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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF NEVADA) ( ss COUNTY OF CLARK) Dick Lochrie, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is Foreman of the Las Vegas Evening Review- Journal, a daily newspaper, of general circulation, printed and published at Las Vega in the County of Clark, State of Nevada, and that the attached was continuously published in- said newspaper for a period of two weeks from November 18,1942 to November 25,1942 inclusive, being the issues of said newspaper for the following dates, to-wit: November 18,1942 and November 25,1942. That said newspaper was regularly issued and circulated on each of the dates above named. Signed: Dick Lochrie. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of November 1942. A.E. Cahlan Notary Public in and for Clark County, Nevada (SEAL) My Commission Expires January 12, 1943. ORDINANCE NO. 281 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS REGULATING THE KEEPING AND STORAGE OF GASOLINE, BENZINE KEROSENE, OR ANY PRODUCT OF PETROLEUM OR HYDRO-CARBON LIQUIDS, WHICH WILL FLASH OR EMIT AN INFLAMMABLE VAPOR AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW 110 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, IN LARGER THAN TEN GALLON ABOVE-GROUND CONTAINERS, WITHIN THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF. The Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: Section 1, It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to store or keep in above-ground containers in quantities greater than ten gallons, any gasoline, benzine, kerosene, or any product of petroleum or hydro-carbon liquids which will flash or emit an inflammable vapor at a temperature below 110 degrees Fahrenheit, within the Corporate limits of the City of Las Vegas, without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas; provided, however, that the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas in the granting or refusal of such permit shall exercise reasonable and sound discretion, taking into consideration the character of the applicant and the intended location. Section 2. Ten gallons of gasoline may be kept inside of a building in approved, self-closing cans of a capacity not to exceed five (5) gallons, said cans to be painted red with the word "Gasoline" painted on said cans in white letters, easily distinguishable. Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to deliver more than one gallon of gasoline for storage purposes to any person, firm, association or corporation in the City of Las Vegas, unless said person, firm, association or corporation has fully complied with the regulations of this ordinance, and unless the gasoline storage tank or containers in which the gasoline is to be stored complies with this ordinance. Section 4. The City Clerk is hereby authorized to have this Ordinance published in the Las Vegas Age, a weekly newspaper printed and published in the City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada for a period of two weeks, that is to say, once each week for a period of two weeks. Howell C. Garrison Mayor Attest: Helen Scott Reed City Clerk (SEAL) The above and foregoing Ordinance was proposed, read aloud in full and adopted this 4th day of January, A. D. 1943, by the following vote: Voting Aye: Commissioners Clark, Rubidoux, Smith and Tinch, and His Honor, the Mayor. Voting No: None. Absent: None. This ordinance was read aloud to the Board of Commissioners at a regular meeting held on the 4th day of January, 1943, at which time it was proposed, considered and voted upon, and unanimously adopted and thereafter published in the Las Vegas Age, a weekly newspaper, published in the City of Las Vegas, for a period of once a week for two consecutive weeks immediately following its first reading. And, it was thereafter read aloud to the Board for a second time at a regular meeting of the Board held on the 4th day of February 1943. Voting Aye: Commissioners Clark, Rubidoux, Smith, Tinch and His Honor the Mayor. Voting No: None. Absent: None. ATTEST: Helen Scott Reed APPROVED: Howell C. Garrison City Clerk Mayor (SEAL)