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Show HEW CHAIRMAN NAMED FOR S,L WATER DISTRICT Richardson Heads Body; Harris Offered Post as Attorney Directors of the Salt Lake metropolitan met-ropolitan water district Thursday reorganized the board and offered the.-MUkoa of full-time attorney to the. board ' V . City AUorhey Flshe Harris.' Blair Richardson, who has served as vice chairman of the board, was named to succeed Herbert Her-bert S. Auerbach, who served as chairman for four years. 8. A. Kennedy, who with Mr. Richardson Richard-son waa recently reappointed to the board by the city commission, waa named vice chairman. Mr. Auerbach will remain as a member mem-ber of the board. Mr. Harris has served as attorney attor-ney to the board In addition to his duties as city attorney. Under the proposed new set-up, he would devote de-vote his entire time to the board for a salary of 8500 per month. .Members of the board unanimously unani-mously adopted a resolution offered of-fered by P. J. Purcell,,. member, pointing out the need for a full-time full-time attorney, particularly to advance ad-vance efforts of the board to prevent pre-vent cuts In appropriations to the Deer Creek and Salt Lake aqueduct aque-duct projects. Mr. Harris, under terms of the resolution, would take over the new position March 1. 1940, "or before if It can be arranged." . Mr. Harris Indicated he will accept ac-cept the position if it is agreeable with the city commission. This action on the part of the water board confirms recent reports, (ContlNuon on Pih flva) I Column Pivot WATER BOARD , CHIEFNAMED (Ooattnu4 From Pass Om) printed In The Telegram, that such a move waa being considered. George W. Snyder, another member, was reelected secretary. Mr. Auerbach, In relinquishing the chalrmanshlo. thanked the members for the cooperation they have extended during the four years he served as chairman. "I'm sure Mr. Richardson will receive the same degree of help that I have received," he said. Mr. Harris has been with the city legal staff for nearly eight years. It will be necessary for the city commissioner . In charge of the department of public affairs af-fairs and finance, William Murdoch, Mur-doch, to recommend someone to replace him, If he resigns as city attorney. Reports have also been current that George D. Keyser, city commissioner com-missioner in charge of the water department and ex officio member of the water board, may soon relinquish re-linquish his place. W. D. Beers, city engineer, may succeed him, according to the reports. re-ports. It will be necessary for the city commission to amend the ordinance under which the water board was organized to permit the chang. . A committee was appointed at Thursday's meeting, held In the University club, to Investigate rights-of-way around the Point of the Mountain for the aqueduct. Mr. Richardson, Leland H. Kimball, Kim-ball, engineer for the board; Mr. Harris, S. A. Kennedy and J. A. Nelson were named members. |