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(COPY) 1 3 -1 -9 • • • | • M r. W. R. Rouse: / O ‘ -P - (c e - M r. A. E. S tod d ard \ O M r. Win. R e in h a rd t M r. W. H. Johnson) M r. W. H. Johnson, who i s now a r e s id e n t o f th e C it y o f Las Y eg a s and a c t in g G en era l M anager o f th e W a ter De­partm ent o f th e Las Y egas Land and W ater Company, i s a ls o A s s is t a n t S e c r e t a r y o f th e Los A n g e le s & S a lt Lake R a i l ­road Company and U nion P a c i f i c R a ilr o a d Company ^nd S ec­r e t a r y o f O ve rla n d T e rm in a l Warehouse Company, U nion Pa­c i f i c S ta g e Company and Las Y ega s Land and W ater Company. M r. Johnson i s a ls o s t a t u t o r y a g e n t f o r s e r v ic e o f p ro c e s s in C a l i f o r n i a f o r Los A n g e le s & S a l t Lake R a ilr o a d Company and "Onion P a c i f i c R a ilr o a d Company. I t ap p ears th a t Mr. Johnson w i l l c o n tin u e to manage th e W ater Company a t Las Y ega s u n t i l some s a t i s f a c t o r y d i s p o s i t i o n can be made o f th e p r o p e r t ie s o f t h a t Company. I n th e meantime we do n o t have in C a l i f o r n i a a s t a t ­u to r y a g e n t f o r th e two R a ilr o a d Companies o r a s e c r e t a r y f o r any o f th e f i v e com panies above m en tion ed . As a r e ­s u lt many documents must be tr a n s m itte d t o M r. Johnson f o r s ig n a tu r e and no p erson i s a v a i l a b l e in th e Los A n g s le s o f ­f i c e t o h a n d le c o r p o r a t e m e e tin g s , n o r i s an o f f i c e r o t h e r than M r. R e in h a rd t a v a i l a b l e f o r th e v e r i f i c a t i o n o f p le a d ­in g s . M r. L . C. C onner, C h ie f C le r k t o th e M anager o f In d u s­t r i a l D evelopm en t, has tak en o v e r many o f th e d u t ie s f o r ­m e rly p erfo rm ed by M r. Johnson when he r e s id e d a t Los An­g e l e s . H ow ever v a r io u s p erson s s e r v in g l e g a l documents upon th e R a ilr o a d Companies o b je c t t o s e r v in g o t h e r th an th e d e s ig n a te d s t a t u t o r y a g e n t . Under th e la w s e r v ic e can be made upon th e S e c r e t a r y o f S t a t e i f th e s t a t u t o r y a g e n t can n ot be found a t th e a d d ress shown in th e s ta tem e n t o f h is d e s ig n a t io n . Under th e circ u m sta n ce s M r. R e in h a rd t jo in s me ’in recommending t h a t M r. Conner be a p p o in te d s t a t u t o r y a g e n t f o r th e two R a ilr o a d Companies in C a l i f o r n i a in l i e u o f M r. Johnson u n t i l such tim e as M r. Johnson r e tu r n s t o Los A n g e le s . I t i s n o t p o s s ib le t o d e s ig n a te an a lt e r n a t e Los Angeles, November 27, 1951