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Curbs Now Up To Vegas Citizens From now. on in, its up to the | citizens of Las Vegas whether ' water use restrictions will be put back in force, the city commis­sion decided yesterday. The commission accepted with' favor a recommendation of a special 'committee which asked the city to lift all watering re­strictions immediately except those covering wastage, and at ; the same time notified the city i clerk to ask the public service ; commission-for a hearing to de-i cide what the Las Vegas Land and Water company can do to .assure an adequate supply of iwatfer | for, Jhg - rettfrtoder- ? of-the~ pttBS h # # ahd-‘ *ie'>V t'i fu s \*e ?’ The" corh'missi'ori' j&teted’fout i 1 that the cbopefffilioflWf ' cit­izens is mandatory if lifting of sprinkling restrictions is to be successful. The police department was no­tified that persons no longer were to be haled into court for watering “ out of hours” but add­ed that those who wasted water still are subject to arrest. In effect, the commission used an executive order in the crisis, as the ordinance regulating the' use of water still is in effect, and if citizens do not police themsel-ives when using water, the full i force of the ordinance can be jused. I Harry Miller, a member of the special committee and past pres­ident of the valley water district, jpaid the public a complimem Jwhen he said: g, ‘ is think if the. public tadtvg: fthat-j'Ahtfy ‘'hive to conserve IhC* it rtipH. But, in my pH^ere, Fve Come to the concJuS-^ r V;qn that’-you just can’t make' a rLas-Vegan do anything by just passing a law.” Commissioner Wendel Bun­ker, in connection with the wa­ter problem, asked that C i t y Engineer C. W. Anderson make special checks on master flow meters at water company pumps to see that there is no reduction in the supply of water. Commissioner Bunker also made the motion to have the pub­lic service commission conduct a hearing as soon as possible, with Commissioner William Pec-cole seconding the motion. During the meeting, Miller out: lined the water, district’s plans in the future and said that the district hopes to be in a position to supply Vegas valley with wa­ter by this time next year. He explained that the water Company’s decision to negotiate sale of the utility, has speeded , the program- and pointed out that the district hopes to be able to call a special bond election “ sometime in November.” “ I hope that the water district can get going by that time,” Commissioner Bunker broke in, “ but I think it is a little t o o optimistic.” . In reply to a query by Com­missioner Peccole who wanted to know what effect Gity purchase of the water system would have on the Water district’s plans, Mil­ler answered: ‘The whole program would die.” , r ^ , ? Miller pointed .out that mos o f the; district’s program is pre dicated I on revenue from wate sales to Las Vegas. The water district spokesmai indicated that negotiations- are under way with the Colorado riv er commission whereby the wa ter district might take over th Henderson system, giving t h district complete distribution o water through out Vegas valley o-