Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, June 22, 1911 to February 7, 1922, lvc000001-159

Office of the City Clerk, Las Vegas, Nevada October 7th, A.D. 1914. At a regular meeting of the Board of City Commissioners in and for the City of has Vegas Nevada held on the 7th, day of October A.D. 1914, Present all members of the Board with the Mayor, City Attorney and City Clerk. Minutes of the last regular meeting and special meeting read and approved as read. All claims against the City allowed as per claim book on file with the Clerk of this Board. Reports of officer read and approved as read. At this time the Clerk read before the Board the application of Fred Von Deventer and Lon Groseback for a transfer of liquor license situated in the Northern Hotel in said City of Fremont street, whereupon motion of Griffith seconded by Smith being duly made and carried it was ordered by the Board that said transfer be granted as per ordinance No. 33 of the said City governing saloon licenses in the said City the vote upon said resolution being as follows towit:- Commissioners Griffith, aye, Curtiss, aye, Smith, aye, Sullivan aye, and his honor the Mayor Q.E. Hawkins voting aye. At this time the question of employing a sexton for the Cemetery in said City came on before the Board and after due consideration upon the part of the Board it was upon motion Smith and seconded by Curtiss being duly made and carried ordered by the Board that the said Cemetery Committee be and they are hereby allowed the right and privileges to hire said section with the understanding that the salary of said section is not to exceed the sum of thirty five dollars per month, the vote on said resolution being as follows towit:- Commissioners Griffith, aye Smith, aye, Curtiss, aye, Sullivan aye, and his honor the Mayor W.E. Hawkins voting aye. At this time the Fire and Police Commissioner called the attention of the Board to the fact that one hundred feet of hose was missing from the fire equipment also a nozzle and asked per mission of the Board to offer an reward for information leading up to the conviction of person or persons taking or having said hose, where upon motion being duly made and carried it was ordered by the Board that the sum of fifty dollars be offered as a reward for information leading to the taking of said hose and equipment the vote being as follows towit:- Commissioners Griffith voting aye, Curtiss, aye, smith, aye, Sullivan, aye, and his honor the Mayor W.E. Hawkins voting aye. This being the time for the reading of an ordinance relating to putting on a dog tax for said City and the seconding of said ordinance, and the Board having heretofore placed said license at $4.00 for male dogs and 7.50 for female dogs it was upon motion of Commissioner smith and seconded by Commissioner Curtiss and duly carried ordered that said portion of said license pertaining to amounts to be paid be amended as follows towit:- Male dogs $2.50 a piece female dogs $5.00 a piece. the vote upon said resolution being as follows towit:- commissioner Griffith , aye, Curtiss, aye, Smith, aye, Sullivan aye, and his honor the Mayor W.E. Hawkins coting aye. The Clerk then proceeded to read said ordinance as amended and after due consideration upon the part of the Board it was upon motion of Commissioner smith and seconded by Commissioner, Griffith and duly carried ordered that said ordinance be passed as appears more fully under Ordinance No. 58, in ordinance Book No. one, to which reference is hereby made, the vote on said Ordinance being as follows towit:- Commissioners Griffith, aye, Curtiss, aye, smith, aye, and Sullivan aye, and his honor the Mayor W.E. Hawkins voting aye. City Attorney was given authority to use any and all means he might see fit to inforce the collection of sidewalk assessments heretofore levied on lots No, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 15, and 16, in block 12 Clark's Las Vegas Townsite Clark County Nevada. There being no further business before the Board they adjourned until the next regular meeting of the Board.