Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, March 1, 1922 to May 10, 1929, lvc000002-183

this time a committee from the Las Vegas, Nevada, Chamber of Commerce consisting of S.J. Lawson, Harry Blanding, Robert Griffith and O.K. Adcock, appeared before the Board for the purpose of discussing the matter of securing mail delivery in the city of Las Vegas. After listening to discussions by Robert Griffith, Postmaster and other members of the committee, on motion of Commissioner Hammond, seconded by Commissioner Smith, the following preambles and Resolution were duly adopted; WHEREAS, it has been represented to this Board that free de­livery of mail within the limits of the City of Las Vegas can be secured at an early date, provided a plan for water tight side­walks to be constructed on all streets where such sidewalks do not now exist is adopted and authorized, and WHEREAS:, this Board is in favor of securing such free de­livery and is willing to do anything within its power to has­ten the making of such improvements, and WHEREAS, it is necessary that such Board secure the co-oper­ation of all civic bodies in order to secure the proper authori­zation for such sidewalk work, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that this Board does hereby authorize the building of such sidewalks, and hereby instructs the city attorney and Commissioner of Streets to devise such plans as may best be calculated for the speedy consumption thereof, the report thereon to be made at the next adjourned meeting of this Board. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the assistance of the Chamber of Commerce, Business Men's Association and Rotary Club be and it is hereby earnestly requested in securing the authorization for the work above stated. The vote on said Resolution was as fol­lows: Commissioners Mundy, Hammond, Smith and Elwell and His Honor the Mayor J.F. Hesse, Aye. Noes, none. The Clerk then presented for payment a number of bills contracted by the retiring Board of City Commissioners, and it appearing to the Board that a number of these bills are for payment from the street fund and the police and fire fund, which funds are considerably overdrawn, the Board took the matter under discussion. After due consideration the following preambles and resolution were duly adopted: IT appearing to the Board that there are bills outstanding against the Street Fund and the Police and Fire Fund of the City of Las Vegas, said bills hot having been contracted by the present Board ,but by the retiring Board, and It appearing that the above mentioned funds have been much overdrawn ,which is expressly against the provisions of the Charter of Las Vegas, and it further appearing that many of the said bills are for labor, and that in all instances labor and supplies were furnished upon the express requisition of the heads of the several departments, and that such claims against the city should therefore be met, and It further appearing to the Board that the General Fund of the City contains sufficient funds to cover such claims as well as all claims against said general fund for the remainder of the present quarter, and that such claims could be paid from the General Fund, and said general fund reimbursed at a later date when the above mentioned street and Police and Fire funds shall be in a stronger condition, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Clerk be and she is hereby authorized to draw warrants on the General Fund for the payment of the above entitled claims, and is directed to keep an itemized statement of such claims until such time as the General Fund may be reimbursed by the Street and Police and Fire Funds. Voting on said Resolution; Commissioners Mundy, Hammond, Smith and Elwell and His Honor the Mayor, J.F. Hesse, Aye. Noes, none . The Board then took under discussion the matter of securing permission to make an Emergency Loan for the purpose of relieving the city of the conditions existing with regard to the Street Fund and the Police and Fire Fund, and laid the matter over for further deliberation at the next adjourned meeting. The matter of the audit of the city books was then discussed, but it appearing that there are not now sufficient funds in the treasury to permit of the large expense