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8 1 of the.water, of the Colorado River which is under the jurisdiction of, 2 said commission and which has not heretofore be'en allocated to or ' 3 appropriated by other users; 4 1 SivC. 5. Section 20 of’ tile above-entitled act is hereby amended to 5 read as follows: 6 / .Seetion 20. Thai the power of eminent domain herein granted may 7 be exercised in the manner provided by Nevada Compiled Laws 1929, - 8 sections 9153 to 9.176, inclusive, as amended or supplemented, or any 9 law hereafter enacted for that purpose. Such porver of - eminent 10 domain is hereby specifically made to include the right to .condemn 11 f°r 07<5 purposes of the. district any .existing water system and the 12 franchise thereof, whether or not su-ch existing water system may tie," . 13 -hi whole or in part, within, the boundaries of any municipal corpora-' 14 hon. Where condemnation proceedings for the condemnation of an 15 existing water system are brought, the' court, jury, commissioners, or lb referee hearing testimony on damages under the provisions of section 17’ 9163,;Nevada Compiled Laws 1929; shall take;into consideration in 18 determining the amount of damages, the value of the franchise and 19 good will of such existing utility, and for the purpose 'of determining 20 the amount of such, damages, may require that there be presented evi- 21 deuce from duly qualified experts in the management and operation 22 of utiljty properties. Where an existing water system is so condemned, 23 the district shall be entitled to take possession thereof upon the entry 24 of judgment regardless of the fact that an appeal may be pending, but 25 in such event the district shall be required to pay into court the full 26 amount of the judgment, together with such further reasonable sum 27 as may be required by the court to pay any further damages and costs 28 that may be recovered in said proceedings as all damages that may be 29 sustained by the defendant if for any Cause the property shall not be SO finally taken by the district. 31 Sec'. 6. The above-entitled act is further amended by adding thereto 32 a new section to be known as section 23, and to read, as follows : 33 Section 23. That all proceedings heretofore had in connection with 34 the creation of the Las Vegas valley water district and in the organiza- 35 tion of its board of directors, including specifically the petition filed 36 for the creation of the district, the order entered by the board of 37 county' commissioners of Clark County, Nevada, on August 30, 1948, 38 creating said district, theyslection held therein on October 19, 1948, at 39 which such creation was approved by the voters, the proceedings had 40 by the board of county commissioners on November 3, 1948, canvassing 41 such election results and confirming the creation of such district, and 42 the proceedings had by the board of directors of such district on 43 November 4, 1948, organizing as the governing body of the district 44 are, despite any irregularities which may have occurred therein arid 45 despite any failure which may have occurred to comply with pertinent 46 statutory provisions, hereby legalized, ratified, validated and con- 41 firmed, and the Las Vegas valley water district is hereby declared 48 to be a validly created and legally existing district under the pro- 49 visions of chapter 167, Statutes of Nevada 1947, as amended, with the 50 following boundaries: Beginning at tlie'NW corner of section 6 town- 9 V, 1 ship 19 south range 60 east; thence running south 9 miles to the SW 2 corner section 18 township 20 south range 60 east; thence east 3 miles 3 to the SW corner of! section 15 township 20 south range 60 east; 4 thence south 3 miles to the SW corner section 34 township 20 range 5 60 east;, thence westerly along the fifth standard parallel south of 6 the NW corner of section 3 township 21 south range 60 east; thence 7 south 9 miles to the SW 'corner of section 15 township 22 south range 8 60 east; thence east 15 miles to the SE corner of seetion 13 township 9 22 south range 62 east; thence south 1 mile to the SW corne.r, section ? 10 19 township 22 south'range 63, east; thence east 2'miles to the SE 11 corner section 20 township 22 south range 63 east; thence north 4 miles 12 to the NE corner section 5 township 22 south range 63 east; thence 13 east 1 mile to the SE corner section 33 township 21 south range 63 14 east; thence north 2 miles to the NE corner section 28 township 21 15 south range 63 east; thence west 4 miles to the SE corner section 23 16 township 21 south range 62, east; thence north 4 miles to the NE 17 corner section 2 township 21 south range 62 east; thence east along 18 the fifth standard parallel south to the SE corner section 35 town- 19 ship 20 south range 62 east; thence north 9 miles to the NE corner 20 section 23 township 19 south range 62 east; thence west 11 miles to 21 the SE corner section 13 township 19 south range 60 east; thence 22 north 3 miles to the NE corner of section 1, being also the NE corner 23 of township 19 south range 60 east;-thence west 6 miles to the place 24 of beginning', the NW corner of township 19 south range 60 east. ' 25 The above description includes all of township 19 south range 60 26 east, sections 1-18, 22-27, and 34-36, inclusive, of township 20 south 27 range 60 east, sections 1-3, 10-15, 22-27, and 34-36, inclusive, of town- 28 ship 21 south range 60 east, sections 1-3 and 10-15, inclusive, of town- 29 ship 22 south range 60 east; sections 19-36, inclusive, township 19 30 south range 61 east; all of township 20 south range 61 east; all of 31 township 21 south range 61 east and sections 1-18, inclusive, township 32 22 south range 61 east; sections 19-23 and 26-35, inclusive, township 33 19 south range 62 east; sections 2-11, 14-23, and 26-35, inclusive, town- 24 ship 20 south range 62 east; sections 2-11, 14-23, and 25-36, inclusive, 35 township 21 south range 62 east,1 sections 1-18, inclusive, township.22 36 south range 62 east; sections 28-33, inclusive, of township 21 south 37 range 63 east; sections 5-8 and 17-20, inclusive, of township 22 south 38 range 63 east; 39 and the governing body thereof is hereby declared to he a board of 40 directors consisting of: Harry Miller, president, Thomas Campbell, 41 vice president, Spencer Butterfield, secretary-treasurer, Victor Shurt- 42 liff, member, E. O. Underhill, member, James Cashman,. member, John 43 Bunch, member, as so created, and under said board of directors and 44 the successors'thereto elected as provided in chapter 167 aforesaid, 45 said district is hereby authorized to carry out all of the powers 46 imposed in it by the provisions of chapter 167 aforesaid as it now 47 exists and as it may hereafter be amended. 48 Sec. 7. The above-entitled act is further amended by adding thereto 49 a new section to be known as section 24, and to read as follows:' 50 Section 24. That if any provision or provisions of this act or the