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Las Vegas City Ordinances, November 13, 1950 to August 6, 1958, lvc000015-258

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    Section 9. That the City Council does hereby find and declare that the life of the improvements to be acquired and established out of the proceeds of the sale of said bonds shall and will be in excess of twenty-five years from their date. Section 10. That the officers of the City of Las Vegas be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed to take all action necessary or appropriate to effectuate the provisions of this ordinance, includ­ing, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the printing of said bonds and the execution of such certificates as may be required by the purchaser thereof relating to the signing of the bonds, the tenure and identity of the municipal officials, the assessed valuation and indebtedness of the City of Las Vegas, the rate of taxes levied against the taxable property within the City of Las Vegas, the receipt of the bond pur­chase price, and, if in accordance with the facts, the absence of litigation, pending or threatened, affec­ting, the validity thereof. Section 11. That all by-laws, orders, resolutions, and ordinances, or parts of by-laws, orders, resolutions, and ordinances in conflict with this ordinance, are hereby repealed. After the bonds hereby authorized have been issued, this ordinance shall constitute a contract between said City and the holder or holders of said bonds, and shall be and remain irrepealable until said bonds and the interest accruing there­on shall have been fully paid, satisfied and discharged. Section 12. 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 13. That by reason of the fact that the sewers 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 install said sewers therefor, it is hereby declared that an emergency exists and this this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety. Section 14. 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 September, 1953. s/ C. D. Baker___________________ Mayor (SEAL) ATTEST: s/ Shirley Ballinger________ Clerk The Commissioners voting in favor of the adoption of the foregoing ordinance were as follows: Those voting "Aye": Mayor C. D. Baker Commissioner Bunker Commissioner Jarrett Commissioner Sharp Commissioner Whipple Those voting "Nay": None Absent: None AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF NEVADA, ) COUNTY OF CLARK ) SS* A. F. Schellack, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is Foreman of the LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, a daily newspaper, of general circulation, printed and published at Las Vegas, in the County of Clark, State of Nevada, and that the attached was continuously published in said newspaper for a period of two insertions from September 8, 1953, to September 15, 1953 inclusive, being the issues of said news­paper for the following dates, to-wit: September 8, 15, 1953. That said newspaper was regularly issued and circulated on each of the dates above named. s/____A, F. Schellack Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of September, 1953. s/____Neola Gierhart______________ Notary Public in and for Clark County, Nevada My Commission Expires April l4, 1954 ORDINANCE NO. 575 AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO SELL INTOXICATING LIQUOR TO MINORS; MAKING THE OWNER RESPONSIBLE FOR SALES MADE TO MINOR; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION; PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY RELATING THERETO; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH: WHEREAS, the sale of intoxicating liquors to minors is an evil which must be stamped out, and WHEREAS, the present ordinances of the City of Las Vegas do not place the responsibility for such sales upon the licensee of a business which sells intoxicating liquor; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas feel that the public safety, welfare