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    541 RESOLUTION NO. 155 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS RELATING TO RENT CONTROL whereas, the attached petition to decontrol rente in the City of Las Vegas was filed with the City Council of this City on the 5th day of August, 1949; and, WHEREAS, such petition, on its face, recited facts sufficient to require the City Council of the City of Las Vegas to call a public hearing to consider decontrolling rents; and, WHEREAS, the attached notice of the date, time, place and purpose of such public hearing was published three (3) times in the Las Vegas Evening Review Journal, a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the City of Las Vegas on the 12th, 19th, and 22nd days of August, 1949; and, WHEREAS, the City of Las Vegas held a public hearing at the time, date, and place for the purpose set forth in such notice of publication; and, WHEREAS, at such public hearing all interested persons were given a reasonable opportunity to be heard, with the right to be represented by counsel; and, WHEREAS, a transcript of the record of such public hearing (and the exhibits attached thereto) comprise the entire record upon which this finding and resolution are based and a certified copy of such record is attached hereto; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Las Vegas, having duly considered all of the evidence presented at such hearing and taken the same under advisement; now, therefore, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS does hereby find and resolve as follows: That there no longer exists in the City of Las Vegas such a shortage of rental housing accommodations as to require rent control in such city. Thereafter Commissioner Moore moved that the foregoing resolution be adopted and the Mayor and City Clerk authorized to sign same. Further that a certified copy of this resolution be sent immediately to Governor Pittman. ----- OoO ----- RESOLUTION NO. 156 WHEREAS, under date of September 12, 1949 the Board of Commissioners passed a resolution declaring that an emergency and great necessity existed requiring a temporary loan for the purpose of meeting such necessity and emergency, and; WHEREAS, pursuant to such resolution a notice of the intention of the Board to act thereon was duly published in the Lae Vegas Review Journal in its issue of August 25, 1949, reciting that at a meeting of the said Board of City Commissioners to be held on the 12th day of September, 1949 at the hour of 3:00 o'clock P.M. of said day in the Commissioners' Room in the City Hall in Las Vegas, Nevada, said Board would act upon a resolution reciting the character of the necessity and authorizing a temporary emergency loan in the sum of $120,000.00, and, WHEREAS, said Board of Commissioners did meet at the time and place specified, to-wit: on the 12th day of September, 1949 at the hour of 3:00 o'clock P.M. on said day in the Commissioners' Room in the City Hall in Las Vegas, Nevada, and; WHEREAS, at the time and place specified, and a full Board being present, said Board unanimously adopted a resolution reciting the existence of a great emergency and necessity for a temporary loan of $120,000.00, and in which resolution a temporary loan in said amount was unanimously authorized for the purpose of meeting the necessity and emergency existing, and; WHEREAS, pursuant to the resolution last above-mentioned, a certified copy thereof was for­warded to the State Board of Finance of the State of Nevada for its approval, and; WHEREAS, at its meeting held September 21, 1949, said State Board of Finance approved the action and resolution of the Board of City Commissioners of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, authorizing a temporary loan in the amount of $120,000.00 as in said resolution set forth and authorized, a certified copy of the resolution of said Board of Finance authorizing said temporary loan being in the words and figures following: " STATE BOARD OF FINANCE Meeting held September 21, 1949 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS TO MAKE TEMPORARY EMERGENCY LOAN WHEREAS, It being made to appear to the satisfaction of the State Board of Finance, duly called and met in session under and pursuant to the provisions of that certain Act of the Legislature of Nevada entitled "An Act Regulating the Fiscal Management of Counties, Cities, Town, School Districts and other Governmental Agencies," approved March 22, 1917, as amended, that a great necessity or emergency has arisen in the CITY OF LAS VEGAS, State of Nevada, and that necessity now exists for authorizing the obtaining of a temporary loan by and on the part of the CITY COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS for the purpose of meeting such emergency as expressed in and shown by the preamble and resolution unanimously adopted at a meeting of said CITY COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS duly called and held on the 12TH OF SEPTEMBER, authorizing a temporary loan for the purpose set forth in said resolution, a duly certified copy of which is now on file and of record in the office of the State Board of Finance; and WHEREAS, It further appearing, that notice of intention to adopt said emergency resolution was duly published according to law, therefore, be it