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#6 - Honorable Board of Directors - 10/20/55 "This act shall in itself constitute complete authority for the doing of the things herein authorized to be done. The provisions of no other law, either general or local, except as provided in this act, shall apply to doing of the things herein authorized to be done, and no board, agency, bureau or official, other than the governing body of the district and the publie servtee eommisaien of the State of Nevada shall have any authority or juris­diction over the doing of any of the acts herein authorized to be done nor shall any proceedings, nor publication, notice of election be required for the doing of such acts except as herein specifically required." Chapter 307> Nevada Statutes, 1951# amended Section 19 by delet­ing the words "and the public service commission of the State of Nevada" shown above by strike-out type. The very purpose of Section 19 was to prevent anomalous results which might otherwise follow from the application statutes enacted for other purposes. No better illustration can be found than the application of Section 6112 N.C.L. to the District. Ihe great bulk of the area of the District consists of unincorporated territory, together with the smaller incorporated areas of the cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson. North Las Vegas and Henderson have city owned water systems; Las Vegas does not. If Section 6112 is applicable then the District has the power to meter water in unincorporated territory and could prob­ably meter water delivered wholesale to North Las Vegas or Hender­son but could not meter water within Las Vegas. It could hardly be assumed that the Legislature would intend this illogical result and Section 19 of the District Act was intended to prevent such capricious results. Even if Section 6112 were construed as being applicable to the District, Section 19 of the District Act, being enacted later in point of- time, would supersede any inconsistent provi­sions in Section 6112. Moreover, the 1951 amendment to Section 19, eliminating the Jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission, fortifies the conclusion that the legislative intent was that the District was not to be subject to any laws or regulations pertain­ing to the Public Service Commission. An additional reason for believing that the anti-metering provisions of Section 6112 are inapplicable to the District is the fact that the District is given exclusive power to establish water rates and charges. Section l6d of the Las Vegas Valley Water Dis­trict Act provides as follows: