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Las Vegas Valley V»ater fi&arah 19, 1954 tapping an artesian flow which produced & ilow of over six cubic feet of wet or per second. Ihree separate applications were made to the dtate Engineer of the btate of Nevada for permission to appropriate said water: One by La* Vegas Land and «Vater Company for 2. 3w c .f.». there of for municipal supply and one by said hater Company for i.®b c.f.s. therebf for irriga­tion purposes; the third. Cor 2. $ c.f.s. thereof by tne Los Angeles k c*alt Lake Railroad Company for railroad purposes, fire protection and domestic. Permits were issued on said applications and all of the condi­tions of said permits complied with and there now appears of record in the office of the County Recorder of Clara County* Nevada, certificates of ap­propriation issued by the htate Engineer of the State of Nevada certifying that the applicants have appropriated and have applied to a beneficial use the amounts of water specified, and that the date of the priority oi each said appropriation is August <£3, 1924. The application by the Land and »*at«r Company for municipal purpose and its application for irrigation purposes recited that they were to be concurrent, the reason being that more water was developed than could be used for municipal purposes at the time and in order to prevent wastage the excess was used to irrigate the htsw&rt ranch, but with the understanding tn&t as the municipal demands increased the applicant would use the irriga­tion water for municipal supply, even to the extent of depriving the Stewart ranch of irrigation water. The 2.5 c.t.s, appropriated by tite Railroad Company for railroad purposes is included in the sale to the »vater District, the Railroad Company reserving the right to apply to the State Engineer for permission to change the point of diversion of said t. 5 e.C.s. from said ft all No. 1 to a well located on its shop ground. As the population grew, the First Parties drilled more wells so that at the present time there are altogether eleven wells upon the lands being purchased by the District, the waters from which are appropriated for muni­cipal supply and certificates of appropriation issued by the -itate Engineer of the State of Nevada are of record in the County Recorder's office, for all of the waters from each of said wells. The total amount appropriated, according to said certificates of appropriation is 25.£7 c.f.s., including the 6.b8 c.f.s, from said v*ell No. 1. It is my opinion that the First Parties and their successor# and assigns are entitled to use, for municipal supply, ail of tne waters produced from these eleven wells, and X am further of the opinion that should the under­ground aquafiers from which these wells draw their respective amounts of