Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, June 22, 1911 to February 7, 1922, lvc000001-181

for permission to erect a electric light and telephone line from the power house of the Consolidate light and Power Company on Main street to end City limits on the Goodsprings road, and advised the the Board that the said Pollard had made arrangements to have the said power Company build said line instead of him self and recommended to the Board that such being the case that they reject said petition whereupon motion of Commissioner Ball and seconded by Commissioner Matzdorf and duly carried it was ordered that said petition be and the same is hereby rejected and denied. the vote on said resolution be as follows towit:- Commissioners Matzdorf, aye, Elwell, aye, Ball, aye, Hicks, aye, and his honor the Mayor W.E. Hawkins voting aye. The Las Vegas Voluntary Fire Departments petition requesting the City of Las Vegas for the right and privilege to use fifth street from Bonneville to Fremont street for the purpose of holding there labor day horse racing and having said City put said street in order was then read before the Board whereupon motion of Commissioner Hicks and seconded by Commissioner Elwell and duly carried it was that said request be and the same is hereby granted and that the said matter be turned over to Street Commissioner C.P. Ball, the vote upon said resolution being as follows towit:- Commissioners Matzdorf, aye, Elwell, aye, Ball aye. Hicks aye, and his honor the Mayor W.E. Hawkins voting aye. The Clerk then read before the Board a petition from C.F. Watson the Cemetery Sexton asking for an increase in salary as said Cemetery Sexton whereupon after due consideration upon the part of the Board it was ordered that this matter be laid over until the next meeting of the Board. The City Attorney was authorized to prepare a notice for the fire Marshal governing the fire Ordinances in said City and the City Clerk is hereby authorized to have the same printed. The Dog ordinance was then discussed by the Board and it was ordered that this matter be taken up at the next regular meeting of the Board. Upon motion of Commissioner Hicks and seconded by Commissioner Ball and duly carried the City Clerk was ordered and directed to have all City printing in the future done at the office of the Clark County Review, the vote on said resolution being as follows towit:— Commissioners Matzdorf aye, Elwell, aye, Ball aye, Hicks, aye, and his honor the Mayor W.E. Hawkins voting aye. The question of having an adjourned meeting of the Board for the purpose of taking up any and all matters relating to said City and especially the yearly Budget coming on before the Board it was upon motion of Commissioner Ball and seconded by Commissioner Hicks and duly carried ordered that this Board stand adjourned until the next Tuesday in this month which will be July 13th 1915. at nine o'clock A.M. of said day, the vote on said resolution being as follows towit:— Commissioner Matzdorf aye, Elwell aye, Ball aye, Hicks aye, and his honor the Mayor W.E. Hawkins voting aye.