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? lew w ater r a t e s * r u le s and r e g u la tio n s . Las V egas, Hevada. Los A n g eles, A p ril 1 6 , 1 9 3 1 , Mr, F . H. K n ick erbockers H erew ith o r ig in a l and two c o p ie s o f new schedu le o f r a t e s , r u le s and r e g u la tio n s which i t i s proposed to make e f f e c t i v e on June 1 , 1 9 3 1 , co v e rin g w ater s e r v ic e in th e C ity o f Las V egas, C la rk County, Hevada, in l i e u o f a l l e x is t in g sch ed u les now in e f f e c t . I f t h is i s approved and ex ecu ted by th e Company, th e o r ig in a l should be retu rn ed to me, so th a t I may f i l e i t w ith th e P u b lic S e r v ic e Commission and a rra n g e f o r th e n o tic in g o f an e a r ly h e a r in g . Our in s t r u c tio n s were to a d ju s t th e new sch ed u le so as to b rin g about an in c r e a s e o f 100 p er c e n t. In some in s ta n c e s we have in c re a s e d the old r a te s 100 p er c e n t , but on th e average th e in c r e a s e i s abou t 60 p er c e n t , o r s u f f i c i e n t to earn th e maximum p r o f i t on our in vestm en t th a t we b e lie v e w ill be p e r­m itte d by th e P u b lie S e r v ic e Commissions T h is r e v is io n was made on a f l a t m onthly r a t e b a s i s , as th e L e g is la t u r e o f Wevada, under an a c t approved March 2 2 , 1 9 3 1 , has made i t u nlaw fu l fo r any u t i l i t y , o th e r than c i t i e s and towns owning and o p e ra tin g t h e i r own w ater w orks, f o r any purpose o r o b je c t w h atever, to u se any m ech an ical w ater m eter or s im ila r d e v ic e to measure th e q u a n tity o f w ater d e liv e r e d to w ater u s e r s . F , H, Melsmee FRM-MK ec Mr, W alter Bracken (w ith copy o f sch ed u le) Mr, R, L , Adamson n * * * Mr, A, S , H a lsted Mr, Leo A, MeHsmee