Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, March 1, 1922 to May 10, 1929, lvc000002-45

sented and approved upon motion of Commissioner Hodgens, seconded by Commissioner Arnold. Voting Com­missioners Hodgens, Arnold Gorton, and Mayor Pro Tem Dentner, Aye. Noes, none. Thereupon, it was the order of the Board upon motion of Commissioner Hodgens, seconded by Com­missioner Gorton, that the following Resolution be spread upon the minutes of the Board: WHEREAS, at a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, held on the 16th day of August, 1922, an order was made, upon motion duly made and unanimously carried, appointing Frank Brickie as agent of the City of Las Vegas in looking after the expenditure of funds appropriated for the improvement of the City and county Fair Grounds, and WHEREAS, subsequent to this appointment the said Frank Brickie assumed charge of the funds appropriated by the City of Las Vegas, amounting to Two Thousand Dollars, and directed the dis­bursement of the said Two Thousand Dollars in the improvement of the said City and County Fair Grounds, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, that the Board of City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, hereby expressed its appreciation of the good work done by Frank Brickie, and commends him for the wisdom displayed in the disbursement of the funds placed in his hands, and for the excellent results secured with the aid of the County Agent W.H. Pike, and E.G .McGriff, representative of the Agricultural Board, and be it farther RESOLVED, that the clerk be and she is hereby directed to trans­mit to Frank Brickie a certified copy of this Resolution. Voting Commissioners Hodgens, Arnold, Gorton and Mayor Pro Tem Dentner, Aye. Noes, none. It was ordered, on motion of Mayor pro tem Dentner, seconded by Commissioner Arnold that a notice be placed in the newspapers requesting parents to keep their children off the sidewalks of the main streets of the city when playing with roller skates, velocipedes, wagons, racers, and similar vehicles, as it is against the law for such vehicles to be used on the sidewalks of the city. Voting Commissioners Hodgens, Arnold, Gorton and Mayor Pro Tem Dentner, Aye. Noes, none. Thereupon, it was ordered, upon motion of Mayor Pro Tem Dentner, seconded by Commissioner Hodgens, that the Board adjourn until Wednesday, October 18th, 1922, at the hour of three o'clock p.m. Voting Commissioners Hodgens, Arnold, Gorton and Mayor Pro Tem Dentner, Aye. Noes, none. OFFICE 8F THE CITY CLERK, CITY OF LAS VEGAS, NEV. October 18, 1922. At a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada , held on the 18th day of April, A.D. 1922, at the hour of three o'clock p.m. Present Hon. W.H. Dentner Mayor Pro Tem, with members Thos. R. Hodgens, and W.E.Arnold, together with the City Attorney and City Clerk, member R.W. Gorton being absent. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved as read, upon motion of Commissioner Hodgens, seconded by Commissioner Arnold, the vote, being as follows; Commissioners Hodgens and Arnold, and Mayor Pro Tem Dentner, Aye. Noes, none. Bills allowed as per claim book on file with, the clerk of this Board. Thereupon the following Resolution was ordered spread upon the minutes upon motion of Commissioner Hodgens, seconded by Commissioner Arnold: WHEREAS, at a meeting of the Board of City Commissioners held on the 16th day of August, 1922, a reduction of the tax rate for the year 1922 for the City of Las Vegas was authorized to be made from the rate of $.90 theretofore fixed by the Board, to $.56, and WHEREAS, the order making such reduction does not set fully the basis upon which such action was had, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this Board at said meeting of August 16th, 1922, did find and determine as a basis of such action that the