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Las Vegas City Ordinances, March 31, 1933 to October 25, 1950, lvc000014-57

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    eight (28); all of Lots One (1) to Twenty-seven (27), inclusive, in Block Twenty- all of Lots One (1) to Sixteen (16), inclusive, and nine (29);/all of Lots Twenty-five (25) to Thirty-two (32), inclusive in Block Thirty (30); all of Lots One (1) to Sixteen (16), inclusive in Block Thirty-one (31); all of Block Thirty-two (32). IN PIONEER HEIGHTS ADDITION to Las Vegas, Nevada: All of Lots One (1) to Six (6), inclusive in block Four (4); all of Lots One (1) to Sixteen (16), inclusive, in Block Five (5); all of Lots One (1) to Seven (7), inclusive, in Block Thirteen (13); IN PARK PLACE ADDITION to City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada: All of Lot A; all of Lot B; all of Lot G; all of Lot H; all of Lot K; IN AMENDED PLAT OF THE SUB-DIVISION OF LOT J, PARK PLACE ADDITION to the City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada: All of Lots One (1) to Seven (7), inclusive, in Block One (1); all of Lots One (1) to Fourteen (14), inclusive, in Block Two (2); the West one-half (W½) of Lot Two (2), Section Three (3), Township Twenty-one (21) South, Range Sixty-one (61) East, M. D. B. & M. Section 2. That the district, area and improvements described in Section 1 hereof shall be known as and called "Las Vegas 1937 Improvement District No. #3." Section. 3. That the costs and expenses of making such improvements as is described in Section of this Ordinance shall be paid as follows: Approximately fifty-five percent (55%) thereof shall be paid from funds raised by Special Assessment upon the lots of land and premises, according to benefits, upon the taxable lots and abutting premises situate in forty-five percent (45%) of the said costs and expenses shall be paid from funds granted by the United States Government to the City of Las Vegas for the purpose of aiding in the constructing of the said improvements. Section 4. That the Ex-officio Assessor of the City of Las Vegas shall hereafter, by ordinance, be empowered and authorized and directed to prepare a special assessment roll, which shall include the lots and premises and owners, as provided for in the City Charter of the City of Las Vegas. After said special assessment roll as herein provided for shall have been prepared and submitted, it shall be reported to the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas and thereafter it shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk and numbered, and notice thereof, as provided in the City Charter, shall be given to all persons whose names appear thereon, and to all persons interested, of the time when said Board of Commissioners and Ex-officio City Assessor will meet to review the assessment, at which time the said Board of Commissioners shall hear any and all suggestions and objections that may be filed against the said assessment, and shall at that, or some adjourned meeting, correct the same or confirm it as reported or corrected, or they may refer it back to the Ex-officio City Assessor for revision, or annul it and direct a new assessment, and proceed as in the City Charter directed, until the same shall be confirmed by the Board of Commissioners; when said assessment roll has been confirmed by the Board of Commissioners, the City Clerk shall make an endorsement upon the said assessment roll showing the date of confirmation as provided in the Charter and shall thereupon deliver said roll, as confirmed by the Board of Commissioners with his certificate of such confirmation and of the date thereof, to the County Assessor, acting ex-officio City Assessor, shall thereupon, without extra compensation record the said Assessment roll as in the Charter provided, and append thereto his certificate of the date of such recording. Whereupon from said date all persons shall be deemed to have notice of the con­tents of the same and when said roll is so endorsed and recorded, it shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and tribunals of the regularity of all proceedings preliminary to the making thereof, and of the validity of said assessments and assessment roll, by the Board of Commissioners. After the said special assessment roll has been confirmed and recorded, the several amounts levied thereon, shall be due and payable and shall constitute and be a lien upon the respective lots and parcels of land and improvements assessed, and shall be charged against the persons and properties until paid. Section 5. That if, after the expiration of fifty days from the date of the recording of the said special assessment roll, as hereinbefore provided, there remains unpaid any of the special assessments against any of the lots or premises hereinbefore mentioned, the Board of Commissioners, shall, within a reasonable time, thereafter, pass an Ordinance directing the issuance of bonds for the amount of the said taxes or assessments remaining unpaid by the said property owner, at the expiration of the said fifty days from the date of the confirmation and recording of the assessment roll, fixing the form of bond, declaring the amount remaining unpaid, denominations and interest, and lots or parcels of land against which the said assessments remaining unpaid, in whole or in part, are a lien and the names of the owners thereof, where known, with the amounts due thereon, and directing that the said unpaid assessments, or portions thereof, shall thereafter be paid as follows: in equal annual install­ments, provided, however, that the first installment may be for a greater or lesser amount than the remaining installments; each of said installments shall bear interest from the end of said fifty days until due, at the same rate of interest as shall be fixed by Ordinance; such installments and the interest thereon shall be and remain a lien upon the said lots and parcels of land and premises until paid; said installments and the interest thereon may be collected in the same manner as other delinquent assessments, and the Board of Commissioners in the ordin­ance directing the issuance of said bonds may provide that the unpaid assessments, and portions thereof, and the interest thereon, shall be placed on the State and County Tax Roll and be collected in the same manner and at the same time as other State and County general taxes are collected, and direct the officers of the County to collect the same. acting ex-offi- cio Assessor, and the said County Assessor the Special Assessment Dis­trict hereby created, and approximately