Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, June 22, 1911 to February 7, 1922, lvc000001-120

Office of the City Clerk, Las Vegas, Nevada. December 3rd, 1913. At a regular meeting of the Board of City Commissioners in and for the City of Las Vegas Nevada held on the 3rd, day of December A.D. 1913., Present Hon. W.E. Hawkins , Mayor with Commissioners Griffith, Curtiss, Smith, Sullivan with the City ClerK and City Attorney. Minutes of the last regular 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 office read and app­roved as read. An Ordinance prohibiting dogs from running at large in the streets, alleys or public places of the City of Las Vegas and Repealing Ordinance No. 19, entitled " An ordinance amending ordina­nce No. 12, of the City of Las Vegas, entitled, " A Ordinance Providing for the collection of a dog license or tax" and all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith. was read for the first time and laid for the second reading of the Board at there regular meeting to be held in January. 1914. An ordinance of the City of Las Vegas, licensing , for purposes of regulation 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 tax, and a punishment for carrying on or conducting any such business without a license, and repealing Ordinances Nos. l, 2, 4, 13, 14, and 95. was read before the Board for the second reading and after due consideration upon the part of the Board it was upon motion duly made and carried Motion by Commissioners Griffith and seconded by Commissioner Smith that the same be adopted as read, as appears more fully under ordinance No, 48 in book one of said City. the vote on said resolution being as follows towit:- commissioners Griffith, aye, Curtiss, aye, smith, aye, Sullivan aye, and his Hon. the Mayor W.E. Hawkins voting aye. An Ordinance for police regulation, and prohibiting public dance halls in the City of Las Vegas. was read for the second time and after due consideration upon the part of the Board it was upon motion of Commissioner. Smith and seconded by commissioner Curtiss and duly carried ordered that said ordinance be passed as appears more fully from Ordinance Book no. one under ordinance Number 49 of said City, the vote on said ordinance was as follows towit:- commissioners Griffith Curtiss, smith, Sullivan and his honor the Mayor voting aye. Noes . None. The next matter considered by the Board was the application for Permits to conduct liquor establishments in the City of Las Vegas for the year commencing on the 1st day of January, 1914. and ending on the 31st, day of December, 1914. the following applications on file with the Clerk were thereupon read by the Clerk to the Board. For retail Liquor Establishment:- Number No. 1, Clinton and Haller, No. 2, Al James, No, 3, R.H. Schaffer, No, 4, J.D. Kramer, No, 5, Henry Squires No, 6. Ed Van, No, 7, Lon Groesback, No, 8, Pecetto and Gragalo, No, 9, the Hotel Nevada Mining Company, No, 11, J.W. Horden. No, 12, Merit pollard, No, 14, Carl Wassebach , No, 15, John Weber and Tony Andrino, NO, 16, Daniel Hickey, For Wholesale Liquor Establishment: Ed. W. Clark Fordwading Co. NO, 13, No. 17, Los Angeles Brewing Company, For Retail Drug store. E.S. Wharton Drug Company. Upon motion of Commissioner Curtiss and seconded by Commissioner Griffith, the following Resolution was duly adopted; "Resolved, that permission is hereby granted to Clinton and Haller to conduct a retail liquor establishment at the Oxford Hotel on First street in the City of Las Vegas for the year beginning January 1, 1914. and ending December 31st, 1914. and that the City Clerk be and he is hereby ordered to issue a license to said Clinton and Haller upon the payment to him of the sum required for said retail liquor establishment license." The vote upon said resolution was as follows: Commissioners Griffith, aye, Curtis, aye, smith, aye, Sullivan aye, and his honor the Mayor W.E. Hawkins, aye,. Upon motion of Commissioner Griffith seconded by Commissioner smith, the following Preamble