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% adequate to carry out any agreement as to, or pledge of, the revenues produced by such rates or charges, and to require such district and such board to carry out *? any other covenants and agreements with such bond holder and to perform its and their duties under this act. (2) By action or suit in equity to enjoin any acts or things which may be ’ unlawful or a violation of the rights of such bond holder. (3) By action or suit in equity to require such authority to act as if it were the trustees of an express trust for such bond holder. (4) By suit, action, or proceeding in court exercising equitable jurisdiction to obtain the appointment of a receiver of the enterprise in which the district is^ engaged or any part or parts thereof, who may enter and take possession of such utility or any part or parts thereof, including all property, land, property rights, easements, and other adjuncts of the utility, and such receiver may operate and maintain the same, and collect and receive all revenues thereafter arising therefrom in the same manner as such district itself might do, and shall deposit all such moneys in a separate account or accounts and apply the same in accordance with the obligations of such district as the court shall direct. SEC. 18. The board of county commissioners of Clark County shall advance such funds to such district as may be necessary to pay the preliminary organization, admini­stration, and engineering costs thereof, including bond elections as provided in section 16 of this act, on such terms of repayment as may be agreed upon, and said county is hereby authorized to declare an emergency and secure necessary funds in the manner now provided by law authorizing short-term loans. As amended, Stats., 1949, 214. Sec. 3. Section 19 of the above entitled act, being section 8254*19, 1929 N. C. L., 1949 Supp., is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 19. 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 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. There is hereby granted to said district the right to own and operate its \ water distribution system within the boundaries of any municipal corporation lying \ wholly or partly within the boundaries of the district, and no franchise tax shall be \ payable for such privilege, but it shall be the duty of the district to install and \ operate its properties and facilities within the boundaries of such municipal corpor- \ ation in such manner as to cause a minimum of inconvenience, and it shall further be the duty of the district, where such facilities are installed in the public streets and alleys of any such municipal corporation, to restore the surface of such streets and alleys to as good condition as they were prior to such installation. Since the water district, for the creation of which provision is herein made, is created for the purpose of supplying its inhabitants with water as a public and municipal function, all property of the district shall be exempt from taxes by the State of Nevada and the political subdivision thereof, and the bonds issued by the district and the income therefrom shall also be exempt from taxation in this state. Said district and the Colorado river commission are hereby authorized to enter into such leases and agreements with each other for short or long terms as may be considered mutually desirable in order to carry out the purposes of this act, and any such agreement or agreements may specifically, but without limitation, grant to said district the right to take from the Colorado river all water not heretofore otherwise appropriated to which the State of Nevada may be entitled and to purchase from the Colorado river commission a.11 or any part of the water of the Colorado river which * is under the jurisdiction of said commission and which has not heretofore been alloc­ated to or appropriated by other users. As amended, Stats., 1949, 215, and Stats., 1951. ' SEC. 20. That the power of eminent domain herein granted may be exercised in the ma.nnp.i- provided by Nevada Compiled Laws 1929, sections 9153 to 9176, inclusive, as amended or supplemented, or any law hereafter enacted for that purpose. Such power of eminent domain is hereby specifically made to include the right to condemn for the purposes of the district any existing water system and the franchise thereof, whether or not such existing water system may lie, in whole or in part, within the boundaries of any municipal corporation; provided, that the power of eminent domain herein specified shall not include the right to condemn any existing water system or the - 1 0 -