Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, February 17, 1954 to September 21, 1955, lvc000009-405

SECTION 7. That if any one or more sections, sentences, clauses or parts of this ordinance shall, for any reason, be questioned or be held* invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions of this ordinance, but shall be confined in its operation to the specific sections, sentences, clauses or parts of this ordinance so held unconstitutional and invalid, and the inapplicability and invalidity of any section, sentence, clause or part of this ordinance, in any one or more instances shall not affect or prejudice in any way the applicability and validity of this ordinance in any other instances. SECTION 8. That by reason of the fact that the streets of the City of Las Vegas are inadequate to meet the present and future needs of the City and its inhabitants and that it is necessary immediately to raise funds to improve said streets, therefore, it is hereby declared that an emergency exists, and that this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety. SECTION 9. That the City Clerk and Clerk of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, shall cause this ordinance to be published once a week for two successive weeks immediately following its final reading and adoption, in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, a daily newspaper published in said City, and this ordinance shall become effective immediately following the second publication thereof. PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 2nd day of February, 1955. Commissioner Sharp then seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing ordinance. The question being upon the adoption of said ordinance the roll was called with the following result: Commissioners Jarrett, Sharp, Whipple and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Bunker. Thereupon the presiding officer declared said motion carried and the ordinance duly passed and adopted. It was then moved by Commissioner Whipple and seconded by Commissioner Sharp that all rules of this Board which might prevent, unless suspended, the final passage and adoption of this ordinance at this meeting be, and the same are hereby suspended for the purpose of permitting the final passage and adoption of said Emergency Ordinance at this meeting. The question being upon the adoption of said motion and the suspension of the rules, the roll was called with the following result: Commissioners Jarrett, Sharp, Whipple and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Bunker. The presiding officer declared said motion carried and the rules suspended. Commissioner Whipple then moved that said ordinance heretofore introduced and read in full at this meeting be now placed upon its passage. Commissioner Sharp seconded the motion, and the question being upon the placing of said ordinance upon its passage, the roll was called with the following result: Commissioners Jarrett, Sharp, Whipple and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Bunker. The presiding officer declared the motion carried and the ordinance placed upon its final passage. Commissioner Whipple then moved that said ordinance be passed and adopted as read and as an emergency ordinance. Commissioner Sharp seconded the motion. The question being upon the passage and adoption of said ordinance the roll was called with the following result: Commissioners Jarrett, Sharp, Whipple and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Bunker. The presiding officer thereupon declared that all Commissioners having voted in favor thereof, said motion was carried and said ordinance duly passed and adopted as an emergency ordinance. Commissioner Whipple moved that said emergency ordinance be numbered 629. Motion seconded by Commissioner Sharp and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Jarrett, Sharp, Whipple and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Bunker. 2-2-55