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    HE JVj* To Head Valley Harry : ' Miller,: long-time resident of Las Vegd^and former chief of police of thispommunity, Ijsesterday was- name'd ..president df the Las Vegas Valley Water district at the organisation meet int; of the directors. The nieeting was held in the chamber of com mefce office ’ and Miner’s choice wetesunanimous among the seven directors elected at the recent watgjf ^district poll/' . ’Thomas Campbell, local real estate dealer, was named vice-president and'Sppncer Butter- 4 field* w u s e b o s ^ i. hecretary-treasufer^. j)eth by unanimous na«*hd ? .clerKv r[ Mille'r/ ip. ^ ep tih g: the post, said t.B$t«ttp ^ould .do his best to t'inct'liis-way in the matter of the fpfmiWsiof‘"the district and said: “Wb>^l iSeefr:guidance' and f knov^^^^lL al^;;:agreed;, to dd evprvt.i^j^^ p gdssibie tp get the district iin'd&p.'.'a.y immediately.' Frank: G j^ ^ ^ l^ b h a lrm a n o the p’puiitt ^6Cn>?5njnSiofL in opoi * irig t t ^ j ^ S P |p fe n »aBed -full confidence, of’ ;th'e;"c6iu>ty.. in the directors elected; lancCtirgecl- the directors''}*: til thij spee^ possible'xn Order to .gei-the water as Rps® bie-’h ^ : % 1 m 'apd>, inf®|nted -jth^rh'. the pre?erit| 3 afpdd ]foMy~io; as|ist m an y! ^tdner;-^i^siBrei;:'He\ ucged,;&ie 'dire(rtar|^T^e;'thehi'.iattenfion to*- FcedgSia raSr fe^reseptat ivel S n li®*;w M ^ p d | beeri^wprki g f | | | S p d>iffity bbard' in';,the hped pn Page' 2) % s' y (Continued From Page 1 £ ' 1 initial steps of setting up the \ya-' : ter district. . S - 1 ? ; r Miller, in a direct question re­garding the status of the Garre tt- Broomfield company, Was in­formed that the water district -Was under no; obligation4 to the company, that what' the firm had done was a part of their prom©1 ?tioh service and that; when- the time came to award any con­tracts that the only requirement which was asked was that the firm be given due credit for the work it had done. , Robert & Jones, district at­torney,. congratulated the di- |s rectors foir- ad^fepting, the post* and said ‘-“it definitely is a..pub-l lie service.” ? ' * 'r 7 '*.' ' He said' ther& would liaVe'to J be study giveft [toward strength-* ening the present 'water district law-and their introduced Barker who explained the histdry o f the [proposed district. i He said that a sUrveyf of the j [facilities now availabl^Sand the j engineering survey on| t^,inew .‘ pipelines would costg/approxi-mately $25,000 and informed the directors thdtfor this amount of ^money th^y could get a -complete p i 4 ° ^ y L : *t He th^pPntUned a^flSpoint: p ro g r a ^ ^ ilc h ; hg 'sgkl^was. . j. set up" in^hronoloHciSI^Dfder. ii ,\!pie program was- 'Y •; lY'Fdrnva water district. (Ac-cppaptished.) ^ 2. Exercise 'th e: f autftoirty hf the district to conserve the pr- , tesian supply of the district V; 1 3. ..Authorize- and: fipance . a iiiiljll'tiilTl'uii i mepfing th e. pfesent-rwBter..:- SUP-plv with water .fro^ |^ke';'M%d. feiB ilegofiate . r c > a j of the preirerit systein now 'owiffe'd by the I*as Vegas Land and. Wa­ter company. ’ ’ C" j| 5. .Negotiate' .witS. ^ e stgf® af ’Nevada for the piifcliase;pr':.lease pig the BMPiacihties. vf'" O'. As a - 'rlsttrf^of ’a f SYferable engineering recpmmendation.'yto construct and maintain-. a coh-necting pipe lind, with pnrtipipg equipment, from BMI to th^fL2® Vegas valley areas- . v | r , 7. Extend the present leiVicp’ land distribution system ito pro­vide w^ter front th%^ar<fe|i^ -basin and the supply; linie.fo all points wheje demand exists and [supply is eeonomically feasible. 8. Negotiate - a cpntr-act . with ithe air bash' to supply the ye- I quirementh 'Sfilthe-tase. ' . 9. Supply/(irrigation; water to j suph points as are economically feasible. ,? 10. Make long-range plans to I further augment the water. 'sup-' I ply of the valley by construction; I of- such works astiare necessary; I to irrigate’/blass:;, one and. irrigable lands in the valley.' i