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A p r il IS , 1906. 87E Hr, E. 1. Battis, V ice-P rest*, Lend and Water Company, Building. Bear S ir ,- I have your favor o f A p ril 1st’a In the matter o f occupants o f lo ta using the water taps o f th eir neighbors and ms afraid th is is a matter- that cannot he ea sily overcome. Relative to prohibiting a l l outside faucets: 1 would not favor title fo r the reason that, while I b elieve there are few, i f any, lawns, at Las Vegas, yet i f a property owner did want to improve his place in the way o f a lawn, trees, shrubbery, © to ., he would certain ly want an outside faucet and I do not believe ?m should prohibit then* Relative to the suggestion offered in the f ir s t paragraph on page two o f your le t t e r in the way o f a circu lar addressed to the water consumers providing that in caee another party uses water from th e ir tap, the Company w i l l require f u ll payment for each user at the same rates as would govern m I f separate taps were reached: on the face o f i t , i t looks a l l rig h t, but 1 as afraid i t would be a hard rule to enforce as a man i f accused o f allowing hies neighbor to use water from his tap might say that he had informed him that he could not do so and wo could hardly expect him to stand over the faucet a l l day long to see that he did not do so* R elative to rule providing for payments on the f ir s t o f the month and i f delinquent on the tenth, water should be turned o f f and