Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, March 1, 1922 to May 10, 1929, lvc000002-68

Las Vegas to issue bonds of the said City of Las Vegas for the total amount of not to exceed §50,000.00. The City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas hereby agrees that before issuing all or any portion of the said bonds or incurring any indebtedness hereunder, the question of the issuance of said bonds shall be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of said City of Las Vegas, either at the next general election or at a special election to be held as set forth in Section 3 of said Assembly Bill No. 78 ( a copy being attached hereto). The City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas agree to set side in a special fund such funds as will be required to meet the City's share of the cost of the work proposed under this re­solution. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that such improvement work shall consist of grading, paving and gravel surface from the Northerly City limits to the easterly City limits of the said City of Las egas, all of which construction shall conform with the specifications prepared by the Department of Highways and approved by the Federal Government. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT THE City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas do by this resolution agree and make available and place under the control of the State Highway Department of the State of Nevada, such funds as shall be annually required to properly maintain to the required Government Stand- art. after constructing the highways and streets herein provided for. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that three copies of this resolution duly certified by the City Clerk be forwarded to the State Highway Department of the State of Nevada. The motion to adopt the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Commissioner Arnold , and upon roll call, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: Commissioners Hodgens, Arnold and Blanding and Mayor Pro Tem Dentner. NAYS: None ABSENT: None WHEREUPON, the Mayor declared the resolution adopted. Thereupon the following Resolution was presented by Commissioner Blanding: WHEREAS this Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, did on the 4th day of April A.D. 1923 at a regular meeting adopt a Resolution requesting the Department of Highways of the State of Nevada to take the initial steps as are necessary for said City of Las Vegas in securing Federal Aid towards the improvement and paving or graveling of the surface of Main Street from the northerly city limits to Fremont Street and of Fremont Street from Main Street to the easterly City limits, and WHEREAS said Department of Highways of the State of Nevada now has a survey party in this vicinity and WHEREAS it is the desire of this Board that the improvement above mentioned should be began at the earliest possible date and WHEREAS it will considerable decrease the cost of the preliminary survey if the work be done while the above mentioned survey party is easily available, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Department of Highways of the State of Nevada be requested to make the preliminary survey for the im­provements as set forth in the Resolution heretofore adopted as soon as possible and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Board will make available suf­ficient funds for the payment of the cost of said survey upon the pre­sentation of proper claims by said Department of Highways of the State of Nevada and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of this Board he and she is hereby directed to transmit a certified copy of said Resolution to the Department of Highways of the State of Nevada. This Resolution was seconded by Commissioner Hodgens, and adopted on the fol­lowing vote: Commissioners Hodgens, Arnold, Blanding and Mayor Pro Tem Dentner, Aye. Noes, none. Thereupon, there being no further business to come before the Board at this time, it was ordered, upon motion of Commissioner Blanding, seconded by Commissioner Arnold, and duly carried that the Board adjourn until Wednesday the second day of May, A.D. 1923, at the hour of two o'clock P.M.