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. '''/. 7 .~ ",. . LEGAL 8? February 1949 with the county auditor, county assessor, and county counsel of each of the counties. The final forms of the certificates were agreed upon and were submitted to the director of the valuation division of the State Board of Equalization and his approval obtained so that the necessary valuation data covering public utility property, as well as locally assessed property. would be available for the respective county auditors in furnishing the required certificates in August 1949. As each year's certificates must be prepared with specific reference to the declarations of intention by component cities or other public agencies to pay the District taxes out of municipal funds and with specific reference to the special tax levies upon property within annexed areas, pro- posed forms will be prepared and submitted to the proper officials each year prior to the commencement in March of the assessment by the county assessor of property taxable by the District for the ensuing fi~cal year. I I Litigation DAMAGE TO LANDS AND WATER RIGHTS-There are five cases pending in the Superior Court of the State in Riverside County in which injunctive relief is sought against the Dif'trict because of seepage of ground water into the San Jacinto tunnel (Hemet Pack- ing Co. v. Metropolitan Water Dbtrict; Nuevo Water Co. v. Metro- politan Water District: Centine]a Land Co. v. Met.ropolitan Water District; Leland D. Houk v. Metropolitan Water District; and Charles E]man v. Metropolitan Water District). The complaints are based upon the allegation that such seepage has an adverse effect on ground water in the valley lying westerly of the San Jacinto mountain block, a claim which the District does not. accept a~ true. In two of the case~ money judgments also are sought. The District entered demurrers to the complaints in all five cases, but the demurrers have not been set for hearing. The complainants apparently are awaiting the outcome of grouting operations in the tunnel and negot.iations which may lead to some settlement of the matter not involving litigation. A special committee of the Board of Directors, with the assistance of the engineering and legal staffs, is exploring the possibility of finding some basis upon which such settlement might be reached. EMINENT DOMAIN~Decision favorable to the District in the case of The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California v. E. Bennett Adams, et a\., and related cases, was handed down by the ~ ~