Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, March 1, 1922 to May 10, 1929, lvc000002-30

OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. June 21st, 1922. At a regular meeting of the Board of City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, held at the hoar of three o'clock p.m. Present His Honor the Mayor Pro Tem W.H. Dentner, with Commissioners Thomas R. Hodgens, W.E. Arnold, and Ray W. Gorton, together with the City Attorney and City Clerk* The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved as read* Bills allowed as per claim book on file with the Clerk of this Board. Upon the presentation of a map of Clark's Las Vegas Townsite showing the grades as provided in Ordinance #47, the following Resolution was adopted upon motion of Commissioner Gorton, seconded by Commissioner Hodgens, and duly carried. Resolved that the map of Clark's Las Vegas Townsite presented by Fred W. Rodolf, to replace the map referred to in Ordinance 47, and adopted with said Ordinance, but which has since been lost or mislaid, be and the same is hereby adopted to be used in place of said map which was filed September 3,1913 in connection with Ordinance #47, but subsequently lost, it being the opinion of this Board that the map presented by the said Fred W. Rodolf is identical with said map filed September 3,1913 and subsequently lost. Voting Commissioners Arnold, Hodgens, Gorton and Mayor Pro Tem Dentner, Aye. Noes, none. At this time a committee from the Realty Board called to discuss that portion of the Traffic Ordinance, No. 90, which provides that no car may be parked closer than ten inches from the curb. After listening to the remarks of Messrs. Riley, Payne, and Breeze, the Board took the matter under consideration. It appearing to the Board that said feature of this Ordinance is apparently not for the best interests of the City of Las egas, it was the order of the Board upon the motion of Mayor Pro Tem Dentner, seconded by Commissioner Hodgens, and duly carried that the City Attorney be and he is hereby directed to draw and amendment to Ordinance No. 90 provid­ing that vehicles may be parked against the curb. Voting Commissioners Arnold, Hodgens, Gorton and Mayor Pro Tem Dentner ,Aye, Noes, none. Adolph Levy appeared before the Board to request permission to build a fire roof porch in front of his new building on Fremont Street, whereupon it was the decision of the Board that upon the presentation of a written permit, permission might be granted by this Board. Thereupon J.T McWilliams presented to the Board a map for numbering the houses of the City of Las Vegas, in accordance with a an Ordinance and Resolution previously adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, whereupon, on motion of Mayor Pro, Tem Dentner, seconded by Commissioner Hodgens, and duly carried, it was the order of the Board that said map of the City of Las Vegas be accepted, and that the houses of the city be numbered in accordance with said map upon its completion. Voting Commissioners Arnold, Hodgens, and Gorton and Mayor pro Tem Dentner, Aye. Noes, none. It was the order of the Board, upon motion of Commissioner Arnold seconded by Commissioners Hodgens, and duly carried, that the streets in Clark's Las Vegas, Townsite be signed. Voting Commissioners Arnold, Hodgens, Gorton and Mayor Pro Tem Dentner, Aye. Noes, none. At this time the Clerk read the following communication: Las Vegas, Nevada. Board of City Commissioners, City of Las Vegas, Nevada. Gentlemen: The undersigned is now the owner of the ground upon which the Las Vegas City Jail and pound is located. I hereby serve you this written notice that you must remove the City Jail and pound from my premises at once. If the city wishes to dispose of its jail and pound however and will act promptly, execute the proper Bill of Sale of the Jail and pound and deposit such Bill of Sale with the First State Bank of