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Newspaper clipping discussing petitions to create a water district in the Las Vegas valley and a map of the proposed district.
Story about a campaign to collect enough signatures to call an election for a vote on the creation of a water district for the Las Vegas valley.
Residents of the Las Vegas Valley were withdrawing water at the same rate as was being recharged.
Having received enough petition signatures, water district backers were moving on to the next step: a public meeting to discuss the issue.
Article describing how the Clark County Commission approved the petition to create a water district and set up plans for an election on the issue.
Clark County Commission set October 19, 1948 as the date for a vote on the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District