Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, June 22, 1911 to February 7, 1922, lvc000001-137

Office of the City Clerk Las Vegas, Nevada April 1st, A.D. 1914. At a regular meeting of the Board of City Commissioners in and for the City of Las Vegas Nevada, County of Clark, held on the 1st, day of April A.D. 1914. Present Hon. W.E. Hawkins Mayor, E.E. Griffith, J.B. Curtiss, and Commissioners Sullivan, Commissioner E.E. Smith being absent minutes of the last regular and adjourned meetings read and approved as read. Reports of officers read and approved as read, all claims against the City of Las Vegas Nevada allowed as per claim book on filed with the Clerk of this Board. At this G.A. Case Municipal Judge of the City of Las Vegas Nevada appeared before the Board and asked for a leave of absence for a term of three or four weeks whereupon motion being duly made and carried it was ordered that said request be granted and that the City Clerk be and is hereby instructed to notify Justice of the peace H.M. Lillis to act in his stead during the absence of the said Municipal Judge G.A. Case. At this time the Ladles composed of the Cemetery Committee appeared before the Board and made and verbal report of the Condition of the Cemetery matter and asked the Board for an sum of $200.00 to be devoted to the Cemetery fund whereupon motion being duly made and carried it was ordered that the sum of $200.00 be and the same is hereby transferred to the cemetery fund out of the general fund of the City of Las Vegas Nevada. At this time the Clerk presented to the Board the application of John Medine for a retail liquor establishment in block 16 of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada whereupon motion by Commiss­ioner Griffith and seconded by Commissioners Curtiss and duly carried it was ordered that said application be denied upon the ground that their is a sufficient number of saloon licenses issued for the year 1914 in said block 16 as has been so declared by this Board at an previous meeting of said Board, the vote upon said resolution being as follows towit:- commissioner Griffith, aye, Commissioner, Curtiss, aye, Commissioner, Sullivan No., and his honor the Mayor voting aye. The Clerk then presented to the Board the application of Alonzo Snipes and Fred Davidson for a retail saloon license in block 16 of the City of Las Vegas Nevada, whereupon motion by Commissioner Griffith and seconded by Commissioner Griffith and duly carried it was ordered that said application be denied upon the grounds that their are a sufficient number of retail saloon licenses issued for the year 1914 in said block as has been so declared by this Board at an previous meeting of said Board, the vote upon said resolution being as follows towit: Commissioners Griffith, aye, Curtiss, aye, Sullivan No. and his honor the Mayor W.E. Hawkins voting aye. The Clerk then presented to the Board the application of John F. Miller and Al James for a retail liquor license on ground floor of the Nevada Hotel Mining Company's building corner of Fremont and Main street in said City, whereupon motion being duly made and carried it was ordered that said application be denied upon the grounds that their are a sufficient number of retail saloon licenses issued for the year 1914 in the City of Las Vegas Nevada. the vote upon said resolution being as follows towit:- Commissioners, Griffith, aye, Curtiss, aye, Sullivan aye, and his honor the Mayor W.E. Hawkins voting aye. The Clerk then read a letter from J.H. Ladd of the City of Las Vegas Nevada requesting the Board the pay for certain land that the City streets of the City of Las Vegas pass over at the present time setting forth that the said City had failed compensate him for use of said street whereupon motion being duly made and carried it was ordered that the Clerk of this Boar be and is hereby instructed to write to said J.H. Ladd and ascertain his proposition in the matter. At this time the Clerk read before the Board a petition for a sidewalk on the East side of First street between the street of Fremont to Stewart street in said City whereupon motion