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Las Vegas,Nevada REVIEW - JOURNAL August 30, 1948 County Approves Petition For Water District A comprehensive water dis-i trict for the Las Vegas valley] j moved a step nearer realization today as the board of county I commissioners approved a peti­tion for its creation and set up skeleton plans for an election, i probably on October 5. Frank- Gusewelle, chairman of i the ^commissioners, said that thej , decision as to the procedure for I |j the election and the date would j be decided at a meeting of the I body on September 7. | Under the program outlined J 1 by the . petition, presented by j James Down, president of the chamber of commerce, and Joel ! McQuilkin, managing director, ! i the district would be so organ- | i ized as to handle- all of the water ! ] consumed in the area, taking J over the holdings of the Las Ve-' I gas Land and Water company and coordinating ail services, j District Attorney Robert E. 'Jones, in outlining the tentative election plans, said that there. (would be sdven election divis- I ions, each composing an election ! | district and that a board of- I seven would grow out of these. “The plan for the water dis- 1 triet have been too long delayed, land wg are going to move fast from here oh out,” Gusewell. said, after the meeting^ “If we are going to "plan sen­sibly and adequately supply i | water for our growing popula­tion, the time to act is now.” ! Attending the meeting were, the other commissioners, M. E. Leavitt and Rodney Colton, as well as Gusewelle and Jones.