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All of South 17th Street from Charleston Boulevard to Carson Avenue; all of Spencer Street from Charleston Boulevard to Carson Avenue, and all of Carson Avenue from Spencer Street to a point 83 feet east of the center line of 17th Street. Section A. That the special assessment district which it is proposed to create shall be designated Street Improvement Assessment District No. 100-3, and it shall include all the lots, premises and property, to the full depth of such, fronting, adjoining and abutting upon said streets and parts of streets. Section 5. That the City Clerk shall keep the plats, diagrams and plans of the work and locality to be improved, together with the estimates of the expense thereof, on file in her office for public inspection and examination. Section 6. That the Board of Commissioners of said City will meet at the City Hall in said City of Wednesday the 15th day of November, 1950, at the hour of 3:30 o'clock, P.M., to hear and consider any suggestions and objections that may be made by parties in interest to the proposed improvements, or any matters relating thereto. Objections to said proposed improvements, or any matters relating thereto, may be filed in writing in the office of the City Clerk at any time prior to said meeting. Section 7. That the City Clerk shall give notice of the filing of said estimates, plats, diagrams, and plans with the City Clerk for examination, of the proposed improvement or work, of the location of the improvement, of the district to be assessed, and of the time when the Board will meet and consider any suggestions and objections that may be made by parties in interest to the proposed improvements. Said notice shall be given by publication for at least two weeks in the Las Vegas Review Journal, a daily newspaper published in said City of Las Vegas every day each week except Saturday, by fourteen insertions therein and at least fifteen days prior to said meeting by posting said notices in at least three public places in each ward and also by posting said notice in, or near said post office of said City and by posting notices in three public places near the site of said proposed work. Said notice shall be in substantially the following form: NOTICE OF DETERMINATION AND INTENTION TO PAVE, CURB AND GUTTER CERTAIN STREETS AND PARTS THEREOF, AND INSTALLATION OF CONCRETE SIDEWALKS AND COMPLETE STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM, TO CREATE STREET IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 100-3, AND TO DEFRAY THE ENTIRE COST BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, AND OF THE HEARING THEREON. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on October 25th, 1950, the Board of Commissioners and Mayor of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, adopted and approved an ordinance declaring the Board's determination to make certain public improvements by installing thereon a complete street lighting system including concrete pole bases,, light stan- dards, luminaires, and necessary wiring and attachments, and to pave said streets and parts of streets by grading and constructing thereon asphaltic concrete paving and by constructing on both sides of said streets and parts of streets concrete curbs, gutters, and sidewalks, wherever said improvements are missing, including alley approaches, together with such appurtenances as may be required, to create a special assessment district designated Street Improvement Assessment District No. 100-3 therefor, and to defray the entire cost and expense thereof j by special assessments made according to frontage against the owners and the assessable lots, premises and property specially benefited by such improvements and included within said district. The streets and parts of streets so proposed to be improved are: All of South 17th Street from Charleston Boulevard to Carson Avenue; all of Spencer Street from Charleston Boulevard to Carson Avenue, and all of Carson Avenue from Spencer Street to a point 83 feet east of the center line of 17th Street. Street Improvement Assessment District No. 100-3 shall include all the lots, premises and property to the full depth of such, fronting, adjoining and abutting upon said street. Said ordinance adopted and approved October 25th, 1950, and the plats, diagrams and plans of the work and locality to be improved, together with the estimates of the expense thereof, are on file for public inspection and examination in the of ice of the City Clerk of Las Vegas, Nevada, and all persons interested are hereby referred to the same for further information. Said Board of Commissioners will meet at the City Hall at the corner of Stewart and Fifth Streets in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 15th day of November, 1950 at 3:30 o'clock, P.M., to hear and consider any suggestions and objections that may be made by parties in interest to the proposed improvements, or any matters relating thereto. Objections to said proposed improvements, or any matters relating thereto, may be filed in writing in the office of the City Clerk at any time prior to said meeting. Unless the owners of more than one-half of the frontage to be assessed shall file written objections thereto, such work shall be ordered. DATED this 25th day of October , 1950. Shirley Ballinger, City Clerk s/ Betty Funston Deputy City Clerk Section 8. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances, in conflict with this ordinance, are hereby repealed. Section 9. 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 remain- ing 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 instance. Section 10. 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 11. 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 hereof.