Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, May 14, 1929 to February 11, 1937, lvc000003-376

At this time the Board took up the matter of providing for the General City Election to be held on the 7th day of May, 1935, for the purpose of electing a mayor and two City Commissioners for the City of Las Vegas. Thereupon, on motion of Commissioner Arnett seconded by Commissioner Down, the following Preamble and Resolution was duly adopted: There as, under the provisions of Section 3 Chapter 11 of the Charter of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, as amended by the Legislature of the State of Nevada, in the year 1929, a General City Election must be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May, 1933, and it appearing therefrom that such election should be called and prepared for, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a General City Election be and the same is hereby ordered to be held in said City of Las Vegas on the 7th day of May, 1935 for the purpose of electing a mayor and two Commissioner, namely: a Commissioner of the 1st and a commissioner of the 3rd class, at the places hereinafter set forth. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that for the purpose of complying with the provisions of said Section 3 Chapter 11 of said Charter of said City of Las Vegas, as amended in 1923, said City of Las Vegas be and is hereby divided into eleven election precincts, as follows: Precinct No. 1, which is bounded on the north by the northern limit of the City of Las Vegas; on the east by the center line of Fifth Street from the northern limit of said City, south to the center of Stewart Street, thence west along the center line of Stewart Street to the center of Third Street, thence south along the center line of Third Street to the center of Fremont Street, and on the south by the center line of Fremont Street and a continuation thereof from the center of Third Street to the right-of-way of the Union Pacific Railroad, and on the west by the said right-of-way of said Union Pacific Railroad from the center of Fremont Street to the northern city limit. Precinct No. 2, Which is bounded as follows: Beginning at the point where Clark Avenue in the Original Townsite of Las Vegas intersects the eastern line of the Union Pacific right-of-way, south along the said boundary of the said right-of-way to a continuation of the center line of Fremont Street; thence east along the center line of Fremont Street to the center of Third Street; thence south along the center line of Third Street to the Center of Bridger Street; thence west along the the center line of Bridger Street to the eastern boundary of the Union Pacific right-of-way; thence south along said boundary of of said right-of-way to the center of Charleston Boulevard; thence, west along the center of Charleston Boulevard to the Southeast corner of the SW¼ of Section 33, Township 20S Range 61 E., M.D.B & M.: thence north along the center line of the said Section 33, Town­ship 20 S. Range 61 E., M.D.B.& M. to the NE corner of the SE¼ of the NW¼ of Section 33, Township 20 S., Range 61 E., thence wet to the western limit of the City of Las Vegas; thence north along the western limits of said city to the NW corner of the SW¼ of the SW¼ of Section 30 Township 20 S. Range 61 E., thence west along the line from the said corner to the center line of Clark Avenue; thence along the center line of Clark Avenue to the point of beginning. Precinct No. 3, which is bounded on the north by the center line of Bridger Street; on the east by the center line of Third Street; on the south by the center line of Clark Street, and on the west by the Union Pacific right-of-way. Precinct No. 4, which is bounded on the north by the center line of Clark Street; on the east by the center line of Third Street; on the south by the center line of Garces Street, and on the west by the Union Pacific right-of-way. Precinct No. 5, which is bounded as follows: Beginning at the point where the center line of Fifth Street intersects the northern limit of the City of Las Vegas, east along the said northern limit of said city to the eastern limit of said city; thence south along said eastern limit to the point where Croissant Street intersects the said eastern limit of the said city; thence west along the said Croissant Street to the center of State Street; thence south along the center line of State Street to the center of Oak Street; thence west along the northern boundary of Buck's Subdivision of the City of Las Vegas to the center of Seventh Street; thence south along the center of Seventh Street to the center of Fremont Street; thence west along the center line of Fremont Street to the center line of Third Street; thence north along the center line of Third Street to the center of Stewart Street; thence east along the center line of of Stewart Street to the center of Fifth Street; thence north along the center line of Fifth Street to the point of beginning. Precinct No. 6, which is bounded on the north by the center line of Fremont Street: on the east by the intersection of Fremont Street and Charleston Boulevard; on the south by Charleston Boulevard from said intersection west to the southwest corner of Harrison Acres and a line running from said southwest corner of Harrison Acres to the intersection of Bridger and Fifteenth Streets and the center line of Bridger Street; and on the west by the center line of Third Street. Precinct No. 7, which is bounded on the north by the center line of Bridger Street from the center of Third Street east to the intersection of Fifteenth and Bridger Streets and by a line from the said intersection of the southwest corner of Harrison Acres; on the south by the center line of Charleston Boulevard from the southwest corner of Harrison Acres west to the center of Garces Street and by the center line of Garces Street from the center line of Charleston Boulevard west to the center of Third Street; and on the west by the center line of Third Street.