Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, January 7, 1947 to October 26, 1949, lvc000006-551

521 of the State of Nevada, covering easement on a certain 30' strip of land of the LAs Vegas Land and Water Company, in the City of Las Vegas, County of Clark, State of Nevada, be and the same is hereby approved, and the Mayor and clerk of said City are authorized and directed to execute said document for and on behalf of the City of Las Vegas. ——0O0—— RESOLUTION NO. 114 WHEREAS, it is common knowledge that undeveloped portions of the City of Las Vegas and the County of Clark have generally become littered with huge quantities of trash, rubbish, garbage, and other refuse, and WHEREAS, this indiscriminate use of private and public property creates ill appearance of a natural resource, hazard to the public health, morals, safety, and general welfare, and further violates all rules of trespass, and WHEREAS, the Las Vegas City Dump contributes materially and substantially to these conditions and casts reflection upon the community in such respect, NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Las Vegas-Clark County Joint Planning Commission that it respectfully urge and request, in the interest of protecting the character, social advantages, and economic stability of agricultural, residential, commercial, industrial, and other areas of our community, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas and the County of Clark to initiate ways and means of rectifying and correcting these conditions. ATTEST: E. W. Cragin__________ Mayor Helen Scott Reed City Clerk -——0O0-—— RESOLUTION NO. 115 WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, in regular meeting assembled, adopted a resolution, approved by the Mayor of said City and County, stating as follows: WHEREAS, Hawaii has been an integral part of the United States of America since 1900 under an Organic Act giving it the status of a Territory; and WHEREAS, under this 48 years of Territorial status Hawaii has had only a vestige of the autonomy through the appointment of its Governor, Judges of its courts and other Territorial officials by the President of the United States; and WHEREAS, the people of the Territory of Hawaii have been qualified and loyal citizens of the United States and have contri­buted of their services and cooperation in times of peace and war; and WHEREAS, the Territory of Hawaii pays more in Federal taxes that 14 states of the American Union; and WHEREAS, the Territory of Hawaii is larger in area than three states of the Union and the population, presently exceeding that of seven states, is larger than any state when admitted to the Union, except Oklahoma; and WHEREAS, the Territory of Hawaii has only one representative in Congress who has no vote in the House and neither voice nor vote in the Senate; and WHEREAS, the Territorial Legislature has petitioned Congress for statehood 14 times since 1903, and has appropriated funds 11 times for Congressional investigation; and WHEREAS, this integral part of the United States exemplifies its unquestioned loyalty in both world wars in the most recent of which it suffered physical violence to a vastly greater extent than any other part of the United States, and WHEREAS, Hawaii is today asking for Statehood on the highest moral, political and economic grounds, Now, Therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of Honolulu, in regular meeting assembled, that we take this means of urging upon the Senate of the Congress of the United States of America