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On October 7, 1927 this Commission granted to the Applic­ant Company a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the construction and operation of a water plant and system to serve the original townslte of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is also indicated in the record that after the building of the water system to serve the subdivision* several Individuals owning property adjoining the original townslte applied for and asked that they be served with water. The Applicant Com­pany replied to their application and asked authority from this Commission "to give service to these parties provided that in so doing our franchise under which we serve Clark's Las Vegas Townslte and all of our rights thereunder shall not in any event be considered affected thereby" and further said "This may be considered as an application for such extension under the conditions above specified but this application shall not in any event be construed to amend, alter, modify, change or affect any existing franchise or franchises held, owned or oper­ated under by applicant with reference to other portions of said City of Las Vegas." On December 15, 1927 this Commission granted to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company an extension of its certificate of public convenience and necessity which had heretofore been issued by the Commission on October 7, 1927. Section 36-1/2 of the public Service Commission Act pro­vides "That except as to automobile common carriers nothing herein shall be construed as requiring a public utility to secure such certificate for any extension within any town or -5-