or confined to the 70,000 gallon storage tank, since the certificate also provides that water is drawn from the main pipeline through distributing pipelines by gravity and used for station buildings, grounds fire protection, trains, industrial plants and domestic use by Railroad Company employees. X am, therefore, of the opinion that the 70,000 gallon steel water tank can be retired acid dismantled without jeopardizing the Company's rights to continue to use water from the main source at Upper Cottonwood Springs, diverting the same through 4,070 feet of three-inch and 20 feet of four-inch galvanized iron pipe to a connection with the main pipeline from Lower Cotton­wood Springs to the Railroad station at Arden, Nevada. I i p H H Sincerely, CALVIN M. CORY, ESQ CMC:dl