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ORDINANCE NO. 218 AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT WASTE OF WATER; DEFINING WASTE OF WATER; REGULATING THE USE THEREOF; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE AND REPEALING ALL OR- DINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH. The Board of City Commissioners of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: Section 1. Waste of water in the City of Las Vegas is hereby prohibited and declared unlawful. Section 2. Anyone of the following acts shall constitute waste of water, as the term is used in this ordinance: (a) Permitting a hydrant, tap, cock or valve connection with any water system to leak onto the ground or into the sink, bowl, toilet or tub, cesspool, slump or any other opening connected with a sewer, after the person has been notified to remedy such leak. (b) Permitting the water from any water system to flow from any hose, tap, valve, hydrant, pipe or cock directly into any sewer or cesspool after notice or knowledge thereof, without first putting such water to beneficial use. (c) Permitting or causing the water from any water system to flow into any public street or alley within the city or upon the lot or land of another after notice or knowledge thereof. (d) The waste of water in any manner by any person, corporation or association without first putting the same to beneficial use. (e) Permitting with knowledge water to escape before beneficial use from any pipe, drain or other conveyor either above or below the surface of the ground. Section 3. Waste of water, as herein defined, shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed Fifty ($50.00) Dollars or by imprisonment in the City Jail of Las Vegas for a period not to exceed twenty-five (25) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 4. All Ordinances and parts of Ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 5. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage and publication thereof for two consecutive weeks in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, a daily newspaper published in the City of Las Vegas and its final passage. This ordinance was read aloud in full for the first time, proposed considered and voted upon this 4th day of May, 1936. Voting Ayes: Commissioners Down, Farnsworth, Marble and Ward and His Honor the Mayor Arnett. Nayes: none. L.L. Arnett Mayor of the City of Las Vegas. Attest: Viola Burns City Clerk and Clerk of the Board of City Commissioners. This ordinance was read aloud to the Board for the first time at a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners on the 4th day of May, 1936, at which time it was proposed considered and voted upon, and unanimously adopted and thereafter published in the Las Vegas Review Journal, a daily 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, adopted, approved and finally passed at a regular meeting of the Board held on the 4th day of June, 1936. Voting ayes: Commissioners Farnsworth, Marble and Ward and His Honor the Mayor Pro Tem. Noes: None. Absent Mayor Arnett. Jas H. Down Mayor Pro Tem of the City of Las Vegas. Attest: Viola Burns City Clerk (City Seal) AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF NEVADA ) County of Clark ) ss 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 Vegas, 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 May 7th to May 14th inclusive, being the issues of said newspaper for the following dates, to-wit: May 7th and 14th hat said newspaper was regularly issued and circulated on each of the dates above named, Signed Dick Lochrie Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of May, 1936. A.E. Cahlan Notary Public in and for Clark County, Nevada. My Commission expires Jan 12, 1939 (Notarial seal)