Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, June 22, 1911 to February 7, 1922, lvc000001-127

At this time upon motion being duly made and carried the Board adjourned until 1:00 o'clock P.M. Board convened again at 1:00 o'clock P.M. present Hon. W.E. Hawkins Mayor, and members Curtiss, Griffith, and Smith. with the Clerk and City Attorney. At this time the Clerk read before the Board proofs of posting and publishing of Notice of Intention of streets work on the fowling streets in said City, the East side of First street East side side of second street, North side of Fremont street, and south side of Fremont as appears more fully on file with the Clerk of this Board to which attention is hereby directed. At this time the Mayor asked the Clerk of the Board if any objections to said proposed street work has been filed as by law provided and being informed that none had been filed the Clerk was then instructed to read said proposed Ordinances for said street work: Whereupon the Clerk read an Ordinance of the City of Las Vegas Providing for the Improvement of Fremont Street by constructing Cement, Concrete Sidewalks on the North side of said street, and providing for the payment therefor by special assessment, whereupon motion being duly made and carried it was ordered that said ordinance go over for the second reading. An ordinance of the City of Las Vegas Providing for the Improvement of Fremont Street by Constructing Cement, Concrete Sidewalks on the south Side of said street, and Providing for the payment therefor by Special Assessment. was read for the first time before the Board and upon motion being duly made and carried it was ordered that said ordinance go over for the second reading before the Board at there regular meeting to be held in February. 1914. An Ordinance of the City of Las Vegas providing for the improvement of First Street by constructing cement, concrete sidewalks on the East side of said street, and providing for the payment therefor by special assessment was read before the Board for the first time whereupon motion being duly made and carried it was ordered that said ordinance go over for the second reading before the Board at there regular meeting to be held on the first Wednesday in February 1914. An Ordinance of the City of Las Vegas providing for the improvement of second street by constructing cement, concrete sidewalks on the East side of said street, and providing for the payment therefor by special assessment, was read before the Board for the first time and upon upon motion being duly made and carried it was ordered that said ordinance go over for the second reading of the Board at there regular meeting to be held in February, 1914. The question of advertising for bids for said proposed street work in said City of Las Vegas Nevada coming on before the Board it was upon motion duly made and carried ordered that the Clerk and Mayor of said City are hereby authorized to advertise for said bids for said propose d sidewalk work said bids to be filed with the Clerk of this Board not later than Wednesday the 4th, day of February A.D. 1914. at ten o'clock A.M. of said day. and it was further ordered by said Board that separate proposals or bids shall be made on each of the four above mentioned pieces of work Said sidewalks and each of them shall be constructed to the official line grade and width and shall be constructed in accordance with and as provided in the specifications for sidewalks work set forth in Ordinance No. 47 of the City of Las Vegas. The amount and extent of each of said pieces of work shall be as shown on the plats and digrams thereof on file with said City Clerk taken in connection with the notice of intention of said Board of doing said work heretofore posted and published and also in connection with the ordinance ordering said work. The contract for said work on each of said pieces will be let to the lowest responsible bidder in each case The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids a good and sufficient bond for the faithful performance of the contract and to indemnify labors and material men in fifty per cent. of the contract price will be required to be given by the contractor in each of such contracts. Contracts shall provide that payments for work are to be made out of special assessment funds as heretofore determined. Each of said contracts will provide that the Contractor shall receive fifty per cent of the contract price upon the completion of each such contract, and the remainder of the contract