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Legal Notices NOTICE O F SPECIAL ELECTION AN D REGISTRATION To the qualified electors of the territory created as The Las Vegas Valley Water District by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of Clark County adopted'on August 30, 1948: You are hereby notified that an election will be held in The Las Vegas Vallgy Water .District on October 19, 1948/ pursuant to the - provisions of the following resolution adopted by the Board of County Commisisoners on October 4, 1948, RESOLUTION calling an election to be held in The Las Veghs Valley Water District for the purpose of confirming the organization of said District and electing directors. therefor. WHEREAS, at a meeting held on August 30, 1948, the Board of Commissioners of Clark County adopted a resolution entitled “Resolution Greeting The Las /Vegas Valley -Water District,” pursuant to the provisions „of Chapter 167 of the/ Statutes of Nevada, -19 47; and WHEREAS, it is required .by the 'provisions of Chapter' 167 aforesaid, that an election be called by the . Board of County Commissioners for the purpose of submitting to , the | properly .qualified electors of the Dis- | trict the question of confirming the I act of the Board , in organizing the \ District and for the purpose, of elect-, ving directors to serve as the first k Board of Directors of the District; |ahd . I f. WHEREAS, the aforesaid resolution I | divided the District into seven divisions for election purposes, each which division corresponds .With a duly con- | stituted election precinct in Clark I County; t NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Re- f solved by thej*Board of County Com- I missioners of Clark County, Nevada, | as follows: Section 1. That a special election | shall be held in The Las Vegas. Valley | Water District on October 19, 1948/ at I which election there shall be^vsub- I mitted to the properly qualified eiec- I tors of the District the following I proposition: I “ Shall the action of the Board of 1 County' Commissioners of Clark County, Nevada,* on August 30, a 1948, creating The Las Vegas Val- j ley Water District be confirmed j and shall said District as created $ by said resolution of the Board i of County Commissioners be or- ] ganized under the provisions of | Chapter 167,; Statutes of Nevada, 1947?” Section 2. That at said election the t properly qualified electors of the District shall elect one.director- for said District from each of the seven divisions into which the_ District was divided by the aforesaid resolution of the Board of County Commissioners, and that for such purpose the names of the following- persons shall be submitted to the electors: Division Number D j- ... 4 Harry Mijler Floyd Prowell Division Number Thomas A. Campbell Frank Strong Division Number III— Howard Cannon James Cashman ' Division Number VI— ' > William G. Coulthard ' Victor Shurtliff Division Number V— Ira J. Earl E. O. Underhill Division Number VI— l - S. L. Butterfield Nelson Conway H. Qj. Nickerson g Division NumJobhenlf vYWSuIn—ch John StaffQ£<f Section 34. That the ballots to be used at said election* shall conform in all respects with- the requirements imposed by the general laws of Nevada for election ballots,, including particularly Section 2473, Nevada Compiled Laws, 1929, and that there shall appear on each ballot, the for lowing/ v / .— ~—r— ?----- - 1. YES PROPOSITION . Shall the action of the Board of 'County1/, Commissioners of Clark County, Nevada, on August JWater 30, 1948, creating District The Las Vegas Valley Water Dis- !'trict be confirmed . and shall said District as created by said resolution pf Water the Board of Coun- District ty Commissioners be organized under NO . . the provisions of Chapter 167, Statutes of Nevada, 1947? . ' ' NOTICE TO VOTERS: .To vote in favor of the above proposition place a cross (X) in the square after-,the word “YES” . To’ vote - against jig place a Similar mark § after the word “NO” . CANDIDATES FOR DIRECTORS <Vote for one in each division) |g m ? DIVISION NUMBER I— r f ! I ? ; ; Miller, Harry . . • Pro well, Floyd . « DIVISION NUMBER II— > r " Campbell, Thomas A. l Q f. 'v' Strong, Frank . . . .. D iv is io n n u m b e r m — ? /^Cannon, Howard . »- 4 Cashman, James . • | M DIVISION NUMBER IV ’ Coulthard, William G. : ? ! V :§hurtliff, Victor >7 DIVISION NUMBER Y— Earl,; Ira / L -. •>- , > tjuderhill,'1 "EL O; ? '•'zv . DIVlboN N U >IB ER 'TW n'' . Bbttcrf ie^i,;S>' L»; '^-7.. ’ 'Conway,'; --•/ \ | , v. Nickerson, H. C ./ y -I S - DIVISION NUMBER V IL - i m . ;y;'/'Stafford, Jbhn. . NOTICBTD'VOTERS: Onediyec- ; tea; is to be elected from each of divisions. ,.P4e^^b- indi-s cate/'our' ‘b)ioice~of dueettjr.' f or . each tdiviaioji^'•?By placing a cross (X) in the sijjjare after the name of the- person for wQthm yduwish | to vote for d irector; t o t each surjh division. Vote foroiUyeonp person in otich-division. .- Sebtkw -4C That the qualifyWiphs! of the, voters-.fo'.- said election shall i gg those presyrtbed byr the Cofistitu- [ tion toffvLawAbl the State of Nevada: ; and .'Chapter 167 aCdre> said. ..Only property registered voters: may rote at the election and the^genv. erid laws of-Nsvada pertainihg. tb registration -shall be applicable. , . I; ; Section • £,?»?.That the polls at said election 'shall 'he opened in each tire-; cinct. at 8: 00"b’olock in the forenoon' and- Shall. coiiOnuc open Until 6:00 in theaiternoon. , . .tSeCtiPU 6.’» That 'said election shall he held -in the seven divisions of the District crewed by the aforesaid resolution adopted by the Board of County Commissioners on August tbl, 1948, Which divisions, voting places and registry agents and election officials, shall he as follows: Division: V - Division-Number I (County 1’ rec.inct Number:- , North Das Vegas and Vegas Heights) Voting Place:! : North Las Vegas Fire ^Station (NLV N o ,,3) Registry Agent: Opal Tucker Flection Offlelals: CatherineiiPrisiwold, Inspector ElizabetffiM. Combs, Inspector Elsie DpiMldson, Inspector Grape' Annabel, Clerk Phil Carson, Clerk "e«ar .ulldfag. a,jr ^arJori6i/^U’,ihiPkS,o,ii0,/.ct^o rPej,ctor -i- Division: v ' Division Number III (Couhty Precinct' Numbers:- Las Vegae Precincts Nos. 1. 5. 13. 24, 25 and 10) .Voting Place: War Memorial Building I (LV No. 24) I Registry Agent : I- Bernard Garren ? Election Officials: Nellie Feour, Inspector Mary S. Sterling, Inspector I , Emma Clark, Inspector Alice Alldredgo.w Clerk Della Wittwer, tC lerk ? Division: Division Nufeiber IV (County vprecinct^Numbers: Las Vegas Preoiiiets Nos. 22, 28. I 21, 29,h 14: ;and 15) I Voting Place’:^ m : . j Herb Waldmkn Motor Co. I (LV No. 29) ? / I Registry Agent: I Adelaide McLaughlen I Election Officials' Frances Farnsworth, Inspector !-i ‘Gladys St. Jolm, Inspector Minnie O. Sewell, inspector . Marian Bunker,- Clerk * Della Capen, Clerk - I Division: "Division Number/V : (County .Precinct Numbers: Las Vegas Precincts Nos. 2, I 6, 7, 19 and 20) I Voting Place: •: I :oJCatholic Recreation Hall Reg^try Agent? Arthur A. 'Phillips El^ctio nvOfficials: Emma Sf./Schuyler, Inspector Bernard McDonald, Inspector Agnes Kile, Inspe'Ctor Katherine: Hickey, ‘ Clerk Birdie Whipple, Clerk J W I Division: ? Division Number VI (County Precinct Numbers7: • Las. Vegas. Precincts^Nos. 12,. 17 18, 26, 27, 31 and Paradise ^alley and Sunrise Acres) Voting Place: RoSevear's .Paint Shop (LV No. ' 18). Registry Agent: , Christina" Neagle Election Officials: Margaret Fennell, Inspector Vesta Purdy, Inspector . RoSalqe Burr, Inspector Ila Thompson, Clerk • Vivienne Lundquist, Clerk • 3, 4/ /Division: ^Division Nuniber VTI ^ (County Precinct Numbers: Henderson,. Carver; Victory, Whitney and Pittman) Voting Place: . Language Room, Basic School (Henderson No. 2) Re^s'try Agent: „ ^Mercedes Wilhite .Election Officials:N -; Mercedes Wilhite, Inspector Mary Foster, Inspector Edith Spra%ue, Inspector Roy Ellis, Clerk;' \. Bertie Heher, Clerk 1