Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, September 21, 1955 to November 20, 1957, lvc000010-512

Las Vegas, Nevada June 11, 1957 A recessed regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada held this 11th day of June, 1957 was called to order at the hour of 4:00 P.M. by His Honor Mayor Baker with the following members present: Mayor C. D. Baker Commissioner Wendell Bunker Commissioner E. W. Fountain Commissioner Harris P. Sharp Commissioner Reed Whipple City Manager A. H. Kennedy Administrative Assistant Robert F. Boos Asst. City Attorney Ralston 0. Hawkins City Clerk Shirley Lodwick Absent: City Attorney Howard W. Cannon At this time Mr. B. Mahlon Brown, attorney, representing Mr. Caesar Murphy, manager of the Arthur Murray School of Dance appeared before the Commission. Mr. Brown ex­plained that Mr. Murphy was contemplating the establishment of a dance hall, pri­marily for teen-agers, and was negotiating to lease the building located between 15th and l6th on Fremont known as the Vegas Theater. Mr. Brown further stated that it was their request that the Commission consider an amendment to the existing ordinance concerning public dance halls in order that Mr. Murphy's proposed enter­prise could be accomplished. He advised the Commission that Mr. Murphy had consid­erable experience in this sort of business, and had operated the local Arthur Murray School of Dance since 1952. Mr. Brown explained that it was proposed to hold two dances each week from 9:00 P.M. until 12:00 Midnight; one on Thursday and the other on Saturday. He also stated that the dance hall would be available for use of private parties and organizations. The Commission questioned Mr. Murphy on his plans for off-street parking. Mr. Murphy advised the Board that a great amount of his customers would not be driving cars, and that was one of his main reasons for choosing this readily accessible location. He further stated that there was a vacant lot in the area that he felt certain he could buy or lease to be used as a parking lot. The matter was taken under advisement by the Commission, to be further considered at a subsequent meeting. This being the time set for the canvass of ballots cast at the General Municipal Election held June 4, 1957 for the election of a Commissioner 2nd Class, a Commis­sioner 4th Class, a City Attorney and a Municipal Judge, the result of said canvass was found to be as follows: The following errors were found by the Commission while conducting the canvass of the official candidate ballots: Precinct No. 11A - For Municipal Judge, Walter J. Richards received 54 votes instead of 55. Precinct No. 23B - For City Attorney, Howard W. Cannon re­received 73 votes instead of 43. PRECINCTS COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER CITY MUNICIPAL JUDGE 2nd Class 4th Class ATTORNEY NO. Total Votes Cast Wendell Bunker Rex A. Harris P. Howard W. S.George Walter J. Jarrett Sharp Cannon Gilson Richards 1 41 27 27 13 29 11 30 2 44 28 31 13 30 16 27 3 63 46 40 21 51 26 37 4 90 71 60 30 71 23 65 5 69 50 39 31 56 28 4o 6 128 107 68 57 111 40 88 7 33 20 16 16 22 17 15 8 63 48 38 24 54 17 44 9 102 76 53 45 79 25 77 10 104 72 52 51 76 29 75 ll-A 68 45 33 33 44 13 54 ll-B 68 51 32 32 52 10 54 12 125 87 52 73 89 70 53 13 121 106 48 71 102 55 65 14 78 62 21 56 60 44 33 15 158 154 64 93 134 91 65 16 90 68 42 48 70 4l 48 17 144 120 66 70 112 80 62 18 119 87 53 66 91 53 66 19 72 56 34 38 56 25 47 20 83 55 48 35 53 42 41 21 66 42 32 32 46 30 36 22 43 35 28 15 36 20 23 23-A 91 69 4o 38 70 7 82 23-B 101 65 46 47 73 7 93 24 107 79 59 46 86 38 69 25 84 67 48 36 69 36 48 26 174 142 90 82 140 73 101 27 117 93 52 61 96 69 48 28 127 104 67 56 102 62 62 29 109 94 46 63 94 50 59 30-A 84 54 43 35 54 8 72 PROPOSED PUBLIC DANCE HALL CANVASS OF ELECTION RETURNS General Municipal Election