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May 21,1934. Dear F ath er: I have given con siderable thought to th© Question o f whether th e R a ilro a d should apply t o the S tate Engineer fo r normissi on to appropriate the water r e c e n tly developed by i t in the A rtesian f e l l lo c a ted between the B ig Springs and the C ity o f has fega® . According to the Act o f March 24,1915 (1915 Statu tes 323-Tol. 3 Rev. Daws, Page 3308) a l l underground w ater, save and except p e rc o la tin g water, th e course and boundaries o f which are incapable o f deterr^na-ion^ are de­c i d e d t o be subject to appropriation under the laws o f th is State r e la tin g to th e appropriation and use o f * * * * * <?ac »X« o f the 1913 la t e r haws (F o l 3 Rev. Laws, Fag# £ ???' provides that the water o f a l l sources o f »d ts r s u p p ly *ith in the boundaries o f th e State whether provides surface o f the ground belong to the pub±i©,«*ad S©^* W that a l l such water Maybe appropriated fo r b e n e fic ia l use as provided in the Act and not otherw ise. th e Act o f March 34,1915 above mentioned r e la t iv e underground waters i s somewhat in d e fin it e , bu« I b eliw ve i t I s S i f i S S r t l y “ la in so as to p ro te c t any person who hns a jP M w i U t t r s f a t f l ^ B i n e e r anddhn. 3 3 Pt £ f Act a5S°wMl® t h i s natter'm ay not s e s m import ant at th is ? L f # i t S may even tu a lly o « e when the A r t e s i a n ^ w ill become drained, in Whic** e v e n t, ^ otate Engineer’ s Offic©..wafcld hav e ththine g authority t. o rreeoquuiirree aaxlXx w e ll t o S capped, so that the applicants who have perm its, w ill re c e iv e th e aaomst. c a lle d fo r th e re in . In case you th in g m a p p lic a tio n should be made, i t would b e c o m e important t o determine m « / S l J S water w i l l be applied,and I suppose * « oould s ta te the purpose * fo r municipal uses’* as that is one o f the usee p resen ce© in sec. Bogu9 * v0fz hthueo a1v91* 3 later Law?> that sectio0nf rparoerGv iat©h#an aoownee vseo, u, rce that no application sh all be for tne was©* ui u * nation to be used for more than one purpose, and i t »*g$t J* j& to whether we could embrace in the name application* a® R i o S * t e W l m i purposes, there « M M ?**> * » th at th© R a ilro a d Company intends to s e l l th e water to J i b l i l s L v i L c o r p o S t i o S fo r such municipal supply, and a l l n e c e a s a rfp re ca u tlo n s should be taken so hs t o prevent the R a il­road Company from becoming a pu b lic u t i l i t y as t o water s e rr io e .