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V LOS ANGELES - Deo. 23, 1948 Pile? 00-8 Mr. Calvin M. Cory: Supplementing ay letter of December 14th in connection with the proposed meeting in Los Angeles on January 4th with the Directors of the water District: Las Vegas Valley ' • One of the things which seems to be wdrrying the Erectors of the D is t r ic t s is how they oan raise money ror the preliminary purpose of making a survey to determine among othfer things, the star j|| sf *' - ? need. size of the bond issue they will In 0T6I1 th© t»@ OlPOStllllp trict, we note that Subdivision 11 of Section 2 permits the district Jo nans© taxes to be levied for the purpose of ray­ing any obligation during the organizational steps Includ­ing necessary engineering coats and Seotion 18 permits Clark County to advance funds to the district to pay the prelimin­ary organizational, administration and engineering costs. i think you should develop the authority of a district of this kind to levy taxes and also the procedure necessary therefor and also, to determine 8th e manner now provided by law authorising short-term loans8 (Sec. 18) which will permit Clark County to advance this money The^e are possibly other districts in your state which have similar laws and also authority, and It is quite possible that such authority has been passed upon by the courts. E. E."Bennett SSBtAF