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LOS ANGELES - March 29, 1949 File: 80-8 and • 83-4 (Nev) W M R MAR 30 Mr. Wm. Reinhardt: Xn connection with the Las Vegas Valley Water Dis~ trict and the amendment to the statute creating the district, as amended by Senate Bill 155, and your inquiry as to the qualifications necessary for voters of the district: Under the state law, a man is eligible to vote if he has been in the state six months and in the county thirty days. The Las Vegas Valley provision with respect to . . JL quiring that the elector be a bona fide holder of title or evidence of title of real property within the boundaries of the Las Vegas Valley Water District. Water District Act adds a the electors under that act further by re- I draw your attention, however, to another amendment to the District Act, which was included in Senate Bill 155, and concerning which we had not been heretofore advise » Under the original District Act, a corporation could vote on any matters concerning the district either through its Bres-ident, Vice President or anyone else duly authorized by the corporation. Under the amendment written into^Senate Bill 155, that provision was stricken out and only individual property owners may now vote. I doubt if the corporations owning the various hotels along the strip are aware of tha amendment.