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L a s V egas V alley W ater D istrict - pg. 2 5 /4 /5 3 The Vegas Creek has been dry for several years, but about twelve years ago, when the water mains were extended to the Biltmore T ract, the L.and and Water Company ran a 2-inch pipe to the Stewart Burial Plot, and said Plot has been irrigated therefrom ever since. A continuous flow of 4 m iner's inches is more than can be beneficially used upon 4 a c re s. Four m iner's inches is l/lO of a cubic foot per second water, under Nevada water law, and said law prescribes the duty of water to be 100 acres per cubic foot per second. Fo r the past several years very little care has been taken of the Stewart Burial Plot. I do not know whether the water runs in said pipe continuously. If it does there would be an excess which would flow acro ss the North Fifth Street Highway, unless it were diverted and taken to other land lying north of the Stewart B u rial Plot. That was the case some ten or fifteen years ago when M rs. Mina Stewart irrigated land north of the Burial Plot owned by her, from the Burial Plot water. I am of the opinion that the use of this water should be investigated so as to prevent anyone from procuring a right to use the same by adverse u ser. 2. I have examined the Certificates of Appropriation referred to in Section 1(c) as recorded in the office of the County Recorder. They all seem to be regular and in good form . There do not appear of record any Certificates of Water Appro­priation in the name of either of the railroad companies, except Certificate under Application No. 7200, which was made by Los Angeles and Sait Lake Railroad Company for 2 .5 cfs. The water so appropriated is from Well No. 1, and this is the same application and Certificate of Appropri­ation mentioned in Section 2 of the Contract. Las Vegas Land and Water Company, however, has two other appropriations, one of which is for .10 cfs. for stock watering and domestic, and the other is for .11 cfs. and is for irrigation. The water