Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, November 7, 1949 to May 21, 1952, lvc000007-553

Section 5. That when said bonds have been duly executed, the City Treasurer in the City of Las Vegas shall deliver them to the lawful purchaser thereof on receipt of the purchase price. The funds realized from the sale of the bonds shall be applied solely to defray the cost and ex­pense of making said improvements, but the purchaser of said bonds shall in no manner be respon­sible for the application by said City, or any of its officers, of any of the funds derived from the sale thereof. Section 6. That the officers of the City of Las Vegas be, and they hereby are, author— ized and directed to take all actions necessary or appropriate to effectuate the provisions of this ordinance, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the printing of said bonds and the execution of such certificates as may reasonably be required by the purchasers thereof, relating, interalia, to the signing of the bonds, the tenure and identity of the muni­cipal officials, the amounts certified on the assessment roll together with the amount of cash payments, the accuracy of property descriptions, the receipt of the assignable certificates and the delivery of the bonds, and the absence of litigation pending or threatened affecting the validity of the bonds. Section 7. That after said street improvement bonds are issued, this ordinance shall be and remain irrepealable until said bonds and the interest thereon shall be fully paid, cer­tified and discharged, as herein provided. Section 8. That all ordinances or resolutions, or parts thereof, in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance, are hereby repealed. This repealer shall not be construed to revive any ordinance, nor resolution, or part thereof, heretofore repealed0 Section 90 That if any one or more sections, sentences, clauses or parts of this ordinance shall, for any reason, be questioned or be held invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions of this ordinance, but shall be confined in its operation to the specific sections, sentences, clauses or parts of this ordinance so held unconstitutional and invalid, and the inapplicability and invalidity of any section, sentence, clause or part of this ordinance, in any one or more instances shall not affect or prejudice in any way the applicability and validity of this ordinance in any other instances0 Section 10. That by reason of the fact that the streets of the City of Las Vegas are inadequate to meet the present and future needs of the City and its inhabitants and that it is necessary immediately to raise funds to improve said streets; therefore, it is hereby declared that an emergency exists, and that this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety. Section 11. That the City Clerk and Clark of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, shall cause this ordinance to be published once a week for two successive weeks immediately following its final reading and adoption, in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, a daily newspaper published in said City, and this ordinance shall become effective immediately follow­ing the second publication hereof. PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 6th day of February, 1952. s/ C. D. Baker (SEAL) Mayor ATTEST: s/ Shirley Ballinger City Clerk Commissioner Peccole then seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing ordinance. The question being upon the adoption of said ordinance, the roll was called with the following result: Those voting "Aye": Commissioner Bunker Commissioner Jarrett Commissioner Peccole Commissioner Whipple, and Mayor Baker Those voting "Nay": None Thereupon, the presiding officer declared said motion carried and the ordinance duly passed and adopted. It was then moved by Commissioner Whipple and seconded by Commissioner Peccole, that all rules of -this Board which might prevent, unless suspended, the final passage and adoption of this ordinance at this meeting be, and the same are hereby, suspended for the purpose of permitting the final passage and adoption of said emergency or­dinance at this meeting. The question being upon the adoption of said motion and the suspension of the rules, the roll was called with the following result: Those voting "Aye": Commissioners Bunker Commissioner Jarrett Commissioner Peccole Commissioner Whipple, and Mayor Baker Those voting "Nay": None The presiding officer declared said motion carried and the rules suspended Commissioner Whipple then moved that said ordinance heretofore introduced and read in full at this meeting be now placed upon its passage. Commissioner Peccole seconded the motion, and the question being upon the placing of said ordinance upon its pass­age, the roll was called with the following result: