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m i OFFICE OF STATE ENGINEER Carson C ity , Nevada August 31# 1948 Las Vegas Land A W ater C o ., 401 S. 2nd S tre e t, Las Vegas, Nevada. ATTENTIONS A1 F o lg e r , C e n t a l Manager Dear A l: This w i l l acknowledge re c e ip t o f your le t t e r o f the 2 3 r d togeth er w ith your check in the rum o f #40 .00 as perm it fe e . This a p p lic a t io n was ready f o r action on the 21st o f th is month hut b e fo re takin g any actio n we must re c e iv e the a f f i d a v i t o f p u b lic a ­tio n fro® the Las Vegas Review J ou rn al. Sometimes they a re ra th e r c a re le s s about g e tt in g these a f f i d a v i t s in and we have w ritte n the® today c a lli n g th is to t h e ir a tte n tio n . I t might be w e ll f o r you to g iv e them a r in g , a ls o , and t e l l the® to g e t the a f f i d a v i t in . Cpon re c e ip t o f s a id a f f i d a v i t o f p u b lic a tio n we w i l l gran t a perm it thereunder w ith the p ro v isio n s that no p e rfo ra tio n s be p lac ed above the 400 fo o t le v e l* Mr• Jameson and I both f e e l that the d iv e rsio n o f a la r g e qu an tity o f w ater above the 400 fo o t le v e l would have a very d etrim en tal e ffe c t on w e lls in the v ic in it y o f the proposed p oin t o f d iversio n * Kind personal re g a rd s , ALFRED MERRITT SMITH State Engineer By /s/ H. A. Shaaherger /t/ HUGH A. SHAMBERGKR A ssista n t State Engineer COPY