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A P P E N D IX B L A S V E G A S V A L L E Y W A T E R D IS T R IC T A C T (Chap. 167 of Nevada Statutes, 1947, as amended by Chap. 130 of Nevada Statutes, 1949, and Chap. 307 of Nevada Statutes, 1951.) AN A C T to create a w ater district in the Las Vegas valley, Clark County, N evada; to provide for the procurement, storage, distribution and sale of w ater and rights in the use thereof from Lake Mead for industrial, irrigation, municipal, and domestic u se s; to provide for the conservation of the ground-w ater resources of the Las Vegas valley, and to create authority to purchase, acquire and construct the necessary works to carry out the provisions of this act; to provide for the issuance of district bonds; to provide for the levy of taxes for the paym ent of operation and m aintenance expenses and to supplem ent other revenues available for the paym ent of principal of and interest on such bonds of said district; granting said district the franchise to carry on its operations in municipal corporations w ithin its boundaries; exempting the property and bonds of said district from tax atio n ; validating the creation and organization of said d istrict; and for other purposes related thereto. (T itle as amended, Chap. 130, Nevada Statutes, 1949.) The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. A w ater district may be created in the Las Vegas valley, as hereinafter provided for, for the following objects and purposes: 1. To have perpetual succession. 2. To sue and be sued in the name of said district in all actions and proceedings in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction. 3. To adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure. 4. To take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, or lease, or otherwise, and to hold, use, enjoy, and to lease, or dispose of real or personal property of every kind within or w ithout the district necessary or convenient to the full exercise of its power. 5. To acquire, by purchase, lease, construction, or otherwise, or contract to acquire, lands, rights of way, easements, privileges, and property of every kind, w hether real or personal, and to construct, maintain, and operate any and all works or improvements within or w ithout the district necessary or proper to carry out any of the objects or purposes of this act, and to complete, extend, add to, repair, or otherwise improve any works or improvements or property acquired by it as authorized by this act. 6. To store w ater in surface or underground reservoirs within the district for the common benefit of the d istrict; to conserve and reclaim w ater for present and future use within the d istrict; to appropriate and acquire w ater and w ater rights, and im port w ater into the district, and to conserve same within the district, for any useful purpose to the district; to commence, maintain, intervene in, and compromise in the name of the district, or otherwise, and to assume the costs and expenses of any action or proceeding involving or affecting the ownership or use of w aters or w ater rights w ithin the district used or useful for any purpose of the district or of common benefit to any land situated therein, or involving the wasteful use of w ater th erein ; to commence, maintain, intervene in, defend, and compromise, and to assume the cost and expenses of, any and all actions and proceedings now or hereafter b eg u n ; to prevent interference w ith or diminution o f; to prevent contamination, pollution or otherwise rendering unfit for beneficial use of the surface or subsurface w ater used in said district, and to commence, maintain, and defend actions and proceedings to prevent any such interference w ith the aforesaid w aters as may endanger or damage the inhabitants, lands or use of w ater in the district. 1 7. To have and exercise in the State of Nevada the right of eminent domain, either within or without said district, and in the manner provided by law for the condemnation of private property for public use, to take any property necessary to carry out any of the objects or purposes of this act, w hether such property be already devoted to the same use by any district or other public corporation or agency or otherwise, and to condemn any existing works or improvements in said district now or hereafter used. The power of eminent domain vested in the board of directors of said district shall include the power to condemn, in the name of the district, either the fee simple or any lesser estate or interest in any real property which said board by resolution shall determine is necessary for carrying out the purposes of this act. Such resolution shall be prima-facie evidence th at the taking of the fee simple or easement, as the case may be, is necessary. 8. To enter upon any land, to make surveys and locate the necessary works of improvement and the lines for channels, conduits, canals, pipelines, .roadways, and other rights of w ay; to acquire by purchase, lease, contract, condemnation, gift, or other legal means, all lands and water and w ater rights and other property necessary or convenient for the construction, use, supply, maintenance, repair, and improvement of said works, including works constructed and being constructed by private owners, lands for reservoirs for storage of necessary water,; and all necessary appurtenances, and also where necessary or convenient to said end, and for said purposes and uses, to acquire and hold the stock of corporations, domestic or foreign, owning w ater or water rights, canals, waterworks, franchises, concessions, or rights; to enter into and do any acts necessary or proper for the performance of any agreement with the United States, or any state, county, district of any kind, public or private corporation, association, firm or individual, or any num ber of them, for the joint acquisition, construction, leasing, ownership, disposition, use, management, maintenance, repair, or operation of any rights, works, or other property of a kind which m ight be lawfully acquired or owned by said water district; to acquire the right to store w ater in any reservoirs, or to carry w ater through any canal, ditch or conduit not owned or controlled by the d istrict; to grant to any owner or lessee the right to the use of any w ater or right to store such w ater in any reservoir of the district, or to carry such w ater through any tunnel, canal, ditch, or conduit of the district; to enter into and do any acts necessary or proper for the performance of any agreem ent with any district of any kind, public or private corporation, association, firm or individual, or any num ber of them, for the transfer or delivery to any such district, corporation, association, firm, or individual of any water right or w ater pumped, stored, appropriated, or otherwise acquired or secured for the use of the said district, or for the purpose of exchanging the same for other water, w ater right, or water supply in exchange for water, water right, or w ater supply to be delivered to said district by the other party to said agreem ent; to cooperate with, and to act in conjunction with, the State of Nevada, or any of its engineers, officers, boards, commissions, departments, or agencies, or with the government of the United States, or any of its engineers, officers, boards, commissions, departments, or agencies, or with any public or private corporation, in the construction of any work for the importation and distri­bution of w ater of said district, or for the protection of life or property therein, or for the purpose of conserving said w aters for beneficial use within said district, or in any other works, acts, or purposes provided for herein, and to adopt and carry out any definite plan or system of work for any such purpose. 9. To carry on technical and other investigations of all kinds, make measurements, collect data, and make analyses, studies, and inspections pertaining to w ater supply, w ater rights, control of floods and use of water, both within and w ithout said district, and for this purpose said district shall have the right of access through its authorized representative to all lands and premises within said district. 10. To incur indebtedness and to issue bonds in the manner herein provided. 11. To cause taxes to be levied and collected for the purpose of paying any obligation of the district during its organizational stage, including necessary engineering costs and further to assist in the operational expenses of said district until such taxes are no longer required therefor. 12. To supplement the ground-w ater resources of Las Vegas valley by the importation and use of the w aters of Lake Mead, under the Nevada allocation, for industrial, irrigation, municipal, and domestic uses. 13. To make contracts, and to employ labor, and to do all acts necessary for the full exercise of all powers vested in said district, or any of the officers thereof, by this act. 2