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(Continued From "Page 1) Vegas, to the slim margin in the Henderson area. - Tiie vote In the L‘as Vegas, - and Notth Las Vegas district ran better than 10 to one in l most precincts, with none fall-p ing under the nine-to-one mar­gin. if The voting for the candidates for directors of the district was .close in only a couple of spots. The tabulation of votes follows: ' District one: Harry M iller.................... .....3,028 Floyd Prowell ' €69 District two; ' Thomas Campbell Frank Strong.,..........z.... District three: Howard Cannon 1,784 James. Cashman ......... ......1'923 District four: William Coulthard Victor J flra tliff_.... ;-._..l,928j ^ District five: Ira J. ...... . E. O. Underhill ......I............:....1,842 - District six: S. L. Butterfield Nelson Conway ..i....'............... 967 H. C. Nickerson 749 -. - : District seven: John Bunch •...... ...1,863 John Stafford 1,734 Now that the water district, has been approved and the di­rectors named, the next steps will be to make a survey of the area to determine how much water will be needed to aug­ment the supply now in exist­ence, to study the condition of the present facilities in use both from Lake Mead to BMI and the facilities in Las Vegas, then,; , determine the cost of the over- ' all program and issue bond* for : Hie amount iecessary. ' It is expected that the survey' o f facilities will- take' .several tjnonths and it is,expected that. an -etigineering firm will-be retained i-t'o make the preliminary- studies and |prCseht' the, estimates to tlie tboard.