Las Vegas City Ordinances, November 13, 1950 to August 6, 1958, lvc000015-416

SECTION 9. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance if for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such hold­ing shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. SECTION 10. This ordinance shall be in effect from and after its passage and adoption as provided in Chapter II Section 30 of the Charter of the City of Las Vegas. APPROVED: /s/ C.D. Baker_________________ ATTEST: C.D. BAKER, Mayor /s/ Shirley Ballinger SHIRLEY BALLINGER, City Clerk The above and foregoing ordinance was first proposed and read by title to the Board of Com- missioners on the 7th day of September, 1955 and referred to the following committee composed of Com­missioners Sharp and Whipple for recommendation; thereafter, the said committee reported favorably on said ordinance on the 2nd day of November, 1955 which was the regular meeting of said Board of Com­missioners; that at said regular meeting held on the 2nd day of November, 1955 the proposed ordinance was read in full to the Board of Commissioners as first introduced and adopted by the following vote: Voting "Aye”: Commissioners Bunker, Fountain, Sharp, Whipple and Mayor Baker Voting "Nay": None Absent: None. APPROVED: /s/ C.D. Baker__________ C.D. BAKER, Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Shirley Ballinger SHIRLEY BALLINGER, City Clerk AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF NEVADA, ) COUNTY OF CLARK, ) ss. Richard Lochrie, 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 seven days from October 23, 1955 to October 29, 1955 inclusive, being the issues of said newspaper for the following dates, to-wit: October 23,24,25,26,27,28,29, 1955. That said newspaper was regularly issued and circulated on each of the dates above named. Signed Richard Lochrie_____ Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of November, 1955 /s/ Barbara J. Greenspun__________________________ Notary Public In and for Clark County, Nevada My Commission Expires Mar. 17, 1956 ORDINANCE NO. 677 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR LICENSING OF SOLICITATIONS FOR CHARITABLE OR WELFARE PURPOSES; DEFINING TERMS AND ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR CREATING, REVOKING, OR DENYING SUCH LICENSES; ESTABLISHING A REVIEW BOARD; PROVIDING FOR APPEALS; PROVIDING CERTAIN ACTS; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY RELATED HERETO. The Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. "Solicit" or "Solicitations" means and includes the request directly or indirectly for money, credit, property, financial assistance, or other thing of value on the plea or representation that such money, credit, property, financial assistance or other thing of value will be used for charitable or welfare purposes (as the term "charitable or welfare purposes" is herein defined), and also means and includes, but shall not be limited to, the sale of, offer or attempt to sell any ad­vertisement, advertising space, book, card, coupon, device, magazine, membership, merchandise, subscrip­tion, tag, ticket or other thing in connection with which any appeal is made for any charitable or wel­fare purpose, or where the name of any organization for charitable or welfare purposes is used or referred to in any such appeal as an inducement or reason for making any such sale, or when any part of the pro­ceeds from any such sale will go or be donated to any charitable or welfare purpose. A "solicitation" as defined herein shall be deemed completed when communicated to any person then located within the corporate limits of the City of Las Vegas, whether or not the person making the solicitation is located within the corporate limits of the City of Las Vegas, and whether or not the person making such solicitation receives any contribution or makes any sale referred to herein. "Charitable or welfare purposes" means and includes the use, actual or represented, of money or property for the benefit in any manner of poor, impoverished, destitute, voider privileged, needy, sick, refugee or crippled persons; the use, actual or represented, of money, or property for the benefit of any church, congregation, religious society or any other religious sect, group or order; the use, actual or represented, of money or property for patriotic purposes, such as the teaching of patriotism or the re­lief or assistance of any veteran, or the benefit of any veterans' organization or association, or any person purporting to aid defense or general welfare of the United States of America or the State of Nevada or any state or nation or for the relief of any race or group of people; the use, actual or represented, of money or property, for civic purposes, such as social or cultural functions or the improvement or beautification of any state, city or community; the use, actual or represented, of money or property for the benefit of any fraternal or social organization or association; the use, actual or represented, of money or property for the benefit of existing educational institutions or for the establishment or endow­ment of educational institutions or in aid and assistance for the education of any person or group of per­sons.