Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, June 22, 1911 to February 7, 1922, lvc000001-275

OFFICE of the City Clerk, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 7, 1919. At the last regular meeting of the Board of City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas held on the 7th day of May, 1919. Present Hon. W. E. Hawkins, Mayor with Commissioners John F. Miller and J. M. Ullom being present. Minutes of the last regular meeting read and approved as read. All claims against the City of Las Vegas were allowed as per claim book on file in the Clerk's office. Reports of the officers read and approved as read. At this time it was ordered by the Board that the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty ($250.00) Dollars be transferred from the Cemetery fund to the General fund of said city. The Clerk then presented to the Board a request from the members of the Cemetery Committee requesting that a telephone be installed in the Cemetery Sexton's house at the Cemetery of Las Vegas Whereupon after due consideration upon the part of the Board it was ordered that said telephone be installed and the Clerk of this Board advise Mrs. W. B. Mundy, secretary of said committee. At this time it was called to the attention of the Board by the Clerk that all the re turns of the City Election held on the 6th day of May, 1919, were in and that the vote of election should be canvassed at this time. Thereupon the Board proceeds to canvas the vote as cast on the 6th day of May, 1919, for Mayor and four commissioners of said city and found the following, to-wit: MAYOR W. E. Ferron 123 COMMISSIONER— FIRST CLASS W. E. Arnold 97 John F. Miller 62 COMMISSIONER— SECOND CLASS Ralph Thomas 89 COMMISSIONER— THIRD CLASS George H. French 112 COMMISSIONER— FOURTH CLASS Howard Conklin 113 Thereupon it appearing to the Board from said canvass that W. E. Ferron had received the highest number of votes for the office of Mayor of said city and that W. E. Arnold has received the highest number of votes for Commissioner of the First Class; that Ralph Thomas has received the highest number of votes for Commissioner of the Second Class; that George H . French has received the highest number of votes for Commissioner of the Third Class; and that Howard Conklin has received the highest number of votes for Commissioner of the Fourth Class of said city. It was, upon motion being duly made and carried, ordered and directed that the above named parties be and they are hereby declared duly elected to their respective offices and the Clerk of this Board is hereby directed to issue Certificates of Election to the above named parties. At this time the Clerk presented to the Board for second reading an ordinance to amend section seven of ordinance #48 of the City of Las Vegas entitled: "An Ordinance of the City of Las Vegas, licensing, for the purpose of regulating and revenue, every kind of lawful business hereinafter specified, transacted or carried on within the corporate limits of the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, fixing the rates of license tax upon the same and providing for the collection of said license