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cTrr.TTON TI: PR O PO SED W A T E R U TILITY t1 Viot*p-fnTp tVis estim a tes ^ f r a p o l t ^ t l a d t r t o ^ b e r r L a s V egas cu sto m e rs plus 10%. 2 03. F un ction o£ the Las V egas W ater D is tr ic t as a co n tro l a gen cy. In co op era te with i m - g f —9 . under ground a rtesia n b asin . The in trod u ctory statem ent c o n ta in e d m the 195 the N evada W ater Law su m m a rizes the p o sitio n of E ngineer in con n ection with the ad m in istration of that law . -T h e o ffic e of the State E ngineer was cre a te d b y le g is ­lative A ct in 1903, p r im a r ily fo r the p u rp ose of p r o ­viding a statu tory m ethod of determ in ing and regulating IxttfnS w ater rig h ts. In 1905 the L e g isla tu re p rov id ed a statu tory m ethod b y w hich future w ater righ ts cou ld be a cq u ired and p e r fe c te d b y app lication E ngineer fo r p e r m is s io n to app rop riate and apply w ater to b e n e ficia l u se. "T h e orig in a l W ater Law has had m any am endm ents sin ce “ .e n a c tm e n t as a re su lt of needs m ade evident b y its ap p lica tion . The re su lt has b een that our Wate L aw is now a d m ira b ly adopted to conditions in N evada, and has b een d e cla re d con stitu tion al in its | S g p y d e cisio n s re n d e re d b y the Suprem e C ou rt of N eva . ??The statu tory p ro ce d u re fo r adjudicating v ested w ater rig h ts (righ ts that w ere initiated p r io r to M a rch , « is set fo rth in the W ater Law fr o m s e ctio n 18 to s e ct 36, in clu siv e . "S in ce 1905 the on ly le g a l m ethod to app rop riate the of th il State was that is , b y filin g an app lication with th| ® T c e r t lin pur - WIn B — ? section s 59 to 74 of the W ater L a w .' , 4-v.o authoritv to regu late the usage of The State E ngineer has th e a u * the State E ngineer w ater and to p reven t its w a ste. B y co o p e ra ti g aBen cy , can w ork the L a s V ega s V a lle y W ater D is tr ict, a s a g P H B M as a w hole tow ard elim in ation of w aste and m o re e fficie n t use ot tne fo r the b en efit o f the p eop le. -1 3 -