Las Vegas City Ordinances, November 13, 1950 to August 6, 1958, lvc000015-526

The above and foregoing ordinance was first proposed and read by title to the Board of Commis­sioners on the 20th day of March, 1957, and referred to the following committee composed of Commissioners Bunker and Sharp for recommendation; thereafter said committee reported favorably on said ordinance on the 1st day of May, 1957, which was a regular meeting of said Board of Commissioners; that at said regular meeting held on said day the proposed ordinance was read in full to the Board of Commissioners as first intro­duced and adopted by the following vote: Voting "Aye": Commissioners Fountain, Sharp and His Honor Mayor Pro Tem Whipple Voting "Nay": None Absent: Mayor Baker and Commissioner Bunker ATTEST: APPROVED: s/ Shirley Lodwick s/ Reed Whipple CITY CLERK MAYOR PRO TEM AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION COUNTY OF CLARK ) STATE OF NEVADA,) ss. ANTHONY CINA, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is Foreman of the LAS VEGAS MORNING SUN, 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 12, 1957 to May 19, 1957 inclusive, being the issues of said newspaper for the following dates, to-wit: May 12, 19, 1957, That said newspaper was regularly issued and circulated on each of the dates above named, s/ Anthony Cina Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day of May, 1957, s/ Barbara J. Greenspun NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA My Commission Expires Mar. 17, 1960, ORDINANCE NO. 742 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 17, SECTION 12, CODE OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, 1949 AT PAGE 254, BY PROVIDING FOR LICENSE FEES FOR ASTROLOGERS AND PERSONS IN SIMILAR OCCUPATIONS; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY RELATED THERETO. The Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Chapter 17, Section 12, Code of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1949, at Page 254, is hereby amended to read as follows: Astrologer, etc. --------------------- For every person who carries on, practices or professes to practice the business of astrology, palmistry, phrenology, lifereading, fortune telling, cartomancy, clairvoyance, clair-audience, crystal gazing, hypnotism, mediumship, prophecy, augury, divination, magic or necromancy, and demands or receives a fee for the exercise or exhibition of his art therein, directly or indirectly, or incidental to the conduct of any other business, either as a gift, donation or otherwise, or who gives an exhibition thereof at any place where an admission fee is charged, $100.00 per day. This ordinance shall not be construed to apply to doctors, dentists, or other medical practitioners licensed by the appropriate Board under the Nevada Revised Statutes, or to persons employed by doctors, dentists, or other medical practitioners acting under their direction and control, who use hypnotism as an aid in treatment or as a supplementary form of treatment in the course of their profession. SECTION 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. Any person who violates the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a mis­demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed $500,00, or six months in jail, or by a combination of any such fine and imprisonment. Every separate violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed a single offense for which the punishment prescribed above shall be enforced. SECTION 4. The City Clerk and Clerk of the Board of Commissioners is hereby directed to cause this ordinance to be published once a week for two successive weeks immediately following its first reading and adoption in a daily newspaper published in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada. ATTEST: APPROVED: s/ Shirley Lodwick s/ Reed Whipple City Clerk Mayor Pro Tem The above and foregoing ordinance was first proposed and read by title to the Board of Commissioners on the 20th day of March, 1957 and referred to the following committee composed of Commissioners Bunker and Sharp for recommendation; thereafter the said committee reported favorably on said ordinance on the 1st day of May, 1957, which was the regular meeting held on said day; that at said meeting held on said day the pro­posed ordinance was read in full to the Board of Commissioners as amended and adopted by the following vote: Voting "Aye": Commissioners Fountain, Sharp and His Honor Mayor Pro Tem Whipple Voting "Nay": None Absent: Mayor Baker and Commissioner Bunker ATTEST: APPROVED: s/ Shirley Lodwick s/ Reed Whipple City Clerk Mayor Pro Tem