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    162 SALARY SCALE Commissioner Moore moved that pursuant to the recommendation of the City Manager, the annual increases in monthly payroll scales heretofore es­tablished September 21, 1946 be abolished as of this date. Motion seconded by Commissioner Whipple and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Baskin, Clark, Moore, Whipple and His Honor voting aye. Noes, none. COMPLAINT RE. LAS A Petition signed by many property owners near the las Vegas Hospital VEGAS HOSPITAL relative to refuse disposal was read to the Board and referred to the City Manager for handling. PLANNING COMMISSION The following recommendation of the Planning Commission relative to land use RECOMMENDATIONS for the Clark County Juvenile home was presented to the Board for their consideration: "This is to advise you that on October 28, 1947, at a regular meeting of the Joint Planning Commission the location to erect the Clark County Juvenile Home was considered and approved. This proposed location is immediately south of and adjacent to the existing Clark County Road Department and yards on the east side of Shadow Street, approximately one-fourth mile north of West Charleston Boulevard." Thereafter Commissioner Moore moved that the foregoing recommendation 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. R/W SHADOW STREET Commissioner Whipple moved that the recommendation of the Planning Commission relative to right of way on Shadow Street be referred to the City Manager for handling. Motion seconded by Commissioner Clark and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Baskin, Clark, Moore, Whipple and His Honor voting aye. Noes, none. SUBDIVISION: WESTSIDE Commissioner Moore moved that the Board approve the recommendation of the PART TRACT #1. Tentat- Planning Commission of September 19, 1947, relative to Westside Park ive Map. Tract #1 of tentative map, together with the amendment thereto dated November 6, 1947, now on file and of record in the City Clerk's Office. Motion seconded by Commissioner Clark and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Baskin, Clark, Moore, Whipple and His Honor voting aye. Noes, none. OUTPOST MOTEL In accordance with the opinion of the City Attorney, Commissioner Moore ENCROACHMENT moved that the request of Mr. Clark relative to his permit for the encroachment of a building, now occupied by the Out Post Motel at 1600 South Fifth, upon public streets be denied on the ground that the city has no authority to grant such a permit. Motion seconded by Commissioner Whipple and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Baskin, Clark, Moore, Whipple and His Honor voting aye. Noes, none. GAMING APPLICATIONS The following gaming applications were presented to the Board for their consideration: Frontier Club, 117 Fremont. A. F. Schelland 1 slot Tivoli Tavern, 126 N. 1st. Sam Taylor & Sam Jones 1 slot 5th St. Variety Store, 727 So. 5th. Gordon Potter 2 slots Overland Arcade, 4 Fremont. Paul W. Warner 2 slots Commissioner Moore moved that the above applications be approved. Motion seconded by Commissioner Clark and carried by the following vote: Com­missioners Baskin, Clark, Moore, Whipple and His Honor voting aye. Noes, none. STREET DANCE Commissioner Clark moved that the request of the Disabled American Veterans DISABLED WAR VETS Chapter #11 for permission to hold a New Years Eve Street Dance between 1st and 2nd Streets be granted. Motion seconded by Commissioner Baskin and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Baskin, Clark, Moore, Whipple and His Honor voting aye. Noes, none. ORDINANCE #340 An Ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE EMPOWERING, AUTHORIZING, AND DIRECTING ADOPTION THE EX-OFFICIO CITY ASSESSOR OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS, COUNTY OF CLARK, STATE OF NEVADA, TO LEVY A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT TO DEFRAY THE COST OF MAKING CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS BY GRADING FOR AND SURFACING CERTAIN STREETS AND PORTIONS OF STREETS IN THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS ACCORDING TO THE PLATS, DIAGRAMS AND ESTIMATES OF COST THEREOF ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS, DESCRIBING DEFINITELY THE LOCATION OF SAID IMPROVEMENTS, STATING THE AMOUNT OF SAID ASSESSMENT AND DESCRIBING AND DESIGNATING THE LOCALITY CONSTITUTING THE DISTRICTS TO BE ASSESSED ACCORDING TO BENEFITS, AND OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO.", was read to the Board for a second time, Thereafter, Commissioner Clark moved that the foregoing Ordinance be adopted on its second reading. Motion seconded by Commissioner Moore and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Baskin, Clark, Moore, Whipple and His Honor voting aye. Noes, none. EMERGENCY LOAN It being found necessary to transfer certain funds in the City's Budget, Commissioner Clark moved that the following Notice of Intention to Act on a Resolution Authorizing an Emergency Loan be published, in the Las Vegas Evening Review Journal for one time. Commissioner the motion which was carried by the following vote: Commissioners Baskin, Clark, Moore, Whipple and His Honor voting aye. Noes, none. NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ACT ON RESOLUTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That on the 26th day of November, 1947, at the hour of 9:30 A.M, of said day, the Board of Commissioners of the City of las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, will, in the Commissioners' Room at the City Hall in the War Memorial Building at Stewart Avenue and Fifth Street in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, act upon a resolution reciting the character of the necessity for and authorizing a temporary emergency loan in the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Two Hundred Eighteen Dollars and Seventy-five Cents ($119,218.75) for the purpose of securing a transfer of said sum from the unappropriated surplus monies in the Police Station Construction Fund for the purpose of retiring an emergency loan, previously authorized by said Board according to law for the completion of the construction of the Police Station of said City, for which no appropriation was made in the 1947 Budget; Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) by a transfer of said sum from the surplus monies in the Street Department Salaries Account of the General Fund to meet expenses for which no appropriation was made in the 1947 Budget; Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) by a transfer of said sum from the surplus monies in the Airports Account of the General Fund to the Motor Vehicles Account of the General Fund to meet expenses for which no appropriation was made in the 1947 Budget; Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) by a transfer of said sum from the surplus monies in the Airports Account of the General Fund to the Sewage Disposal Account of the General Fund to meet expenses for which no appropriation was made in the 1947 Budget; and One Thousand Two Hundred Eighteen Dollars and Seventy-five Cents ($1,218.75) by a transfer os said sum from the surplus monies in the Airports Account of the General Fund to the Swimming Pool Bond Interest and Redemption Fund for the purpose of paying accrued interest on the las Vegas 1947 Swimming Pool Bonds, Series A, for which no appropriation was made in the 1947 Budget. By Order of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada. Dated this 8th day of November, 1947. City Clerk and Clerk of the Board of Commissioners of the City of (SEAL) Las Vegas.