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m consideration in determ ining the am ount of damages, the value o f the franchise and good will o f such existing utility, and for the purpose of determ ining the am ount o f such damages, may require that there be presented evidence from duly qualified experts in the m anagem ent and operation o f utility properties. W h ere an existing water system is so condem ned, the district shall be entitled to take possession thereof upon the entry of judgm ent regardless of the fact that an appeal m ay be pending, but in such event the district shall be required to pay into court the full am ount o f the judgm ent, together with such further reasonable sum as m ay be required by the court to pay any further dam ages and costs that m ay be recovered in said proceedings as all dam ages that m ay be sustained by the defendant if for any cause the property shall not be finally taken b y the district. (A s amended Chap. 130, N evada Statutes, 1949.) Section 21. That if any provision o f this act, or the application of such provision to any person, body, or circum stances shall be held invalid, the rem ainder of this act, or the application of such provision to persons, bodies, or circum stances other than those as to w hich it shall have been held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. Section 22. This [1947] act shall take effect upon its passage and approval. Section 23. That all proceedings heretofore had in connection with the creation o f the Las V egas valley water district and in the organization of its board o f directors, including specifically the petition filed for the creation of the district, the order entered b y the board of county com m issioners o f Clark County, N evada, on A ugust 30, 1948, creating said district, the election held therein on O ctober 19,1948, at w hich such creation was approved by the voters, the proceedings had by the board o f county com m issioners on N ovem ber 3, 1948, canvassing such election results and confirm ing the creation o f such district, and the proceedings had by the board o f directors of such district on N ovem ber 4, 1948, organizing as the governing b od y o f the district are, despite any irregularities w hich m ay have occurred therein and despite any failure w hich may have occurred to com ply with pertinent statutory provisions, hereby legalized, ratified, validated and confirm ed, and the Las V egas valley water district is hereby declared to be a validly created and legally existing district under the provisions o f chapter 167, Statutes of N evada 1947, as amended, with the follow in g boun d aries: B eginning at the N W corner of section 6, tow n ­ship 19 south, range 60 east; thence running south 9 miles to the S W corner o f section 18, tow nship 20 south, range 60 east; thence east 3 miles to the S W corner o f section 15, tow nship 20 south, range 60 east; thence south 3 miles to the S W corner o f section 34, tow nship 20 south, range 60 ea st; thence w esterly along the fifth standard parallel south to the N W corner o f section 3, tow nship 21 south, range 60 east; thence south 9 miles to the S W corner of section 15, tow nship 22 south, range 60 east; thence east 15 miles to the SE corner o f section 13, tow nship 22 south, range 62 east; thence south 1 mile to the S W corner o f section 19, tow nship 22 south, range 63 east; thence east 2 miles to the SE corner of section 20, tow nship 22 south, range 63 ea st; thence north 4 miles to the N E corner of section 5, tow nship 22 south, range 63 east; thence east 1 mile to the SE corner o f section 33, tow nship 21 south, range 63 east ; thence north 2 miles to the N E corner o f section 28, tow nship 21 south, range 63 east; thence w est 4 miles to the SE corner of section 23, tow nship 21 south, range 62 east; thence north 4 miles to the N E corner o f section 2, tow nship 21, south, range 62 east; thence east along the fifth standard parallel south to the SE corner of section 35, tow nship 20 south, range 62 east; thence north 9 miles to the N E corner of section 23, tow nship 19 south, range 62 east; thence w est 11 miles to the SE corner o f section 13, tow nship 19 south, range 60 east; thence north 3 miles to the N E corner of section 1, being also the N E corner of tow nship 19 south, range 60 east; thence w est 6 miles to the place o f beginning, the N W corner o f tow nship 19 south, range 60 east. T h e above description includes all o f tow nship 19 south, range 60 east, sections 1-18, 22-27, and 34-36, inclusive, o f tow nship 20 south, range 60 east; sections 1-3, 10-15, 22-27, and 34-36, inclusive, o f tow nship 21 south, range 60 east; sections 1-3 and 10-15, inclusive, o f tow nship 22 south, range 60 east; sections 19-36, inclusive, tow nship 19 south, range 61 east; all o f tow n ­ship 20 south, range 61 east; all o f tow nship 21 south, range 61 east; and sections 1-18, inclusive, tow nship 22 south, range 61 east; sections 19-23 and 26-35, inclusive, tow nship 19 south, range 62 east; sections 2-11, 14-23, and 26-35, inclusive, tow nship 20 south, range 62 east; sections 2-11, 14-23, and 25-36, inclusive, tow nship 21 south, range 62 east; sections 1-18, inclusive, tow nship 22 south, range 62 east; sections 28-33, inclusive, of tow nship 21 south, range 63 east; sections 5-8 and 17-20, inclusive, o f tow nship 22 south, range 63 east; and the govern­11 in g b od y thereof is hereby declared to be a board of directors consisting of H arry M iller, presi­dent, Thom as Campbell, vice president, Spencer Butterfield, secretary-treasurer, V ictor Shurtliff, member, E. O. U nderhill, member, James Cashman, mem ber, John Bunch, mem ber, as so created, and under said board o f directors and the successors thereto elected as provided in chapter 167 aforesaid, said district is hereby authorized to carry out all of the pow ers im posed in it by the provisions of chapter 167 aforesaid as it now exists and as it may hereafter be amended. (A dded, Chap. 130, N evada Statutes, 1949.) Section 24. T hat if any provision or provisions of this act or the application o f such provision or provisions to any person, body or circum stance shall ever be held by any court of com petent jurisdiction to be invalid or ineffective for any purpose, the rem aining provisions o f this act and the application thereof to persons, bodies or circum stances other than those as to w hich it shall have been held to be invalid or ineffective shall not be affected thereby. (A dded, Chap. 130, N evada Statutes, 1949.) [B oth Chap. 130, N evada Statutes, 1949, and Chap. 307, N evada Statutes, 1951, provide that they are effective from and after their passage and approval.] 12