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LOB ANGEL E8 - Sept. 3, 1948 » File: Mr. Wte* Reinhardt i Referring to Mr. Folger*s letter of August 27th to you, hie file w 23-1, attaching letter from Mayor E.v. Cfr^ftin of the 01 ty of Lae Vegas aching the taster company to extend Its facilities to territory adjoining the City of Lae Vegas but without the corporate limits of the City, for the purpose of furnishing fire protection to the hotels and other resorts along the •atrip*} , Mayor Gragin states that the furnishing of rnter through these extended facilities would be for the sole pur­pose of furnishing fire protection to these hotels and re­sorts and that the County of Clark would.be willing to grant us a franchise which would not obligate us to furnish water for any other purpose. In order that you may have before you the situation with respect to the rights and duties of 1 our water company, submit the following information* I» 1909* the Board of County Commissioners of Clark County granted to the las Vegas land and Water Company, a corporation, a franchise under and in pursuance of an act of the legislature to construct, install, lay, operate, maintain and manage for municipal, agricultural, household and otter purposes, a system of water pipe lines etc. in, along and across all the avenues, streets and alleys of the unincorpor­ated torn of Lag Vegas In the territory more particularly de­scribed in the franchise. This franchise ran for a period of 25 years from and after. September 2, 1909. On January 21, 1930, the Board of Commissioners of the City of las Vegas granted to the water company what is desiccated as a permit, but is in substance a franchise, to install, lay down and maintain rater pipe lines and appurten­ances in, throu#i, over and across, any of the streets and alleys of the City of Las Ve^a??, and any and all additional tracts, subdivisions, and additiono'which m y hereafter be added to the City of Las Vegas or hereafter laid out or sub­divided for the purpose of supplying the Inhabitants of the City of. Las Vegas with mter. ? This permit ran for a period of 50 years from the above date and is still in effect *