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Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, January 7, 1947 to October 26, 1949, lvc000006-195

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175 A Special Meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas is hereby called to be held in the office of the Mayor at the War Memorial Building on Monday, December 15, 1947 at the hour of 3:30 P. M. to act upon the following business: 1. The appointment of a Chief of Police 2. Carpenter Case. E. w. Cragin_______ Mayor NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING TO: E. W. CRAGIN, Mayor and to C. R. Clark, R. T. Baskin, R. T. Moore, Reed Whipple, Commissioners; and J. M. Murphy, City Manager of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada. You and each of you will please take notice that pursuant to a call this day issued by Mayor Cragin, a Special Meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, will be held in the office of the Mayor, at the War Memorial Building, 5th & Stewart Streets, on December 15, 1947 at the hour of 3:30 P.M. to act upon the following business: 1. The appointment of a Chief of Police 2. Carpenter case. Helen Scott Reed_________ City Clerk ACCEPTANCE OF NOTICE We, the undersigned, Mayor, Commissioners and City Manager of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, do hereby admit due service of the foregoing Notice of Special Meeting. E. W. Cragin Pat Clark Bob Baskin Reed Whipple Robert T. Moore J. M. Murphy Meeting called to order at the hour of 3:30 P.M. by His Honor Mayor E. W. Cragin with the follow ng members present: Commissioners Baskin, Clark, Moore, Whipple; City Manager J. M. Murphy; City Clerk Helen Scott Reed and City Attorney, C. Norman Cornwall. CHIEF OF POLICE Commissioner Baskin moved that the recommendation of the City Manager that APPOINTED Mr. Robert Francis Malburg be appointed Chief of Police of the City of Las Vegas effective as of this date, at a salary of $400 per month, be approved. Motion seconded by Commissioner Whipple and carried by the follow­ing vote: Commissioners Baskin, Clark, Moore, Whipple and His Honor voting aye. Noes, none. CARPENTER CASE Commissioner Moore moved that the matter of the Carpenter case, now ready for trial in the District Court, be referred to the City Manager to see if it cannot be worked out in compliance with law, in an amicable manner. Motion seconded by Commissioner Baskin, Clark, Moore, Whipple and His Honor voting aye. Noes, none. There being no further business to come before this special meeting, the meeting adjourned. ATTEST: City Clerk Mayor APPROVED: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA December 22, 1947 At a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, held in the Commissioners Council Chamber in the War Memorial Building at 2:00 o'clock p.m., on Monday the 22nd day of December, 1947, there were present: Mayor E. W. Cragin Commissioner R. T. Baskin Commissioner Robert T. Moore Commissioner C. R. Clark Commissioner Reed Whipple Also present: City Clerk Helen Scott Reed Absent: None The meeting was called to order by the Mayor. Thereupon the following proceedings, among others, were had and taken, to-wit: Commissioner Clark introduced the following ordinance in writing, which was read in its entirety, and moved its adoption: