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V I N H O J n V O ‘S 3 H 3 D N V S O “l JL33dJLS HJLXIS JLS3M Z Z V jck of Funds % Halls Wafer District Plans The Las Vegas valley water I district is stalemated by a lack j of funds, it was reported today I by members of the directorate of the unit, and until money is forthcoming from the county commissioners, it is not likely that further steps toward bring­ing water in from Lake Mead can be taken. The district board has request-j ed $25,000 from the county ! board, it was reported today by. 1 Harry E. Miller, chairman, and the commissioners have request-j ed a ruling from the attorney general regarding the legality of any such payment. To date no ; answer , to the request has been received. The county board, it was reported, has received num­erous complaints that the ad- ; vance of funds to the water dis­trict by former boards is illegal and, until a ruling is received ! from the attorney general, do not plan to take any action on i the water district’s request. Meantime, the grand jury was L reported to have become inter- : ested in the finances of the water | district, summoning the chair- ; man and the secretary of the i district before them this morn­ing to secure information re-i garding a $600 fee which was paid District Attorney Robert E. | Jones for services rendered to | the commission. Members of the water board | said today that, had the work; been done by another attorney, the fee probably would have been triple the amount paid h Jones and that the district at­torney had given much of his j personal time to aid the water ! board in setting up the various j steps necessary. Meinbers of the water board I said that nationally famous se­curity underwriters were, inter-jested in the local project and (representatives of Blair. - Raw­lings company, New York un­derwriters, were scheduled to be here next week to discuss plans for a possible bond issue." « However, members, of the board said, until such time as additional funds are available for a continuation of the survey (now under way, the board is-i stymied and can progress • no jfurther. j Alan Bible, attorney general, j is in Washington attending a . 'crim e prevention meeting, and A N v d W O J Could not be reached for a'state-. ment regarding the ruling which j;h'as been requested of him by ! the county commissioners. m H y j* v M M JL N V JL S IS S V 3 A i m D 3 X 3 ‘anmo *h *m Y d N O I N O