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V U S VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL Survey Expected In Near Future Thi Las Vegas valley water | district commissioners, at their] first active^meeting Friday night, took steps to get'the'project under way and it is expected that an engineering firm will be selected within the next month or so to start'work on the survey of the area. Harry E. Miller, chairman of the board, reported that a $10,000 loan from the county had been,' received and that the commissioners now were ready to start active work on the project. He, said that several engineering, firms had submitted proposals' i for the survey and that the first [task facing the board would be] ; to select the firm to do this work. Among the firms submitting .pro- , posals was one local group, Miller ]: said;' It is the plan of the commis- j sion to call all of the engineering outfits iiito conference^ with the ; i commissioners; receive their proposals and then select the one, ' which the commissioners believe ' will do the best job. Under the present plans, the firms will 'e -called in, one at a time and probably two each evening, until all of the agencies,have/been interviewed. Then the choice will be made, Miller said. It is hoped, he said, that the job can be, i cleaned up in two weeks after .the first i firm is invited in. There was much discussion I over the validity of the water1 ] district act and there was a feeling that some of the sections of [the act should be clarified and j strengthened, Miller said. Toward jthat end, the commissioners will] [confer with the Clark county ' legislative delegation in the near ! future with a view .toward ag-j i complishing this. ffe 1 Calvin Corey, representing the ' Union Pacific railroad, attended j the meeting and reported to the ] commissioners that he had informed the railroad company that, the act i was constitutional and tion system in the city of Las | Vegas, Miller said. P u b l i s h e d JftN16 1.849 that he was - certain that the board had the authority to dicker with the railroad company, for, purchase of the present distribu- |