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These developments gave considerable impetus to the plans of the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce, as expressed in our agreement. The in­tervention of the State to implement the conservation of these assets to the State will place the supply of -water in friendly and sympathetic hands and will be of incalculable benefit to the orderly development of the proposed Water District. At about the same time the United States Army announced plans for a permanent Base at Las Vegas.- They also were concerned about the water supply for their installation. They have proceeded to make plans, based on the ob­vious intention of the people of the area to do something about the water supply and will undoubtedly be large customers for water. In the light of these developments, and with the favorable preliminary report of the engineers in hand, and with enabling legislation on the Statute Books, the following recommendations are made and strongly urged for adoption as a comprehensive water program. It is recommended that steps be taken: 1. To immediately form a Water District under-the new enabling law and to organize and place the same in operation, 2. To exercise the authority of the District to conserve the arte­sian water supply of the District for use and application to the interests of the District as a whole, 3. To authorize and finance a comprehensive engineering study of all factors involved in supplementing the water supply of the Valley with water from Lake Mead for domestic, industrial and irrigation use, in order to plan the construction of and to utilize the necessary works to accomplish the same. U, To negotiate for the purchase by the District of the present water procurement and distribution system now owned by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company at the most favorable terms possible, as a nucleus, now on an operating basis, of the District’s water procurement &nd distributing facili­ties. - 3-