Purchase of Defunct Water Companies

Shull, Deputy Attorney General,

— You ask to be advised: (1) Whether the charters of seven water companies, which you have named in your inquiry, are valid, and whether the Water and Power Resources Board can approve a certificate validating the purchase of these companies by the Silver Creek Water Company; and (2) whether the board may approve a certificate designating the sources of supply of the Silver Creek Water Company, after its purchase of certain other designated companies, if water from such sources is being supplied outside of the territory specified in the charter.

The facts which…