Las Vegas City Ordinances, November 13, 1950 to August 6, 1958, lvc000015-354

ordinance shall "become effective immediately following the second publication thereof. PASSED, ADOPTED AMD APPROVED this 2nd day of February, 1955. /s/ C.D. BAKER Mayor (SEAL) ATTEST: /s/ SHIRLEY BALLINGER City Clerk Commissioners voting in favor of the adoption of the foregoing ordinance: Mayor Baker Commissioner Jarrett Commissioner Sharp Commissioner Whipple Absent: Commissioner Bunker Those voting against the adoption of the foregoing ordinance: None. APPROVED: /s/ C.D. BAKER Mayor ATTEST: /s/ SHIRLEY BALLINGER City Clerk AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF NEVADA, ) COUNTY OF CLARK ) ss. A.F. SCHELLACK, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is Foreman of the IAS VEGAS REVIEW- JOURNAL, 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 (2) insertions from February 9, 1955 to February 16, 1955. That said newspaper was regularly issued and circulated on each of the dates above named. /s/ A.F. SCHELLACK Subscribed and sworn to before me this l6th day of February, 1955. /s/ NEOLA GIERHART Notary Public In And For Clark County, Nevada My Commission Expires April 14, 1957. ORDINANCE NO. 631 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 70, ALSO KNOWN AS CHAPTER 21, SECTION 54, CODE OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, 1949; BY DEFINING THE OFFENSE OF VAGRANCY; PROVIDING PUNISHMENT UPON CONVICTION THEREFORE; PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH. The Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Section 54, Chapter 21, Code of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1949, also known as Ordinance No. 70, Section 1, is hereby amended to read as follows: VAGRANCY - DEFINED 1. Every person without visible means of support, and who has the physical ability to work, and who does not seek employment, nor labor when employment is offered him; or 2. Every person who roams around from place to place without any lawful business in so doing; or 3. Every person who solicits alms as a business; or Every person who makes a practice of going from house to house begging food, money or other articles, or seeks admission to such houses upon frivolous pretexts for no other apparent motive than to see who may be therein, or to gain an insight of the premises; or 5. Every person or associate of known thieves, who wanders or prowls about the streets, alleys, or highways, or other dark or unfrequented places at any hour of the nighttime without any legitimate business in so do- ing; or 6. Every person who lodges in any barn, shed, shop, outhouse, or place other than that kept for lodging purposes, without the permission of the owner or persons entitled to the possession thereof; or 7. Every common prostitute; or 9. Every pimp, panderer, procurer or procuress; or 8. Every common drunkard who is in the habit of lying around the streets, alleys, sidewalks, saloons, bar­rooms or other public places in a state of intoxication; or 10. Every male person who is in and about a house of prostitution or solicits for any prostitue or house of prostitution; or 11. Every idle, lewd, or dissolute person; or 12. Every female person known as a "streetwalker" or common prostitute who shall upon the public streets, or in or about any public place or assemblage, or in any saloon, barroom, clubroom, or any other public or general place or resort, or anywhere within the sight or hearing of ladies or children, conducts or be­haves herself in an immodest, drunken, indecent, profane or obscene manner, either by actions, language, or