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(Assembly Bill Ho. 4— *Mr. Frohllch) CHAP, 201— An Act to amend seotion IS of an aot entitled “An aot defining public utilities, providing for the regulation thereof, creating a public service commis­sion, defining its duties and powers, and other mat­ters relating thereto,* approved March 20, 1919. (Approved March 27, 1931) The People of the State of Hevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows! SICTIOH l. Seotion 13 of that certain aot of the legislature of the State of Sevada entitled "An act de­fining public utilities, providing for the regulation thereof, creating a public service commission, defining its duties and powers, and other matters relating there­to," approved March 28, 1919, is hereby amended so as to read as follows, to wit: Section 13. The commission may, when necessary, as­certain and prescribe for each kind of public utility ad­equate, convenient and serviceable standards for the meas­urement of quality, pressure, voltage or other conditions pertaining to the supply of the product or service rendered by any public utility, and prescribe reasonable regulations for the examination and testing of such products or service and for the measurement thereof. Any consumer, user or par­ty served may have the quality or quantity of the product or character of any service rendered by any public utility test ed upon the payment of fees fixed by the commission, which fees, however, shall be paid by the public utility and re­paid to the complaining party if the quality or quantity of the product or the character of the service be found by the commission defective or insufficient In a degree to Justify the demand for testing; or the commission may apportion the fees between the parties as justice may require; provided, that it shall be unlawful for any, public utility, for any purpose or object whatever, in any city or town containing mere than four thousand five hundred inhabitants, to in­stall. operate, or use, within such city or town, any me-water meter, or similar mechanical device, to measure the Quantity of water delivered to water users: provided further , -that nothing In the Immediate foregoing proviso; shall apply to cities and towns owning and operate lng municipal water works. The commission may, in its discretion, purchase such materials, apparatus and standard measuring Instruments for such examination and tests as it may deem necessary. The commission shall have the right and power to enter