Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, March 1, 1922 to May 10, 1929, lvc000002-161

instructed to draft an ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 107 of the City, of Las Vegas, instructing the City Attorney to make it within the discretion of the Board to revoke the li­cense of the proprietor after conviction , instead of mandatory by changing the word "must" to "may ", and such other amendment as are necessary to carry out the intent of the ordinance. The vote on said motion was as follows: Commissioners Matzdorf, Anderson, Elwell, Aye. His Honor the Mayor, W.C. German, No. Upon motion of Commissioner Elwell, seconded by Commissioner Matzdorf, it was ordered that the prosecution of the case pending under Ordinance No. 107 of the City of Las Vegas be put over until the 3rd day of March, 1925, pending the first and second readings of the proposed amendments to said ordinance. Voting on said motion Commissioner Elwell, Matzdorf, and Anderson, Aye. His Honor the Mayor, W.C. German, Aye. Noes, none. This being the time set by law for the preparation of a Budget, thereupon the Board pro­ceeded to take up the budget and tax levy for the year 1925, in accordance with the provisions of the State of Nevada, and the matter being discussed at length it was ordered, upon motion being duly made by Commissioner Anderson, seconded by Commissioner Matzdorf, that the following Budget be adopted. Voting on said motion: Commissioners Anderson, Elwell, Matzdorf, and His Hon­or the Mayor, W.C. German, Aye. Noes, none. NEVADA TAX COMMISSION PRESCRIBED FORM FOR CITY BUDGETS, 1925. Estimated Receipts and Expenditures of the City of Las Vegas for the year ending December 31, 1925, as provided by Section 9, Chapter 42, Statutes of Nevada, 1923. RECEIPTS Actual Estimated EXPENDITURES Actual Estimated Est. 1924 1925 1924 1925 Tax Bate Licenses --------$11,795.35 $12,000.00 Administration Fines-------------- 5,352.50 5,000.00 General----------------$ 6,744.47 $ 7,340.00 $.000 Poll Taxes------- 5,568.00 5,000.00 Salary ------------- 3,650.00 3,660.00 .125 Police and Fire Protection-------------— 7,611.25 8,000.00 .000 Streets and Alleys--------- 10,600.27 10,000.00 .195 Light---------------------------- 3,481.80 4,000.00 .095 Cemetery------------------- 1,419.70 1,500.00 .06 Publicity----------------- 1,066.65 2,000.00 .075 Sewer Bond Int.----- 1,800.00 1,400.00 .02 Sewer Bond Redemption 4,000.00 4,000.00 .14 Highway Bond Int.—-- 1,800.00 3,240.00 .09 Highway Bond Red.------ 2,000.00 .08 Surplus Funds------------------------------ 2,700.00 Taxes Collected 1924-- 18,099.81 Taxes Required, 1925------------------------------22.440.00 $42,174.14 $47,140.00 $.880 Totals $40,815.66 $47,140.00 Actual, 1924. Estimated, 1925 Realty-------------------------------------------------------$1,302,493.00 $1,300,000.00 Improvements ------------------ 766,155.00 760,000.00 Personal--------------------------------------------------- 493.132.90 490.000.00 Totals $2,561,780.00 $2,550,000.00 Tax Rate on $100-------------------------------;------------------------------------------------.88 Cash on Hand, January 1,1925 $14,697.85 Balance due from Second Half Taxes, 1925------------------------ 10,000.00 Thereupon the following Resolution was adopted by the Board upon motion of Commissioner An­derson, seconded by Commissioner Matzdorf: BE IT RESOLVED that the said Budget be signed in behalf of this Board by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk and the same be filed with the City Clerk and a copy thereof be published in a weekly newspaper published in the City of Las Vegas, for two publications, one week apart. The vote on said Resolution was as follows: Commissioners Matzdorf, Anderson, and Elwell, and His Honor the Mayor, W.C. German, Aye. Noes, none. The Board then proceeded to take up the matter of the levy of taxes for the City of Las Vegas for the year 1925. Upon motion of Commissioner Elwell, seconded by Commissioner Anderson, and duly