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53 WHEREAS, through the enforcement of this act the sum of approximately One Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($160,000.00) will be available to the County, of which Fifty (50) per cent will be available to the City of Las Vegas for street improvements, and, WHEREAS, tourists will provide approximately Seventy-five (75) per cent of the tax so levied and collected under the provisions of said act, and WHEREAS, many other governing bodies throughout the United States have resorted to similar taxation to provide their cities with funds for street and road improvements, and WHEREAS, under the provisions of this act the County Commissioners may decline to accept the tax provided by the act by the adoption of a resolution passed prior to the effective date of said act, NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas regular session that it respectfully urge and request the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Clark, Nevada, to adopt a resolution to accept the benefits of said act thus providing the necessary funds to enable the City of Las Vegas to improve its streets and reads as in said act provided, and be it further RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be spread on the minutes of this board, and a copy of said resolution be sent to the Board of Commissioners of the County of Clark, and the clerk of this board is so ordered to do. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Las Vegas, Nevada April 25, 1947 The Board of City Commissioners of Las Vegas, Nevada, met in recessed regular session, pursuant to due legal notice and call, at the regular meeting place of said Board in Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 25th day of April, 1947, at the hour of 2:00 P.M. The following members of teh Board of City Commissioners were present: E. W. Cragin Mayor R. Baskin _ Commissioner C. R. Clark Commissioner A. Corradetti Commissioner Also present: Helen Scott Reed City Clerk His Honor, E. W. Cragin, called the meeting to order and stated that in accordance with the provisions of a resolution passed by the Board of City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 7, 1947, that there had been published in full compliance with law, a notice advertising for sale $100,000.00 general obligation bonds, such notice of sale being as follows: