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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 F S H T I O S To the Board of County Commissionera of Clark County, Nevada* The undersigned owners of real property in ths following described territory hereby present this petition to your board end represent end petition as fellows* 1* Aotiag pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 167 of the lees of Nevada, 1947, we pray ths Board of County Commissioners to establish a eater district in Clark County to be known as "The las Vegas Volley Water District,* 8, We petition that tha boundaries of said district shall be as follows* As shown on the map attached hereto, marked Exhibit A and by this referenoe made a part hereof* 0* W* eeriify that all of the territory contained within the abore described boundaries lies in the las Vegas Vsl ley, 4, We petition that said district be created for the following purposes* i» To acquire by lease, purchase, gift or otherwise, the lands* water rights, wells, water systems, properties, pipe lines, pumping plants, water facilities and all other properties neoessary to ths supplying of water for domestic and irrigation purposes, to the inhabitants of las Vegas Valley, as shown by map attached Loreto* and to distribute and furnish said water to the inhabitants of las Vegas Valley upon such tens# and conditions as shall, In the opinion flf ths governing board of the proposed water district, beet serve ths Interests of ths inhabitants of Las Vegas Valley* b* To do any and all things mentionsd and stated in Section 1, Chapter 167, of the 1947 Statutes of ths State of JSrrada. o. To do apy and all things necessary and proper to ths accomplish­ment and advancement of the aforementioned purposes* 6* We oertify that the signers of this petition constitute not less than 6 per oest of the owners of areal property within the boundaries of s aid proposed district as evidenced by the current tax roll of Clark County, as prepared by the county assessor of said county*