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    | the County of -Clark, State of Nevada, described as follows, to-witr i ' LOTS FOURTEEN (14), . FIF- !' TEEN (15), and SIXTEEN (16), in BLOCK FIVE (5) of Ladd's Addition to Las Vegas, in the said City of Las Vegas, County | of Clark, State of Nevada, as ! per plat thereof recorded in ! Book I of Plats, Page 2, of the i Records of said Clark County, ! Nevada, i and for the costs of plaintiffs herein, reference being hereby made to the complaint of plaintiffs in said action for a full ana complete statement of plaintiffs- cause of action. (District Court Seal) Dated this 18th day of November, A. D. 1941. LLOYD S. PAYNE, Clerk of the Eighth Judicial»District Court of the State of Nevada, in and for Clark County, Nevada. By Audrey Pearson, Deputy. CHAS. LEE HORSEY, Attorney for Plaintiffs. Pub. Nov. 21-28, Dec. 5-12-19, 1941. ORDINANCE NO. 261 AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS AND CURBS IN THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS; PROVIDING FOR METHOD OF SECURING BUILDING PERMIT FOR SAME, AND THE FEES FOR SUCH PERMITS; PROVIDING FOR MATERIALS TO BE USED IN SUCH CONSTRUCTION. The Board of Commissioners of the City Of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: Section 1. Before a permit is grant­ed for the construction of sidewalks and/or curbs, the applicant must pro­duce evidence satisfactory to the street superintendent of this City to show that the construction of such a side­walk and/or curb is agreeable and in accordance with the desire of the own­er or owners of the property by which said sidewalk and /or curb is to be con­structed. The applicant shall apply to the Street Superintendent for permis­sion to construct the sidewalk and /or curb and shall pay to the City Clerk a fee of one-half OSi) cent per square foot for each square foot of sidewalks and/or one (1) cent per lineal-foot of curb proposed to be constructed. The Street - Superintendent shall re­quire each- applicant for a proposed sidewalk to deposit with the City Clerk the sum of Ten ($10:00) Dollars as a guarantee that the sidewalk will be constructed within thirty days after the grade stakes are set. The Street Superintendent shall give a receipt for the guarantee deposit and upon the completion of said sidewalk within the specified time and-according to the specifications S hereinafter referred to, shall refund the ten dollar deposit to thfe applicant upon the presentation of the receipt covering said guarantee deposit. Section 2. After the applicant has complied with the above requirements, the Street Superintendent shall issue a permit granting the applicant the right to construct a sidewalk and showing thereon the location, by lot and block number, for which the application has been made. Section 3. The Street Superintendent shall furnish an Inspector whose du­ties will be to check the forms of align­ment and grade and see that the work is done in accordance with the specifi­cations hereinafter referred to. The Street Superintendent shall be notified at least twenty-four hours in advance of the time when the work is proposed to be started. Section 4. In the event that the work is not carried on so that the rate of progress in laying a fifty-foot length of sidewalk in four hours, is maintained or the specifications are not complied with, then and in either event, the guarantee sum shall be for­feited to the City Of Las Vegas. The following specifications and a copy of the standard sections shall be placed on the back of . the receipt for the fee and deposit issued to the ap- l plicant. I Section 5. Specifications for all con- ! crete used in the construction of slde- ! walks, curb and gutter; I Cemeht; Shall be a fresh Portland ce- of standard brand. Sand; Shall be a clean, durable, min­eral aggregate of which 100% shall pass a % sieve and not mote than 5% shall pass a No, 100 sieve. | Gravel: Shall be a clean, durable, mineral aggregate of which * 100% shall pass a 2-inch - screen and not' more "than 5% shall pass a % sieve. Water: Shall be suitable "for drinking purposes. Mix: Shall be 1 part cement, 3 parts sand, 4 parts gravel; or the concrete shall have a strength of not less than 2000 p. s. i. at twenty-eight days when tested as a standard cylinder. Founda- Shall be gravel and sand wet tion: and tamped to a firm foun­dation for a minimum depth of four inches below con­crete. ; Expan- Shall be of plastic material I sion (asphalt) Vi inch thick for I Joints: the full depth of the con­crete. These joints shall not be spaced more than thirty feet apart. Curing: The concrete shall be covered with fine material, soil or sand free of lumps, within sixteen hours after the pour is completed and water-soak­ed thoroughly and the cover shall be water-soaked a sec­ond time within forty-eight hours after the first soaking. This cover shall not be re­moved in less than ten days. Specifications for the construction of sidewalks in the residential area: Walk Shall have a minimum width Section: of five feet and a minimum thickness of 3% inches at tne center and 5% inches at the edge. The Shall be poured in one course Walk monolithic, struck off with a straight edge, edged witn a stanaard edging tool, marked transversely M inch deep at about five, foot intervals witn a standard marking tool and finished with a steel float to a smooth surface. Specifications for the construction of curb and gutter in the residential area: Forms: The outside fOrm shall be eleven and one-half inches deep with its upper edge three inches above tne crown of the street and the inside form shall be five and one-half inches deep with its upper edge two and one-half incnes below the crown of the street. Curb Shall be the standard roll- and curb sections. The curb and Gutter gutter shall be poured in one Sections: course monolitnic between expansion joints, edged and marked transversely with standard tools, and finished with a pre-shaped float or mule. Section 6. Any person, violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misde­meanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum of not less than Five ($5.00) nor more than Twen­ty-five ($25.00) Dollars, and in case said fine should not be paid to be imprison­ed in the city jail for one day for each Two ($2.00) Dollars of such fine un­paid. Section 7. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this Or­dinance are hereby repealed. Section 8. 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. A,tt6st * HELEN SCOTT, City Clerk. (Seal) The above and foregoing ordinance was proposed, read aloud in full and approved this 17th day of November, A. D., 1941, by the following vote: Voting aye: Commissioners Smith, Tinch, Clark, Rubidoux; Mayor Gar­rison. Voting no: None, Absent: None. Pub. Nov. 21 and 28, 1941. l:#A<S i The-fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentle­ness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.—-New Testament: Gala­tians 5:22, 23. ----------------o--------------— TELEPHONE 7 for JOB PRINTING OF ALL KINDS