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    NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, County of Clark and State of Nevada, does hereby declare its determination to make certain public improvements by install­ing a complete street lighting system, on and along certain streets and parts of streets therein, by paving, curbing and guttering said streets and parts of streets, and by the installation of concrete sidewalks along both sides of said streets and parts of streets, to create a special assessment dis­trict therefor, and to defray the entire cost and expense thereof by special assessments made accord­ing to frontage against the owners and the assessable lots, premises and property specially benefited by such improvements and included within said district. Section 2. That the Board proposes to improve said streets and parts of streets by install­ing thereon a complete street lighting system including concrete pole bases, light standards, lumin­aires, and necessary wiping and attachments, and to pave said streets and parts of streets by grading and constructing thereon asphaltic concrete paving and by constructing on both sides of said streets and parts of streets concrete curbs, gutters and sidewalks, wherever said improvements are missing, including alley approaches, together with such appurtenances as may be required, as more particul­arly shown by the plats, diagrams and plans of the work and locality to be improved now on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Las Vegas. Section 3. That the streets and parts of streets which the Board proposes so to have im­proved, wherever such improvements are missing, are the following: All of South 17th Street from Charleston Boulevard to Carson Avenue; all of Spencer Street from Charleston Boulevard to Carson Avenue, and all of Carson Avenue from Spencer Street to a point 83 feet east of the center line of 17th Street. Section 4. That the special assessment district which it is proposed to create shall be designated Street Improvement Assessment District No. 100-3, and it shall include all the lots pre­mises and property, to the full depth of such, fronting, adjoining and abutting upon said streets and parts of streets. Section 5. That the City Clerk shall keep the plats, diagrams and plans of the work and locality to be improved, together with the estimates of the expense thereof, on file in her office for public inspection and examination. Section 6. That the Board of Commissioners of said City will meet at the City Hall in said City on Wednesday the 15th day of November, 1950, at the hour of 3: 30 o'clock, P.M., to hear and consider any suggestions and objections that may be made by parties in interest to the proposed improve­ments, or any matters relating thereto. Objections to said proposed improvements, or any matters relating thereto, may be filed in writing in the office of the City Clerk at any time prior to said meeting. Section 7. That the City Clerk shall give notice of the filing of said estimates, plats, diagrams, and plans with the City Clerk for examination, of the proposed improvement or work, of the. location of the improvement, of the district to be assessed, and of the time when the Board will meet and consider any suggestions and objections that may be made by parties in interest to the proposed improvements. Said notice shall be given by publication for at least two weeks in the Las Vegas Review Journal, a daily newspaper published in said City of Las Vegas every day each week except Saturday, by fourteen insertions therein, and at least fifteen days prior to said meeting by posting said notices in at least three public places in each ward and also by posting said notice in or near said post office of said City and by posting notices in three public places near the site of said proposed work. Said notice shall be in substantially the following form: NOTICE OF DETERMINATION AND INTENTION TO PAVE, CURB AND GUTTER CERTAIN STREETS AND PARTS THEREOF, AND INSTALLATION OF CONCRETE SIDEWALKS AND COMPLETE STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM, TO CREATE STREET IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 100-3, AND TO DEFRAY THE ENTIRE COST BY SPECIAL ASSESS­MENTS, AND OF THE HEARING THEREON. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on October 25th, 1950, the Board of Commissioners and Mayor of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, adopted and approved an ordinance declaring the Board's determination to make certain public improvements by installing thereon a complete street lighting system includ­ing concrete pole bases, light standards, luminaires, and necessary wiring and attachments, and to pave said streets and parts of streets by grading and constructing thereon asphaltic concrete pav­ing and by constructing on both sides of said streets and parts of streets concrete curbs, gutters and sidewalks, wherever said improvements are missing, including alley approaches, together with such appurtenances as may be required, to create a special assessment district designated Street Improvement Assessment District No. 100-3 thereof, and to defray the entire cost and expense thereof by special assessments made according to frontage against the owners and the assessable lots, pre­mises and property specially benefited by such improvements and included within said district. The streets and parts of streets so proposed to be improved are: All of South 17th Street from Charleston Boulevard to Carson Avenue; all of Spencer Street from Charleston Boulevard to Carson Avenue, and all of Carson Avenue from Spencer Street to a point 83 feet east of the center line of 17th Street. Street Improvement Assessment District No. 100-3 shall include all the lots, premises and property to the full depth of such, fronting, adjoining and abutting upon said street. Said ordinance adopted and approved October 25th, 1950, and the plats, diagrams and plans of the work and locality to be improved, together with the estimates of the expense thereof, are on file for public inspection and examination in the office of the City Clerk of Las Vegas, Nevada, and all persons interested are hereby referred to the same for further information. Said Board of Commissioners will meet at the City Hall at the corner of Stewart and Fifth Streets in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 15th day of November, 1950, at 3:30 o'clock, P.M., to hear and consider any suggestions and objections that may be made by parties in interest to the proposed improvements, or any matters relating thereto. Objections to said proposed improvements, or any matters relating thereto, may be filed in writing in the office of the City Clerk at any time prior to said meeting. Unless the owners of more than one-half of the frontage to be assessed shall file written objections thereto, such work shall be ordered.