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Las Vegas City Ordinances, March 31, 1933 to October 25, 1950, lvc000014-330

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The municipal judge, in imposing such sentence, shall not suspend the same or any part thereof, and it shall be his duty upon the revocation of a motor vehicle license, within ten (10) days, to forward a record of the conviction to the Motor Vehicle Department of the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, and upon a revocation of the operators or chauffeurs license it shall be his duty, within ten (10) days, to forward a record of the conviction to the State Highway Department of the State of Nevada. Any person who shall drive a motor vehicle within the City of Las Vegas, the license of which has been revoked, as herein provided, while said revocation is in effect, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollard ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the City Jail for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any person whose operator's or chauffeur's license has been revoked, as herein provided, who shall drive a motor vehicle within the City of Las Vegas, while said revocation is in effect shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment in the City Jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 2. Section XXXIII of Ordinance No. 170 of the City of Las Vegas shall be and the same is hereby amended, revised and re-enacted Bo that the same shall read as follows: SECTION XXXIII. INTOXICATED PERSONS. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, while either intoxicated or under the influence of intoxicating liquors, or of stimulating or stupefying drugs, to ride, drive or conduct any vehicle, or have charge or control of any vehicle on any public street or highway within the City of Las Vegas. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the City Jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and in addition thereto, the person so convicted shall be deprived of his license to operate a car within the City of Las Vegas for a period of not less than ten (10) days nor more than one (1) year, and, if he shall own a motor vehicle, the license for said vehicle, insofar as it affects the operation thereof within the City of Las Vegas, shall be revoked by the Court for a period in the discretion of the Court not to exceed six (6) months; upon a subsequent conviction for an offense under the provisions of this section, the person so convicted shall be punished by imprisonment in the City Jail for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months, and he shall be deprived of his license to operate a car within the City of Las Vegas for a period of not to exceed one (1) year, and, if he shall own a motor vehicle, the license for said vehicle, insofar as it affects the operation thereof within the City of Las Vegas, shall be revoked by the Court for a period in the discretion of the Court not to exceed six (6) months, and in addition thereto he may be fined in a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00). The municipal judge, in imposing such sentence, shall not suspend the same or any part thereof, and it shall be his duty upon the revocation of a motor vehicle license, within ten (10) days, to forward a record of the conviction to the Motor Vehicle Department of the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, and upon a revocation of the operators or chauffeurs license it shall be his duty, within ten (10) days, to forward a record of the conviction to the State Highway Department of the State of Nevada. Any person who shall drive a motor vehicle, within the City of Las Vegas, the license of which has been revoked, as herein provided, while said revocation is in effect, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convict­ion thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the City Jail for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, Any person whose operator's or chauffeur's license has been revoked, as herein provided, who shall drive a motor vehicle, within the City of Las Vegas, while said revocation is in effect, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment in the City Jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 3. Section XXXVI, as amended, of Ordinance No. 170 of the City of Las Vegas shall be and the same is hereby amended, revised and re-enacted so that the same shall read as follows: SECTION XXXVI. SPEED IN CITY LIMITS. It shall be unlawful for any person to ride, drive, or propel any vehicle at a rate of speed greater than twelve (12) miles per hour on streets adjoining school grounds occupied by a school building or buildings; or to propel any vehicle at a rate of speed greater than fifteen (15) miles per hour at any street intersection of any of the streets in the City of Las Vegas; or to propel any vehicle at a rate of speed greater than twenty (20) miles per hour along Fremont Street between Main Street and Twelfth Street; or to propel or drive any vehicle at a rate of speed exceeding twenty-five (25) miles per hour on any other street, public highway, road, alley, lane, avenue or boulevard within the limits of the City of Las Vegas provided, however, that twenty-five (25) mile speed limit shall not operate in the three instances hereinbefore regulated in this section. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall be guilty of a mis­demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the City Jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment; upon a second conviction of any offense under the provisions of this section the person so convicted shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the City Jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and in addition thereto, if the person so convicted shall own a motor vehicle, the license for said motor vehicle, insofar as it affects the operation of said motor vehicle within the City of Las Vegas, shall be revoked for a period in the dis­cretion of the Court not to exceed six (6) months; upon a third conviction of an offense under the provisions of this section, the person so convicted shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the City Jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and in addition thereto, if the person so convicted shall own a motor vehicle, the license for said motor vehicle, insofar as it affects the operation of said motor vehicle within the City of Las Vegas, shall be revoked for a period in the discretion of the Court not to exceed six (6) months, and if the three offenses, and convictions therefor, shall have occurred within a period of twelve (12) months, his license to operate a car or motor vehicle within the City of Las Vegas shall also be revoked for a period of not to exceed one (1) year.