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MINUTES OF M EETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Las Vegas Valley Water Di st r i c t held at 135 South Fourth St r e e t , Las Vegas, Nev-at 4 P- M - October 6 , 1950 T he regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Las Vegas Valley Water Di s t r i c t was held on Fri day, October 6, 195°> *T 135 South 4th St re e t , Las Vegas, Nevada, at 4:00 P-M-The following Directors were present: President Thomas A* Campbell Vice President S- L- Butterfi eld Secretary- T reasurer G- Willi am Coulthard Director James Cashman Director Harry E- Miller Director E- Otto Underhill Also attending the meeting was Howard F ? Clark, Chief Engineer and Manager • Mr - Robert Sloi^e , local representative of the Union Pa c i f i c Railroad WAS PR ESEN T b y I N V I T A T I O N OF THE P R E S I D E N T - Mr- Blonde, being present at the i nv i t a t i on of President Campbell i nvi ted the Board members and the Manager to a luncheon a t the Last Frontier Hotel on Wednesday noon, October 11, 195^* He desired to present the reasons which O C C AS IO N E D THE I N V I T A T I O N - HE ST AT E D THAT IT A PPEARED TO THE O F F I C I A L S OF the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and of the Union Pa c i f i c Railroad, that PR OGRESS MIGHT BE HASTENED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE D I S T R I C T ' S PROJECT BY HELP WHICH THE UNION P A C I F I C R A IL R O A D B E L I E V E D THEY COULD REN DER, AND THAT THE MATTER WOULD BE D I S C U S S E D AT THE LUNCHEON- THOSE I N V I T E D TO ATTEND, IN A D D I T I O N TO THE D I S T R I C T O F F I C I A L S , WERE TWO O F F I C E R S FROM N E L L I S A l R Ba s e - I T WAS AGREED A F T E R THE EX P L A N A T IO N OF THE I N V I T A T I O N , TH AT, I F ANY P U B L I C I T Y WERE G IV E N TO THE P A P E R S , A J O IN T STATEM EN T WOULD BE G IV E N OUT, AND perhaps Senator McCarran would be pleased to handle the p u b l i c i t y - The Board UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO ACCEPT THE I N V I T A T I O N EXTENDED BY M R • B l ONDE-Mr - Blonde withdrew from the meeting at about 4:30 P-M- after extending THE I N V I T A T I O N IN BEH ALF OF H I S S U P E R I O R S AND WITH THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE D l R E C T O R S • T he Directors then proceeded with the business of the Di s t r i c t - T he minutes of the meeting of the Directors on August 29, 195^ were c i - CULATED TO A L L THE D IR E C T O R S IN W R I T I N G , AND THERE B E IN G NO COMMENT AS TO O M I S S I O N S OR C O R R E C T IO N S , ON MOTION OF D IR E C T O R M l L L E R , SECONDED BY DIREC T O R Underhill, the minutes were approved, the motion being carried unanimously- T he record of the meeting called for September 8, 195^> a t which time NO QUORUM WAS P R E S E N T , WAS APPRO VED ON MOTION OF D IR E C T O R M l L L E R , SECONDED BY Director Unoerhill, and carried unanimously- President Campbell reported that he had had no further correspondence with the bond counsel, Mr - Beebe of O'Melveny and Myers, although some report WAS S E E M IN G L Y DUE VERY SHORTLY FROM H IM - T he matter of the release of the legal firm of Chapman and Cutler, bond A T T O R N E Y S , C H IC A G O , HAD NOT BEEN CLO SED A S Y E T , BUT WAS A W A IT IN G THE ATTEN T IO N of the Pres i dent - T he Manager reported that he had received a second issue of inventory data from Mr - Reinhardt, Vice President of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and