Las Vegas City Ordinances, March 31, 1933 to October 25, 1950, lvc000014-108

The above and foregoing ordinance was proposed, read aloud in full, and adopted this 4th day of August, A.D., 1938, by the following vote: Commissioners Corradetti, Luce, Krause and Ronnow and His Honor, the Mayor, H. P. Marble, voting Aye. Voting No, none. Absent None. This ordinance was read aloud to the Board of Commissioners at a regular meeting held on the 4th day of August, 1938 at which time it was proposed, considered and voted upon, and unanimously adopted and thereafter published in the Las Vegas Review, a daily newspaper, published in the City of Las Vegas for a period of once a week for two consecutive weeks immediately following its first reading. And, it was thereafter read aloud to the Board for a second time at a regular meeting of the Board held on the 7th day of September, 1938. Voting aye; Commissioners Krause, Luce, Ronnow and His Honor the Mayor, H.P. Marble. Noes, none. Absent, Commissioner Corradetti. Approved: ATTEST: Viola Burns_______ ________H. P. Marble _________ City Clerk Mayor of the City of Las Vegas City Seal. AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF NEVADA ) ( SS COUNTY OF CLARK ) Dick Lochrie, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is foreman of the LAS VEGAS EVENING 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 weeks from August 10th 1938 to August 17th 1938 inclusive, being the issues of said newspaper for the following dates, to wit: August 10th-17th. That said news­paper was regularly issued and circulated on each of the dates above named. Signed Dick Lochrie Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of August, 1938. A. E. CAHLAN Notary Public in and for Clark County, Nevada My Commission Expires Jan 12 1939 -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o- ORDINANCE NO. 240 "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS REGULATING THE PRESENTATION AND AUDIT OF CLAIMS AND DEMANDS AGAINST THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS; AND PROVIDING FOR THEIR ALLOWANCE AND PAYMENT OR REJECTION." The Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: Section 1. The word "demand" as used in this ordinance shall mean "demand, claim or account"; and the word "person" shall mean "person, public officer, firm, corporation, company or association." Section 2. No City officer shall, except for his own service, or expenses incurred by him on behalf of the City, present any demand for allowance against the City, or in any way, except in the discharge of his official duty, ad­vocate the relief asked in a demand made by any other person. Any person may appear before the Board of Commissioners and oppose the allowance of any demand made against the city. Section 3. No demand on the City of Las Vegas shall be allowed by the Board of Commissioners in favor of any person in any way indebted to the City of Las Vegas, without first deducting such indebtedness, nor in favor of any of­ficer whose account shall not have been rendered and approved, or who shall have neglected or refused to perform any of the duties of his office. Section 4. The Board of Commissioners must not hear, consider, credit, audit or allow any demand in favor of any person against the city, unless the same is itemized, giving names, dates and particular services rendered, char­acter of work done, number of days engaged, supplies or materials furnished, to whom, and quantity and price to be paid therefor, duly certified by the claimant as follows; "I certify that this demand is true and correct; is unpaid and due this claimant in the sum of $..........." and unless the same is presented to and filed with the City Clerk of the City of Las Vegas within six (6) months after the last item of the demand accrued. If the Board of Commissioners does not hear or consider a demand for the reason that it is not itemized or certified, the Board of Commissioners shall cause notice to be given to the claimant or his attorney of that fact, and shall give time to have the same itemized and certified, provided that in no case shall such time be enlarged or given beyond the original six months limitation above mentioned.