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CALL OF SPECIAL MEETING TO: Helen Scott Reed City Clerk City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada A Special Meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas is hereby called to be held in the Commissioner’s room in the City Clerk’s Office on Tuesday, the 11th day of August, 1942, at 3:30 P. M., to act upon and consider the following business: 1. The application for rental of land to Clark’s Greater Shows. 2. The matter of lease between the City of Las Vegas and the Western Air Express. 3. The matter of the purchase of Signal street lights. 4. The matter of the purchase of maps for the city planning board. HOWELL C. GARRISON _______ Mayor of the City of Las Vegas. NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING. TO: Howell C. Garrison, Mayor Pat Clark, A. P. Rubidoux, A. F. Smith, Sr., and M. C. Tinch, Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada. YOU AND EACH OF YOU TAKE NOTICE: that pursuant to a call this day issued by the Mayor of the City of Las Vegas, a special meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas is hereby called to be held in the Commissioner’s Room in the City Clerk’s office, on Tuesday, August 11th, 1942 at 3:30 P.M., to consider and act upon the following: 1. The application for rental of land to Clark’s Greater Shows. 2. The matter of lease between the City of Las Vegas and the Western Air Express. 3. The matter of the purchase of Signal street lights. 4. The matter of the purchase of maps for the city planning board. You will govern yourselves accordingly. _____Grace R. Bowman. Deputy City Clerk. ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICE We, the undersigned Mayor and Commissiohers of the City of Las Vegas hereby admit due notice of the foregoing notice of special meeting. M. C Tinch_______________________ A. F. Smith, Sr.___________________ Commissioner Commissioner Pat Clark_________________________ A. P. Rubidoux__________________ Commissioner Commissioner Minutes of a special meeting of the Board of City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, held at 4:15 P.M., on Wednesday, August 11, 1942 with the following members present: Mayor Garrison, Commissioners Clark, Rubidoux, Smith and Tinch. Deputy City Clerk, Grace R. Bowman, and acting city attorney, Marion B. Earl. Absent: none. Motion by Commissioner Clark to purchase three additional signal lights to be installed at the following locations: 6th & Fremont, 8th & Fremont and 11th & Fremont. Motion seconded by Commissioner Smith and carried by the following vote. Commissioners Clark, Rubidoux, Smith, Tinch and His Honor voting aye. Noes, none. Commissioner Smith moved that the lease between the city of Las Vegas and the Western Air Express be dated as of August 1, 1942 and that said lease be released from escrow. Motion seconded by Comm. Clark. Voting Aye: Commissioners Clark, Rubidoux, Smith and Tinch and His Honor Mayor Howell C. Garrison. Voting no, none. Commissioner Tinch moved that the signal lights to be installed on Fremont be purchased from the Econolite Corporation, 3517 W Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, California at an approximate cost of $311.95. Motion seconded by Commissioner Smith and carried by the following vote. Commissioners Clark, Rubidoux, Smith, Tinch and His Honor voting aye. Noes, none. Motion made by Commissioner Tinch that the Clark’s Greater Shows be allowed to rent the ground adjoining the City Park for the sum of $100 per month, and a further charge of $5.00 per day for each ride in operation by said show, also a mercantile license for operating a lunch and candy booth. Motion seconded by Commissioner Smith and carried by the following vote. Commissioners Clark, Rubidoux, Smith, Tinch and His Honor voting aye. Noes, none. Mr. C. G. Petrie, Planning Engineer brought up the matter of the purchase of a new city map. After discussing the matter Commissioner Clark moved that Mr. Petrie be allowed the sum of $75 for the purchase of materials for maps, negatives, prints, reductions and other matter necessary for base maps for the Planning Commission. Motion Seconded by Commissioner Rubidoux and carried by the following vote. Commissioners Clark, Rubidoux, Smith, Tinch and His Honor voting aye. Noes, none. Thereafter the meeting adjourned.