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By the proposed bill, tbs directors are authorised in their die* eretlon to issue bonds in unlimited amounts for which the full faith and credit of the entire district is pledged and which be­come a charge upon all property in the district* 3* Such bonds can be issued without submitting to the electors and property owners in the district the question of the desirability of issuing the bonds which will become a charge upon their property* The amended bill does not in fast furnish any procedure under which the electors would be given an opportunity to be heard with respect to the question of the desirability of issuances of the bonds* 4* This bill endangers all other County revenues and County functions in Clark County, Nevada• The Board of Supervisors is required to levy sufficient taxes to Insure the payment of princi­pal and interest obligations on the district bonds and in the event the constitutional tax limit is exceeded, the Board of Supervisors must allocate first to the district from the tax receipts suffi­cient money to meet the principal and interest obligations under the bonds* Our Land and Tax Agent advised me that the proposed budget for Clark County, Nevada this year requires taxes of $5*60 per $100*00 valuation to be collected to meet the proposed budget requirements* Xnasmueh as this is 60^ in excess of the present constitutional tax limit, it is obvious that the proposed County expenditures must be reduced and that any bill which would give a priority to the district upon the tax money of Clark County would be disastrous to the other County functions* 5* tinder the proposed bill the directors of the districts are given the power throughout the entire life of the dlstrlet to require the levying of taxes not only for the purposes of paying principal and Interest obligations on district bonds but also to pay maintenance and operation expenses. Xt is obvious that the directors of the dlstrlet are thue empowered to saddle upon the property owner and taxpayer a large share of the cost of furnish­ing water which should be paid fpr by the consumer in accordance with the amount of water consumed* Xf taxes should be used for sueh purposes, the tendency would be to penalise industry and other property owners within the dlstrlet* Although tionable to the Railroad Company, it is a factor in w hthiicsh iost heorbjec­property owners in the district are vitally interested* Mr* Charle i Mams, our Land and Tax Agent, advises me that the assessed valua­tion of the district is estimated at $37,000,000} of the Railroad property therein $2,500,000 and of LVL&WCo. property therein $482,000* Accordingly, the Railroad would bear about 7% and LVL&W Co* 1* 3* (so long as it continues to exist) of any texts levied by the district* - £* £• Bennett