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Zd San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad C ompany Office of T. E. GIBBON, General Counsel. Los Angeles, Cal., May 1, 1905. Memoranda concerning Stock Holders meeting of Las Vegas Land & Water Co. Mr. T. E. Gibbon, General counsel. Dear S i r : - I wired Secretary of State, W. G. Douglas, at Carson City, several days ago, asking Mm to wire me in your care when the a rtic le s of incorporation of the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. were received and c e rtific a te of incorporation issued. Please open any telegrams that come to me in. your care in order that you may be advised as to this f a c t . I have drawn a waiver of notice to be signed by the stock holders and expected to get Mr. Bancroft to sign the same today but now that he has le f t , I w i ll take the paper with me and have him sign it in Salt Lake and have him return it by mail. At the f ir s t stock holders meeting, the o ffic e rs and directors to be elected are as follow s: C. 0. Whittemore, President and Director; H. I . B ettis, Vice-President, Director and Auditor; W. H. Comstock, Secretary and Director; J. Ross Clark , T. E. Gibbon and W. H. Bancroft, D irectors and E. K, Rule, Treasurer. In addition, a resolution covering the purchase of the lands at Las Vegas from the Railroad Company and issue 488 shares of stock of the Land and Water Co. in payment therefor, should be adopted. Sub­sequently a conveyance of the lands from the Railroad Company has to be obtained and resolution adopted at a directors meeting adopting the map, dedicating the streets, etc. I