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Lfa Yogas •¥» larch 12, Ifbf * W 2>1~0 Hr* Wm* Jtainh&rdti In connection with M has Ysgas ¥&ter District; At ti*« request of President Hairy 1, Hilar* 1 attended a moating of the Mates? District governors this morning;, at which war# presents Hairy 1* Mill®?, President James Sashmaa, Member Otto Underhill , * John Bunch, * tom OamplMiil f 8 A. S. Cahlan, Sewepaper Miter J* M* Burphy» Oily Manager fhe president announced that there had been tome opposition to Senate mi 155 amendliig the powers of the Water District, and they would like to disease the ofej action* with a view to- ironing them out. He stated the Objection* seemed to come principally free the water company and the Oily* and asked what our objections were, X answered that the water company was not object* lug* but that the railroad company was objecting to the provisions of the bill in general and particularly because when the propoeal wae voted upon it was with the understand* lag that ooeto of the water diatrlot would be defrayed from earnings of the district, and now this proponed Mil would place a first lien on property within the district without first being submitted to the taxpayers for approval* Diatrlot Attorney Hebert E. Jones was also present * for a short time* and explained that the aet was so written at the instance of the bonding company in order to make the bonds more attractive* but that the water district governors did not intend to actually use the powers therein; but would Instead increase the water rates if this became necessary to meet expenses* Mr* Gahtan suggested it would probably be better